Optical properties of japanese-lacquer-tree (Rhus vernicifera) laccase depleted of type 2 copper(II). Involvement of type-2 copper(II) in the 330nm chromophore
- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 187 (2), 361-366
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1870361
Abstract
1. Spectroscopic and functional properties of Japanese-lacquer-tree (Rhus vernicifera) laccase were re-investigated, with special emphasis on the relationships between the different types of copper centres (Types 1, 2, and 3). 2. On removal of the Type 2 Cu(II), a decrease of absorbance occurred in the wavelength region above 650 nm (delta epsilon 750 = 300 M-1 . cm-1) and around 330 nm (delta episom 330 up to 2200 M-1 . cm-1). 3. Reductive titrations with ascorbic acid or ferrocyanide showed that the electron-accepting capacity of the partial apoprotein is one electron-equivalent lower than that of the native protein, i.e. the protein two-electron acceptor is present in the oxidized state in spite of absorbance loss at 330 nm. 4. The 330 nm chromophore apparently depends on the presence of both the Type 2 and the Type 3 copper in the oxidized state. 5. This finding may have implications in the relative location of Type 2 and 3 copper centres and on the redox behaviour of laccase.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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