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Akram M, Bock J, Dietl A, Barends TR. Specificity of Small c-Type Cytochromes in Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:21457-21464. [PMID: 34471748 PMCID: PMC8388095 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is a bacterial process in which ammonium and nitrite are combined into dinitrogen gas and water, yielding energy for the cell. This process relies on a series of redox reactions catalyzed by a set of enzymes, with electrons being shuttled to and from these enzymes, likely by small cytochrome c proteins. For this system to work productively, these electron carriers require a degree of specificity toward the various possible redox partners they encounter in the cell. Here, we compare two cytochrome c proteins from the anammox model organism Kuenenia stuttgartiensis. We show that they are highly homologous, are expressed at comparable levels, share the same fold, and display highly similar redox potentials, yet one of them accepts electrons from the metabolic enzyme hydroxylamine oxidase (HAO) efficiently, whereas the other does not. An analysis of the crystal structures supplemented by Monte Carlo simulations of the transient redox interactions suggests that this difference is at least partly due to the electrostatic field surrounding the proteins, illustrating one way in which the electron carriers in anammox could attain the required specificity. Moreover, the simulations suggest a different "outlet" for electrons on HAO than has traditionally been assumed.
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Tomášková N, Varhač R, Lysáková V, Musatov A, Sedlák E. Peroxidase activity of cytochrome c in its compact state depends on dynamics of the heme region. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2018; 1866:1073-1083. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Dynamics of cytochrome c in surface active ionic liquid: A study of preferential interactions towards denaturation. J Mol Liq 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.07.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Refolding kinetics of cytochrome c studied with microsecond timescale continuous-flow UV–vis spectroscopy and rapid freeze-quench EPR. J Inorg Biochem 2018; 184:42-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2018.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Nóbrega CS, Devreese B, Pauleta SR. YhjA - An Escherichia coli trihemic enzyme with quinol peroxidase activity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2018; 1859:411-422. [PMID: 29550214 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The trihemic bacterial cytochrome c peroxidase from Escherichia coli, YhjA, is a membrane-anchored protein with a C-terminal domain homologous to the classical bacterial peroxidases and an additional N-terminal (NT) heme binding domain. Recombinant YhjA is a 50 kDa monomer in solution with three c-type hemes covalently bound. Here is reported the first biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of YhjA and of the NT domain demonstrating that NT heme is His63/Met125 coordinated. The reduction potentials of P (active site), NT and E hemes were established to be -170 mV, +133 mV and +210 mV, respectively, at pH 7.5. YhjA has quinol peroxidase activity in vitro with optimum activity at pH 7.0 and millimolar range KM values using hydroquinone and menadiol (a menaquinol analogue) as electron donors (KM = 0.6 ± 0.2 and 1.8 ± 0.5 mM H2O2, respectively), with similar turnover numbers (kcat = 19 ± 2 and 13 ± 2 s-1, respectively). YhjA does not require reductive activation for maximum activity, in opposition to classical bacterial peroxidases, as P heme is always high-spin 6-coordinated with a water-derived molecule as distal axial ligand but shares the need for the presence of calcium ions in the kinetic assays. Formation of a ferryl Fe(IV) = O species was observed upon incubation of fully oxidized YhjA with H2O2. The data reported improve our understanding of the biochemical properties and catalytic mechanism of YhjA, a three-heme peroxidase that uses the quinol pool to defend the cells against hydrogen peroxide during transient exposure to oxygenated environments.
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- Cláudia S Nóbrega
- Microbial Stress Lab, UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Microbial Stress Lab, UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
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Rahaman H, Alam Khan MK, Hassan MI, Islam A, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Ahmad F. Heterogeneity of equilibrium molten globule state of cytochrome c induced by weak salt denaturants under physiological condition. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120465. [PMID: 25849212 PMCID: PMC4388492 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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While many proteins are recognized to undergo folding via intermediate(s), the heterogeneity of equilibrium folding intermediate(s) along the folding pathway is less understood. In our present study, FTIR spectroscopy, far- and near-UV circular dichroism (CD), ANS and tryptophan fluorescence, near IR absorbance spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering (DLS) were used to study the structural and thermodynamic characteristics of the native (N), denatured (D) and intermediate state (X) of goat cytochorme c (cyt-c) induced by weak salt denaturants (LiBr, LiCl and LiClO4) at pH 6.0 and 25°C. The LiBr-induced denaturation of cyt-c measured by Soret absorption (Δε400) and CD ([θ]409), is a three-step process, N ↔ X ↔ D. It is observed that the X state obtained along the denaturation pathway of cyt-c possesses common structural and thermodynamic characteristics of the molten globule (MG) state. The MG state of cyt-c induced by LiBr is compared for its structural and thermodynamic parameters with those found in other solvent conditions such as LiCl, LiClO4 and acidic pH. Our observations suggest: (1) that the LiBr-induced MG state of cyt-c retains the native Met80-Fe(III) axial bond and Trp59-propionate interactions; (2) that LiBr-induced MG state of cyt-c is more compact retaining the hydrophobic interactions in comparison to the MG states induced by LiCl, LiClO4 and 0.5 M NaCl at pH 2.0; and (3) that there exists heterogeneity of equilibrium intermediates along the unfolding pathway of cyt-c as highly ordered (X1), classical (X2) and disordered (X3), i.e., D ↔ X3 ↔ X2 ↔ X1 ↔ N.
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- Hamidur Rahaman
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, 110025, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, 110025, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, 110025, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, 110025, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, 110025, India
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Beckerson P, Svistunenko D, Reeder B. Effect of the distal histidine on the peroxidatic activity of monomeric cytoglobin. F1000Res 2015; 4:87. [PMID: 26069730 PMCID: PMC4431388 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.5971.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The reaction of hydrogen peroxide with ferric human cytoglobin and a number of distal histidine variants were studied. The peroxidase activity of the monomeric wildtype protein with an internal disulfide bond, likely to be the form of the protein
in vivo, exhibits a high peroxidase-like activity above that of other globins such as myoglobin. Furthermore, the peroxidatic activity of wildtype cytoglobin shows increased resistance to radical-based degradation compared to myoglobin. The ferryl form of wildtype cytoglobin is unstable, but is able to readily oxidize substrates such as guaiacol. In contrast distal histidine mutants of cytoglobin (H81Y and H81V) show very low peroxidase activity but enhanced radical-induced degradation. Therefore, the weakly bound distal histidine appears to modulate ferryl stability and limit haem degradation. These data are consistent with a role of a peroxidase activity of cytoglobin in cell stress response mechanisms.
