Abstract:Cytochromes c′ are heme proteins presumably involved in electron transport and the name cytochrome c′ is used to distinguish these high‐spin heme proteins from the low‐spin mitochondrial cytochromes
c
. The heme group is covalently bound by thioether bonds between the two vinyl groups of the heme and the two cysteinyl side chains in a sequence, ‐Cys‐X‐Y‐Cys‐His‐, typical of cytochromes
c
. The histine occupies the fifth axial coordination position. Most cytochrom… Show more
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