Coupling of Tyrosine Deprotonation and Axial Ligand Exchange in Nitrocytochrome C
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Here we report a spectroscopic, electrochemical and computational study of cytochrome c showing that nitration of Tyr74 induces Tyr deprotonation, which is coupled to Met/Lys axial ligand exchange, and results in concomitant gain of peroxidatic activity at physiological pH.
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