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- Penny Beckerson
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK
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Varhač R. Urea-induced modification of cytochrome c flexibility as probed by cyanide binding. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:739-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Simšíková M, Antalík M. Alkaline transition of horse heart cytochrome c in the presence of ZnO nanoparticles. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2013; 101:410-414. [PMID: 23174455 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2012.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2012] [Revised: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on cytochrome c (cyt c) in alkaline pH was studied with absorption spectroscopy and UV circular dichroism (CD). Spectral data from UV-vis spectroscopy and circular dichroism indicate only small changes in the native structure of the protein at neutral pH after the interaction with ZnO nanoparticles. The stability around the heme crevice of cyt c and therefore the switch of the axial ligand Met80 to Lys which occurs in conditions of higher pH was proven following the interaction of cytochrome c with ZnO nanoparticles. The formation of cyt c-ZnO NPs complex based on electrostatic attraction was accompanied by a significant increase in the apparent pKa constant of the alkaline transition of cyt c.
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- Michaela Simšíková
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, PJ Šafárik University, Šrobárova 2, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia
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Balakrishnan G, Hu Y, Spiro TG. His26 protonation in cytochrome c triggers microsecond β-sheet formation and heme exposure: implications for apoptosis. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:19061-9. [PMID: 23094892 PMCID: PMC3529097 DOI: 10.1021/ja307100a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cytochrome c unfolds locally and reversibly upon heating at pH 3. UV resonance Raman (UVRR) spectra reveal that instead of producing unordered structure, unfolding converts turns and some helical elements to β-sheet. It also disrupts the Met80-heme bond, and has been previously shown to induce peroxidase activity. Aromatic residues that are H-bonded to a heme propionate (Trp59 and Tyr48) alter their orientation, indicating heme displacement. T-jump/UVRR measurements give time constants of 0.2, 3.9, and 67 μs for successive phases of β-sheet formation and concomitant reorientation of Trp59. UVRR spectra reveal protonation of histidines, and specifically of His26, whose H-bond to Pro44 anchors the 40s Ω loop; this loop is known to be the least stable 'foldon' in the protein. His26 protonation is proposed to disrupt its H-bond with Pro44, triggering the extension of a short β-sheet segment at the 'neck' of the 40s Ω loop into the loop itself and back into the 60s and 70s helices. The secondary structure change displaces the heme via H-bonds from residues in the growing β-sheet, thereby exposing it to exogenous ligands, and inducing peroxidase activity. This unfolding mechanism may play a role in cardiolipin peroxidation by cyt c during apoptosis.
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Ye S, Markelz A. Hydration Effects on Energy Relaxation of Ferric Cytochrome C Films after Soret-Band Photoexcitation. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:15151-7. [DOI: 10.1021/jp104217j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Shuji Ye
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China 230026, and Department of Physics, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 239 Fronczak Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260-1500, United States
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China 230026, and Department of Physics, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 239 Fronczak Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260-1500, United States
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Westerhuis LW, Tesser GI, Nivard RJF. Formation of a biologically active complex from two complementary fragments of horse heart cytochrome-c. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/recl.19790980315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A single mutation induces molten globule formation and a drastic destabilization of wild-type cytochrome c at pH 6.0. J Biol Inorg Chem 2009; 14:751-60. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-009-0488-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bágel'ová J, Fedunová D, Gazová Z, Fabian M, Antalík M. Influence of NaCl and sorbitol on the stability of conformations of cytochrome c. Biophys Chem 2008; 135:110-5. [PMID: 18433978 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2008.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2007] [Revised: 03/28/2008] [Accepted: 03/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Influence of ionic (NaCl) and non-ionic (sorbitol) additives on structural transitions of cytochrome c was investigated by circular dichroism, optical and EPR spectroscopy. Transformations of cytochrome c, induced by the acidification of solution and temperature perturbation, were monitored in the heme pocket together with changes in the secondary structure. NaCl and sorbitol exhibited antagonistic effect on the acid-induced transition of the protein. Sorbitol enhanced the stability of native conformation while NaCl destabilized this state. The midpoints of acid-induced transitions in the axial coordination of heme as well as in the secondary structure occurred nearly at the same pH values. However, temperature-induced transitions in the unfolding of the secondary structure were almost coincidental with the cleavage of Met80-Fe bond only in the sorbitol solutions. In the salt solution the Met80-Fe bond was markedly more labile than the secondary structure.
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- J Bágel'ová
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, Kosice, Slovak Republic
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Varhač R, Antalík M. Correlation of acid-induced conformational transition of ferricytochrome c with cyanide binding kinetics. J Biol Inorg Chem 2008; 13:713-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-008-0357-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2007] [Accepted: 02/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Velayutham M, Muthukumaran RB, Sostaric JZ, McCraken J, Fishbein JC, Zweier JL. Interactions of the major metabolite of the cancer chemopreventive drug oltipraz with cytochrome c: a novel pathway for cancer chemoprevention. Free Radic Biol Med 2007; 43:1076-85. [PMID: 17761303 PMCID: PMC4073605 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2007] [Revised: 05/08/2007] [Accepted: 06/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The major metabolite of the cancer chemopreventive agent oltipraz, a pyrrolopyrazine thione (PPD), has been shown to be a phase 2 enzyme inducer, an activity thought to be key to the cancer chemopreventive action of the parent compound. In cells, mitochondria are the major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cytochrome c (cyt c) is known to participate in mitochondrial electron transport and confer antioxidant and peroxidase activities. To understand possible mechanisms by which PPD acts as a phase 2 enzyme inducer, a study of its interaction with cyt c was undertaken. UV-visible spectroscopic results demonstrate that PPD is capable of reducing oxidized cyt c. The reduced cyt c is stable for a long period of time in the absence of an oxidizing agent. In the presence of ferricyanide, the reduced cyt c is rapidly oxidized back to its oxidized form. Further, UV-visible spectroscopic studies show that during the reduction process the coordination environment and redox state of iron in cyt c are changed. Low-temperature EPR studies show that during the reduction process, the heme iron changes from a low-spin state of s = 1/2 to a low-spin state of s = 0. Room-temperature EPR studies demonstrate that PPD inhibits the peroxidase activity of cyt c. EPR spin trapping experiments using DMPO show that PPD inhibits the superoxide radical scavenging activity of oxidized cyt c. From these results, we propose that PPD interacts with cyt c, binding to and then reducing the heme, and this may enhance ROS levels in mitochondria. This in turn could contribute to the mechanism by which the parent compound, oltipraz, might trigger the cancer chemopreventive increase in transcription of phase 2 enzymes. The modifications of cyt c function by the oltipraz metabolite may have implications for the regulation of apoptotic cell death.
