Immunochemical demonstration of the iron-sulfur protein in Complex III of mitochondrial electron-transfer chain

Biochem Int. 1983 Dec;7(6):793-8.

Abstract

An iron-sulfur protein of Complex III was purified by phenyl-Sepharose column chromatography and DEAE-Sepharose column chromatography. The purified preparation was homogeneous as demonstrated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate, and a specific antibody directed against this protein was raised in a rabbit. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by electrophoretic blotting and immunoperoxidase reaction indicated that Complex III possesses a single polypeptide which reacts with the antibody. It was also found that the iron-sulfur center-containing subunits identified so far in Complex I did not cross-react with the antibody, indicating that they are antigenically unrelated to the iron-sulfur protein of Complex III.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Electron Transport
  • Electron Transport Complex III
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Immunodiffusion
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • Metalloproteins / isolation & purification*
  • Mitochondria, Heart / enzymology*
  • Molecular Weight
  • Multienzyme Complexes / isolation & purification*
  • NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / isolation & purification*
  • Quinone Reductases / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins
  • Metalloproteins
  • Multienzyme Complexes
  • NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases
  • Quinone Reductases
  • Electron Transport Complex III