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- Murugesan Velayutham
- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210
- Address correspondence to: Jay L. Zweier, MD, Director, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, 473 W. 12 Ave, Room 110G, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, Phone: 614–247–7857, Fax: 614–247–7845, E-mail: and Murugesan Velayutham, Ph.D, TMRF, Room 130, 420, W. 12 Avenue, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH - 43210, Phone: 614–292–9082, Fax: 614–292–8454, E-mail:
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210
- Address correspondence to: Jay L. Zweier, MD, Director, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, 473 W. 12 Ave, Room 110G, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, Phone: 614–247–7857, Fax: 614–247–7845, E-mail: and Murugesan Velayutham, Ph.D, TMRF, Room 130, 420, W. 12 Avenue, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH - 43210, Phone: 614–292–9082, Fax: 614–292–8454, E-mail:
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Tai H, Kawano S, Yamamoto Y. Characterization of N-terminal amino group–heme ligation emerging upon guanidine hydrochloric acid induced unfolding of Hydrogenobacter thermophilus ferricytochrome c 552. J Biol Inorg Chem 2007; 13:25-34. [PMID: 17899223 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-007-0298-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2007] [Accepted: 08/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nonnative heme coordination structures emerging upon guanidine hydrochloric acid (GdnHCl) induced unfolding of Hydrogenobacter thermophilus ferricytochrome c552 were characterized by means of paramagnetic NMR. The heme coordination structure possessing the N-terminal amino group of the peptide chain in place of axial Met (His-Nterm form) was determined in the presence of GdnHCl concentrations in excess of 1.5 M at neutral pH. The stability of the His-Nterm form at pH 7.0 was found to be comparable with that of the bis-His form which has been recognized as a major nonnative heme coordination structure in cytochrome c folding/unfolding. Consequently, in addition to the bis-His form, the His-Nterm form is a substantial intermediate which affects the pathway and kinetics of the folding/unfolding of cytochromes c, of which the N-terminal amino groups are not acetylated.
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- Hulin Tai
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8571, Japan
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Voltammetry of immobilized cytochrome c on novel binary self-assembled monolayers of thioctic acid and thioctic amide modified gold electrodes. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2006.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Latypov RF, Cheng H, Roder NA, Zhang J, Roder H. Structural Characterization of an Equilibrium Unfolding Intermediate in Cytochrome c. J Mol Biol 2006; 357:1009-25. [PMID: 16473367 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.01.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Revised: 01/11/2006] [Accepted: 01/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Although the denaturant-induced unfolding transition of cytochrome c was initially thought to be a cooperative process, recent spectroscopic studies have shown deviations from two-state behavior consistent with accumulation of an equilibrium intermediate. However, little is known about the structural and thermodynamic properties of this state, and whether it is stabilized by the presence of non-native heme ligands. We monitored the reversible denaturant-induced unfolding equilibrium of oxidized horse cytochrome c using various spectroscopic probes, including fluorescence, near and far-UV CD, heme absorbance bands in the Soret, visible and near-IR regions of the spectrum, as well as 2D NMR. Global fitting techniques were used for a quantitative interpretation of the results in terms of a three-state model, which enabled us to determine the intrinsic spectroscopic properties of the intermediate. A well-populated intermediate was observed in equilibrium experiments at pH 5 using either guanidine-HCl or urea as a denaturant, both for wild-type cytochrome c as well as an H33N mutant chosen to prevent formation of non-native His-heme ligation. For a more detailed structural characterization of the intermediate, we used 2D 1H-15N correlation spectroscopy to follow the changes in peak intensity for individual backbone amide groups. The equilibrium state observed in our optical and NMR studies contains many native-like structural features, including a well-structured alpha-helical sub-domain, a short Trp59-heme distance and solvent-shielded heme environment, but lacks the native Met80 sulfur-iron linkage and shows major perturbations in side-chain packing and other tertiary interactions. These structural properties are reminiscent of the A-state of cytochrome c, a compact denatured form found under acidic high-salt conditions, as well as a kinetic intermediate populated at a late stage of folding. The denaturant-induced intermediate also resembles alkaline forms of cytochrome c with altered heme ligation, suggesting that disruption of the native methionine ligand favors accumulation of structurally analogous states both in the presence and absence of non-native ligands.
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- Ramil F Latypov
- Basic Science Division, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Stupák M, Bágeľová J, Fedunová D, Antalík M. Conformational Transitions of Ferricytochrome c in Strong Inorganic Acids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1135/cccc20061627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Conformational transitions of horse heart ferricytochromec(ferricytc) have been investigated in the presence of strong inorganic acids and their salts by optical absorption spectroscopy, magnetic circular dichroism and circular dichroism. In the presence of acids (HClO4or H2SO4, pH 2) or their salts (1 M NaClO4or Na2SO4, pH 2, 25 °C), the three ligation states of ferricytcheme were identified. One is the high-spin state: His18-Fe-H2O (40-50%), and two are the low-spin states: His18-Fe-Met80 (30-25%) and His18-Fe-His (30-25%). Under these conditions low temperatures facilitate native heme coordination of ferricytc. Transition from low-spin to high-spin heme coordination of ferricytcis complete in 1 M HClO4or 3 M H2SO4. At the concentration of HClO4and H2SO4above 3 M, different behavior in spectral transitions of ferricytcnear the heme is observed. High-spin pentacoordinated ferricytcwith the heme ligand of His18-Fe is formed in 8 M H2SO4. This state is unstable at higher concentration of H2SO4and porphyrin ferricytcis formed. At HClO4concentration higher than 3 M, the new, until this time not observed heme coordination structure of ferricytcoriginates.
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Maity H, Rumbley JN, Englander SW. Functional role of a protein foldon-An Ω-loop foldon controls the alkaline transition in ferricytochrome c. Proteins 2005; 63:349-55. [PMID: 16287119 DOI: 10.1002/prot.20757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hydrogen exchange results for cytochrome c and several other proteins show that they are composed of a number of foldon units which continually unfold and refold and account for some functional properties. Previous work showed that one Omega-loop foldon controls the rate of the structural switching and ligand exchange behavior of cytochrome c known as the alkaline transition. The present work tests the role of foldons in the alkaline transition equilibrium. We measured the effects of denaturant and 14 destabilizing mutations. The results show that the ligand exchange equilibrium is controlled by the stability of the same foldon unit implicated before. In addition, the results obtained confirm the epsilon-amino group of Lys79 and Lys73 as the alkaline replacement ligands and bear on the search for a triggering group.
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- Haripada Maity
- The Johnson Research Foundation, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Tai H, Nagatomo S, Mita H, Sambongi Y, Yamamoto Y. Characterization of Non-Native Heme Coordination Structures Emerging upon Guanidine Hydrochloric Acid-Induced Unfolding ofPseudomonas aeruginosaFerricytochromec551. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2005. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.78.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Chen JY, Knab JR, Cerne J, Markelz AG. Large oxidation dependence observed in terahertz dielectric response for cytochrome c. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2005; 72:040901. [PMID: 16383355 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.72.040901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Far infrared dielectric response is used to characterize the collective mode density of states for cytochrome c as a function of oxidation state and hydration using terahertz time domain spectroscopy. A strong absorbance and refractive index increase was observed with the oxidation. A simple phenomenological fitting using a continuous distribution of oscillators reproduces the frequency dependence of the complex dielectric response as well as demonstrates quantitative agreement with a uniform increase in either mode density or polarizability with oxidation in the 5-80 cm(-1) frequency range. Hydration dependence measurements find that a difference in the equilibrium water content for ferri and ferro cytochrome c is not sufficient to account for the large change in terahertz response. The large dielectric increase at terahertz frequencies with oxidation suggests either a significant global softening of the potential and/or a significant increase in polarizability with oxidation.
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- J-Y Chen
- Physics Department, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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Zhong S, Rousseau DL, Yeh SR. Modulation of the Folding Energy Landscape of Cytochrome c with Salt. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:13934-5. [PMID: 15506749 DOI: 10.1021/ja0459431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The folding reaction of acid-unfolded cytochrome c in the presence of various amounts of KCl was investigated with Trp fluorescence and resonance Raman spectroscopies. It was found that the too-early-too-much polypeptide chain collapse induced by KCl yields some stable folding intermediates, which need to overcome a higher energy barrier to fold into their native conformation. We propose that the charge distribution on the polypeptide chain is part of the folding codon encoded in the linear amino acid sequence. The charge screening effect introduced by KCl alters the shape of the energy landscape by raising the slope of the upper rim and introduces a rugged energy surface toward the bottom of the folding funnel.
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- Shi Zhong
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Oursler MJ, Bradley EW, Elfering SL, Giulivi C. Native, not nitrated, cytochrome c and mitochondria-derived hydrogen peroxide drive osteoclast apoptosis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2004; 288:C156-68. [PMID: 15342339 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00092.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Two unresolved aspects of the role of mitochondria-derived cytochrome c in apoptosis are whether there is a separate pool of cytochrome c within mitochondria that participates in the activation of apoptosis and whether a chemically modified cytochrome c drives apoptosis. These questions were investigated using osteoclasts, because they are rich in mitochondria and because osteoclast apoptosis is critical in bone metabolism regulation. H(2)O(2) production was increased during culture, preceding cytochrome c release; both processes occurred anterior to apoptosis. With the addition of a mitochondrial uncoupler, H(2)O(2) production and apoptosis were blocked, indicating the prominent role of mitochondria-derived H(2)O(2). Trapping H(2)O(2)-derived hydroxyl radical decreased apoptosis. Cytosolic cytochrome c was originated from a single mitochondrial compartment, supporting a common pool involved in respiration and apoptosis, and it was chemically identical to the native form, with no indication of oxidative or nitrative modifications. Protein levels of Bcl-2 and Bc-xL were decreased before apoptosis, whereas expression of wild-type Bcl-2 repressed apoptosis, confirming that cytochrome c release is critical in initiating apoptosis. Cytosolic cytochrome c participated in activating caspase-3 and -9, both required for apoptosis. Collectively, our data indicate that the mitochondria-dependent apoptotic pathway is one of the major routes operating in osteoclasts.
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- Merry Jo Oursler
- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
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Tachiiri N, Hemmi H, Takayama SIJ, Mita H, Hasegawa J, Sambongi Y, Yamamoto Y. Effects of axial methionine coordination on the in-plane asymmetry of the heme electronic structure of cytochrome c. J Biol Inorg Chem 2004; 9:733-42. [PMID: 15235942 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-004-0569-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2004] [Accepted: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The paramagnetic susceptibility ( chi) tensors of the oxidized forms of thermophile Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cytochrome c(552) (Ht cyt c(552)) and a quintuple mutant (F7A/V13 M/F34Y/E43Y/V78I; qm) of mesophile Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytochrome c(551) (Pa cyt c(551)) have been determined on the basis of the redox-dependent (1)H NMR shift changes of the main-chain NH and C(alpha)H proton resonances of non-coordinated amino acid residues and the NMR structures of the reduced forms of the corresponding proteins (J. Hasegawa, T. Yoshida, T. Yamazaki, Y. Sambongi, Y. Yu, Y. Igarashi, T. Kodama, K. Yamazaki, Y. Kyogoku, Y. Kobayashi (1998) Biochemistry 37:9641-9649; J. Hasegawa, S. Uchiyama, Y. Tanimoto, M. Mizutani, Y. Kobayashi, Y. Sambongi,Y. Igarashi (2000) J Biol Chem 275:37824-37828). From the chi tensors determined, we obtained the contact shifts for heme methyl proton resonances, which provided the heme electronic structures of the oxidized forms of Ht cyt c(552) and qm. We also characterized the heme electronic structure of the cyanide adducts of the proteins, where the axial Met was replaced by an exogenous cyanide ion, through the analysis of (1)H NMR spectra. The results indicated that the heme electronic structures of both the proteins in their oxidized forms with axial His and Met coordination are largely different to each other, while those in their cyanide adducts are similar to each other. These results demonstrated that the orientation of the axial Met sulfur lone pair, with respect to heme, predominantly contributes to the spin delocalization into the porphyrin-pi system of heme in the oxidized proteins with axial His and Met coordination.
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- Naoki Tachiiri
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, 305-8571 Tsukuba, Japan
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Xu Q, Keiderling TA. Optical spectroscopic differentiation of various equilibrium denatured states of horse cytochrome c. Biopolymers 2004; 73:716-26. [PMID: 15048775 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Thermal unfolding of cytochrome c (cyt c) from several states has been studied using equilibrium spectroscopic techniques. CD in the uv, vibrational circular dichroism, infrared, and uv-vis absorption spectra measured at various temperatures, pHs, salt concentrations, and GuHCl concentrations are used to show the conformational as well as heme structural differences between native and various denatured states. The difference in thermal denaturation behaviors of cyt c starting from acid denatured, molten globule (MG), and the A and native states are explored. Different final high temperature states were observed for cytochrome c unfolding from four different initial states (native, MG, A, and acid denatured state) by electronic CD, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and vibrational CD (VCD). Consistent with this, different thermal unfolding pathways for the MG and A states are suggested by the FTIR and VCD data for this process.
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- Qi Xu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St. (m/c 111), Chicago, IL 60607-7061, USA
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Suruga K, Nagasawa N, Yamada S, Satoh T, Kawachi R, Nishio T, Kume T, Oku T. Radiation-induced enhancement of nitrite reducing activity of cytochrome c. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2003; 51:6835-6843. [PMID: 14582983 DOI: 10.1021/jf0345651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Commercial cytochrome c (Cyt c) was irradiated with Co-60 gamma-rays in the dose range of up to 3.0 kGy to investigate the enhancement of the nitrite reducing activity of Cyt c. The optimum irradiation dose to induce nitrite reducing activity for 30 muM Cyt c solution was 1.0 kGy under an O(2) atmosphere. The nitrite reducing activity of Cyt c irradiated at this dose was approximately 45-fold that of unirradiated Cyt c and ca. 1.2-fold that of nitrite reductase. The irradiation treatment resulted in unfolding of the peptide chain, exposure of the heme group, oxidation of methionine to methionine sulfoxide, dissociation of the sixth ligand (Met), and occurrence of autoxidation in Cyt c. Sepharose-immobilized irradiated Cyt c had a similar activity to that in solution. The resin retained the activity after five uses even after 1 year of storage. The irradiated Cyt c will be able to be used as a substitute for nitrite reductase.
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- Kohei Suruga
- Department of Biological Chemistry, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan
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Williamson MP. Many residues in cytochromec populate alternative states under equilibrium conditions. Proteins 2003; 53:731-9. [PMID: 14579363 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A curved temperature dependence of an amide proton NMR chemical shift indicates that it explores discrete alternative conformations at least 1% of the time; that is, it accesses conformations that lie within 5 kcal/mol(-1) of the ground state. The simulations presented show how curvature varies with the nature of the alternative state, and are compared to experimental results. From studies in different denaturant concentrations, it is concluded that at least 25% of residues in reduced horse cytochrome c, covering most of the protein, with the exception of the center of the N- and C-terminal helices, visit alternative states under equilibrium conditions. The conformational ensemble of the protein therefore has high structural entropy. The density of alternative states is particularly high near the heme ligand Met80, which is of interest because both redox change and the first identified stage in unfolding are associated with change in Met80 ligation. By combining theoretical and experimental approaches, it is concluded that the alternative states each comprise approximately five residues, have in general less structure than the native state, and are accessed independently. They are therefore locally unfolded structures. The locations of the alternative states match what is known of the global unfolding pathway of cytochrome c, suggesting that they may determine the pathway.
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- Michael P Williamson
- Krebs Institute, Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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Yamamoto Y, Terui N, Tachiiri N, Minakawa K, Matsuo H, Kameda T, Hasegawa J, Sambongi Y, Uchiyama S, Kobayashi Y, Igarashi Y. Influence of Amino Acid Side Chain Packing on Fe−Methionine Coordination in Thermostable Cytochrome c. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:11574-5. [PMID: 12296704 DOI: 10.1021/ja025597s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Paramagnetic NMR and optical studies of the oxidized forms of mesophile Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytochrome c(551) and its quintuple mutant (F7A/V13M/F34Y/E43Y/V78I), and thermophile Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cytochrome c(552) demonstrated that the amino acid side chain packings in the protein interior influence the coordination bond between the heme iron and the axial methionine in the proteins. The strength of heme axial coordinations was found to correlate with the overall protein thermostability.
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- Yasuhiko Yamamoto
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8571, Japan.
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Taniuchi H, Shi Y, San Miguel GI, Ferretti JA, Mack JW, Fisher A, Shah M, Schechter AN, Shiloach J. A study of the influence of the hydrophobic core residues of yeast iso-2-cytochrome c on phosphate binding: a probe of the hydrophobic core-surface charge interactions. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 2001; 20:203-15. [PMID: 11565900 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010906929793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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To gain insight into the role of hydrophobic core-surface charge interactions in stabilizing cytochrome c, we investigated the influence of hydrophobic core residues on phosphate binding by mutating residues in yeast iso-2-cytochrome c to those corresponding to iso-l-cytochrome c in various combinations. Heat transition of ultraviolet CD was followed as a function of pH in the presence and absence of phosphate. Thermodynamic parameters were deduced. It was found that the I20V/V43A/M98L mutation in the hydrophobic core, whose locations are remote from the putative phosphate sites, modulates phosphate interactions. The modulation is pH dependent. The I20V/ M98L and V43A mutation effects are nonadditive. The results lead to a model analogous to that of Tsao, Evans, and Wennerstrom, where a domain associated with the ordered hydrophobic core is sensitive to the fields generated by the surface charges. Such an explanation would be in accord with the observed difference in thermal stability between iso-2 and horse cytochromes c.
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- H Taniuchi
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Bonincontro A, Bultrini E, Calandrini V, Cinelli S, Onori G. Effect of Trehalose on Alkaline Transition of Cytochrome-c. J Phys Chem B 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/jp993948s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Adalberto Bonincontro
- INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università “ La Sapienza “, Piazzale A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy, and INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università “ La Sapienza “, Piazzale A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy, and INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università “ La Sapienza “, Piazzale A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy, and INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università “ La Sapienza “, Piazzale A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy, and INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università “ La Sapienza “, Piazzale A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy, and INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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Raman CS, Jemmerson R, Nall BT. Antibody-detected folding: kinetics of surface epitope formation are distinct from other folding phases. Protein Sci 2000; 9:129-37. [PMID: 10739255 PMCID: PMC2144437 DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.1.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The rate of macromolecular surface formation in yeast iso-2 cytochrome c and its site-specific mutant, N52I iso-2, has been studied using a monoclonal antibody that recognizes a tertiary epitope including K58 and H39. The results indicate that epitope refolding occurs after fast folding but prior to slow folding, in contrast to horse cytochrome c where surface formation occurs early. The antibody-detected (ad) kinetic phase accompanying epitope formation has k(ad) = 0.2 s(-1) and is approximately 40-fold slower than the fastest detectable event in the folding of yeast iso-2 cytochrome c (k2f approximately 8 s(-1)), but occurs prior to the absorbance- and fluorescence-detected slow folding steps (k1a approximately 0.06 s(-1); k1b approximately 0.09 s(-1)). N5I iso-2 cytochrome c exhibits similar kinetic behavior with respect to epitope formation. A detailed dissection of the mechanistic differences between the folding pathways of horse and yeast cytochromes c identifies possible reasons for the slow surface formation in the latter. Our results suggest that non-native ligation involving H33 or H39 during refolding may slow down the formation of the tertiary epitope in iso-2 cytochrome c. This study illustrates that surface formation can be coupled to early events in protein folding. Thus, the rate of macromolecular surface formation is fine tuned by the residues that make up the surface and the interactions they entertain during refolding.
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- C S Raman
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78229-3900, USA
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Bai Y. Kinetic evidence for an on-pathway intermediate in the folding of cytochrome c. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:477-80. [PMID: 9892658 PMCID: PMC15161 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.2.477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An early folding event of cytochrome c populates a helix-containing intermediate (INC) because of a pH-dependent misligation between the heme iron and nonnative ligands in the unfolded state (U). For folding to proceed, the nonnative ligation error must first be corrected. It is not known whether I is on-pathway, with folding to the native state (N) as in U <-->INC <--> N, or whether the I must first move back through the U and then fold to the N through some alternative path (INC <--> U <--> N). By means of a kinetic test, it is shown here that the cytochrome c I does not first unfold to U. The method used provides an experimental criterion for rejecting the off-pathway I <--> U <--> N option.
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- Y Bai
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 4A-01, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Yamamoto Y. A 1H NMR study of structurally relevant inter-segmental hydrogen bond in cytochrome c. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1343:193-202. [PMID: 9434109 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(97)00109-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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NMR signal arising from His 26 N(epsilon)H proton in horse and tuna ferrocytochromes c has been assigned. This His residue is highly conserved in most mitochondrial cytochromes c and X-ray crystallographic studies strongly suggested that its side-chain imidazole participates in an internal hydrogen bond network which is relevant to the stability of the non-helical protein folding near the heme active site. The shift and line width of the assigned signal indicated that this NH hydrogen is indeed involved in an internal hydrogen bond. On the basis of the X-ray crystal structures, the carbonyl oxygen of the residue at 44 is thought to act as a proton-acceptor for this hydrogen. The observation of nuclear Overhauser effect correlation between His 26 C(epsilon)H and Asn 31 main-chain amide NH proton signals in the present proteins also demonstrated the formation of the hydrogen bond between these residues. Consequently, the presence of a unique triad hydrogen bond network in these cytochromes c in solution has been confirmed. Taking advantage of the sensitivity of His 26 N(epsilon)H proton signal to the structural properties of this hydrogen bond network, influences of the presence of high concentration of salt or various concentrations of denaturant on the protein folding were inferred from the analysis of the NMR spectral parameters of the signal.
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- Y Yamamoto
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
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Hamachi I, Fujita A, Kunitake T. Protein Engineering Using Molecular Assembly: Functional Conversion of Cytochrome c via Noncovalent Interactions. J Am Chem Soc 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ja9711775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Itaru Hamachi
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (Molecular Science Engineering), Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-81, Japan
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (Molecular Science Engineering), Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-81, Japan
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (Molecular Science Engineering), Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-81, Japan
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Native iso-2 cytochrome c contains two residues (His 18, Met 80) coordinated to the covalently attached heme. On unfolding of iso-2, the His 18 ligand remains coordinated to the heme iron, whereas Met 80 is displaced by a non-native heme ligand, His 33 or His 39. To test whether non-native His-heme ligation slows folding, we have constructed a double mutant protein in which the non-native ligands are replaced by asparagine and lysine, respectively (H33N,H39K iso-2). The double mutant protein, which cannot form non-native histidine-heme coordinate bonds, folds significantly faster than normal iso-2 cytochrome c: gamma = 14-26 ms for H33N,H39K iso-2 versus gamma = 200-1,100 ms for iso-2. These results with iso-2 cytochrome c strongly support the hypothesis that non-native His-heme ligation results in a kinetic barrier to fast folding of cytochrome c. Assuming that the maximum rate of a conformational search is about 10(11) s-1, the results imply that the direct folding pathway of iso-2 involves passage through on the order of 10(9) or fewer partially folded conformers.
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- M M Pierce
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7760, USA
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Colón W, Roder H. Kinetic intermediates in the formation of the cytochrome c molten globule. NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 1996; 3:1019-25. [PMID: 8946855 DOI: 10.1038/nsb1296-1019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The relationship between molten globules and transient intermediates in protein folding has been explored by equilibrium and kinetic analysis of the compact acid-denatured A-state of cytochrome c. The chloride-induced formation of the A-state is a complex reaction with structural intermediates resembling those found under native refolding conditions, including a rapidly formed compact state and a subsequent intermediate with interacting N- and C-terminal helices. Together with mutational evidence for specific helix-helix packing interactions, this shows that the A-state is a stable analogue of a late folding intermediate. The L94A mutation blocks all folding steps after the initial collapse and its equilibrium state resembles early kinetic intermediates.
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- W Colón
- Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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Zhu Y, Dong S. Electrochemical identification of intermediate forms of urea denaturation of horse heart cytochrome c. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0302-4598(96)05080-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Experiments with cytochrome c (cyt c) show that an initial folding event, molecular collapse, is not an energetically downhill continuum as commonly presumed but represents a large-scale, time-consuming, cooperative barrier-crossing process. In the absence of later misfold-reorganization barriers, the early collapse barrier limits cyt c folding to a time scale of milliseconds. The collapse process itself appears to be limited by an uphill search for some coarsely determined transition state structure that can nucleate subsequent energetically downhill folding events. An earlier "burst phase" event at strongly native conditions appears to be a non-specific response of the unfolded chain to reduced denaturant concentration. The molecular collapse process may or may not require the co-formation of the amino- and carboxyl-terminal helices, which are present in an initial metastable intermediate directly following the rate-limiting collapse. After the collapse-nucleation event, folding can proceed rapidly in an apparent two-state manner, probably by way of a predetermined sequence of metastable intermediates that leads to the native protein structure (Bai et al., Science 269:192-197, 1995).
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- T R Sosnick
- The Johnson Research Foundation, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6059, USA
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Theodorakis JL, Garber EA, McCracken J, Peisach J, Schejter A, Margoliash E. A chemical modification of cytochrome-c lysines leading to changes in heme iron ligation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1252:103-13. [PMID: 7548152 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(95)00097-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Although 13 lysines of horse cytochrome c are invariant, and three more are extremely conserved, the modification of their side-chain epsilon-amino groups by beta-thiopropionylation caused important changes in protein properties for only three of them; lysines 72,73 and 79. Optical spectroscopy, electron and nuclear paramagnetic resonance, electron spin echo envelope modulation, and molecular weight studies, as well as the unique features of their reaction with cytochrome-c oxidase, indicate that in the oxidized state the modification of these lysines resulted in equilibria between two different states of iron ligation: the native state, in which the metal is coordinated by the methionine-80 sulfur, and a new state in which this ligand is displaced by the sulfhydryl groups of the elongated side chains. The reduction potentials of the TP Lys-72 and the TP Lys-79 derivatives were 201 and 196 millivolt, respectively, indicating that the equilibria favored the sulfhydryl ligated state by 1.5 and 1.7 kcal/mol, respectively. In the ferric state, the protein modified at lysine 72 remained stable as a monomer, but that modified at lysine 73 dimerized rapidly through disulfide bond formation, while the TP Lys-79 cytochrome c dimerized with a half-time of approx. 3 h, both recovering the native-like iron ligation. By contrast, in the ferrous state the monomeric state and the native ligation were preserved in all cases, indicating that the affinity of the cytochrome-c ferrous iron for the methionine-80 sulfur is particularly strong. The dimerized derivatives lost most, but not all, of the capability of the native protein for electron transfer from ascorbate-TMPD to cytochrome-c oxidase.
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- J L Theodorakis
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
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Qin W, Sanishvili R, Plotkin B, Schejter A, Margoliash E. The role of histidines 26 and 33 in the structural stabilization of cytochrome c. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1252:87-94. [PMID: 7548170 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(95)00124-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Comparative studies of the importance of the two histidines of rat cytochrome c that are not ligands of the heme iron, for the stability of the protein, were carried out by site-directed mutagenesis. Histidine 26 was substituted by valine and the resulting effects on the stability of the Met-80-sulfur to heme iron bond to changes in pH and temperature, and of the global stability of the protein to unfolding in urea solutions, were measured. It is suggested that the loss of the hydrogen bond between the His-26 imidazole and the backbone amide of Asn-31 caused the observed decreases in local stability; and that, in addition, the elimination of the hydrogen bond between this imidazole and the carbonyl of Pro-44 resulted in an increase of the mobility of the lower loop (residues 41-47) on the right side of the protein and of its distance from the middle loop (residues 26-31), probably leading to greater hydration of the interior right side of the molecule. These changes resulted in a decrease in the global stability of the protein. Further mutation of Asn-52 to Ile led to a total recovery of the wild-type stability of the sulfur-iron bond, and a partial restoration of the global stability of the protein. Substitution of Phe for His-33 did not alter the sulfur-iron bond but caused a pronounced increase in the global stability of the protein. It is suggested that this effect results from hydrophobic interaction of the Phe-33 side chain with the lower loop on the right side of the protein. Such an interaction also explains the observation that the same mutation reversed the loss of global stability caused by substitution of Val to His-26, but did not restore the strength of the sulfur-iron bond that this mutation had brought about.
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- W Qin
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
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The hydrogen exchange behavior of native cytochrome c in low concentrations of denaturant reveals a sequence of metastable, partially unfolded forms that occupy free energy levels reaching up to the fully unfolded state. The step from one form to another is accomplished by the unfolding of one or more cooperative units of structure. The cooperative units are entire omega loops or mutually stabilizing pairs of whole helices and loops. The partially unfolded forms detected by hydrogen exchange appear to represent the major intermediates in the reversible, dynamic unfolding reactions that occur even at native conditions and thus may define the major pathway for cytochrome c folding.
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- Y Bai
- Johnson Research Foundation, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6059, USA
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Schejter A, Koshy TI, Luntz TL, Sanishvili R, Vig I, Margoliash E. Effects of mutating Asn-52 to isoleucine on the haem-linked properties of cytochrome c. Biochem J 1994; 302 ( Pt 1):95-101. [PMID: 8068029 PMCID: PMC1137195 DOI: 10.1042/bj3020095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Asn-52 of rat cytochrome c and baker's yeast iso-1-cytochrome c was changed to isoleucine by site-directed mutagenesis and the mutated proteins expressed in and purified from cultures of transformed yeast. This mutation affected the affinity of the haem iron for the Met-80 sulphur in the ferric state and the reduction potential of the molecule. The yeast protein, in which the sulphur-iron bond is distinctly weaker than in vertebrate cytochromes c, became very similar to the latter: the pKa of the alkaline ionization rose from 8.3 to 9.4 and that of the acidic ionization decreased from 3.4 to 2.8. The rates of binding and dissociation of cyanide became markedly lower, and the affinity was lowered by half an order of magnitude. In the ferrous state the dissociation of cyanide from the variant yeast cytochrome c was three times slower than in the wild-type. The same mutation had analogous but less pronounced effects on rat cytochrome c: it did not alter the alkaline ionization pKa nor its affinity for cyanide, but it lowered its acidic ionization pKa from 2.8 to 2.2. These results indicate that the mutation of Asn-52 to isoleucine increases the stability of the cytochrome c closed-haem crevice as observed earlier for the mutation of Tyr-67 to phenylalanine [Luntz, Schejter, Garber and Margoliash (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86, 3524-3528], because of either its effects on the hydrogen-bonding of an interior water molecule or a general increase in the hydrophobicity of the protein in the domain occupied by the mutated residues. The reduction potentials were affected in different ways; the Eo of rat cytochrome c rose by 14 mV whereas that of the yeast iso-1 cychrome c was 30 mV lower as a result of the change of Asn-52 to isoleucine.
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- A Schejter
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago 60637
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Elöve GA, Bhuyan AK, Roder H. Kinetic mechanism of cytochrome c folding: involvement of the heme and its ligands. Biochemistry 1994; 33:6925-35. [PMID: 8204626 DOI: 10.1021/bi00188a023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The covalently attached heme and its axial ligands not only are essential for the structure and function of cytochrome c but they also play an important role in the folding process. Under typical denaturing conditions (concentrated guanidine hydrochloride or urea near pH 7), one of the axial ligands, His 18, remains bound to the oxidized heme iron, but the second ligand, Met 80, is replaced by a non-native histidine ligand (His 26 or His 33 in horse cytochrome c). Using quenched-flow and NMR methods, hydrogen exchange rates were measured for several individual amide protons in guanidine-denatured horse cytochrome c. The observation of a single highly protected (140-fold) backbone amide, that of His 18, suggests the presence of a persistent H-bond consistent with heme ligation of the His 18 side chain in the unfolded state. Heme absorbance changes induced by rapid acidification of oxidized cytochrome c in 4.5 M guanidine hydrochloride from pH 7.8 to 4.6 or below exhibit two kinetic phases with rates of 110 and 25 s-1, attributed to the dissociation of non-native histidine ligands from the heme in the unfolded state. The kinetics of folding from guanidine-denatured cytochrome c under a variety of initial and final conditions was investigated by stopped-flow methods, using tryptophan fluorescence as a conformational probe and Soret absorbance as a probe for the ligation state of the heme. A fast kinetic phase (80 s-1) accompanied by a major decrease in fluorescence and a minor absorbance change coincides with the formation of a partially folded intermediate with interacting chain termini detected in earlier pulsed NH exchange measurements [Roder, H., Elöve, G. A., & Englander, S. W. (1988) Nature 335, 700]. At neutral pH, an intermediate kinetic phase (1.8 s-1) accounts for 78% of the absorbance change and 47% of the fluorescence change. In contrast, the folding kinetics at pH 5 is dominated by the fast phase, and the amplitude of the intermediate phase is reduced to approximately 10%. The pH-dependent amplitude changes show titration behavior with an apparent pK of approximately 5.7, consistent with the protonation of a single histidine residue. The intermediate phase can also be suppressed by the addition of 20 mM imidazole. Since both of these conditions interfere with histidine ligation, the intermediate kinetic phase is attributed to the presence of a non-native histidine ligand (His 26 or His 33) that can become trapped in a partially folded intermediate.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- G A Elöve
- Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
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Sosnick TR, Mayne L, Hiller R, Englander SW. The barriers in protein folding. NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 1994; 1:149-56. [PMID: 7656032 DOI: 10.1038/nsb0394-149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Elimination of an interaction which forms in denatured cytochrome c enables the majority of the molecules to fold to the native state on a 15 ms time scale, without populating observable intermediates. These results are contrary to the current view that particular steps in protein folding, including the supposedly rate-limiting molten globule to native transition, are intrinsically slow. Instead it appears that intermediates characterized so far may be kinetically trapped by barriers that are optional rather than integral to the folding process. Major barriers may result from misorganization of the chain in the initial condensation step.
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- T R Sosnick
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Johnson Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6059, USA
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Frauenhoff MM, Scott RA. The role of tyrosine 67 in the cytochrome c heme crevice structure studied by semisynthesis. Proteins 1992; 14:202-12. [PMID: 1329082 DOI: 10.1002/prot.340140207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Tyr-67 of mitochondrial cytochrome c is thought to be involved in important hydrogen bonding interactions in the hydrophobic heme pocket of the protein (Takano, T., Dickerson, R. E. (1981) J. Mol. Biol. 153:95-115). The role of this highly conserved residue in heme pocket stability was studied by comparing properties of semisynthetic (Phe-67) and (p-F-Phe-67) analogs with those of native cytochrome c and a "control" analog, (Hse-65)cytochrome c. The (Phe-67) and (p-F-Phe-67) analogs have well-developed 695-nm visible absorption bands and are active in a cytochrome c oxidase assay. The reduction potentials of both analogs are lower than the native protein by approximately 50 mV. Although both analogs bind imidazole with higher affinity than the native protein, only the (p-F-Phe-67) analog has a 3- to 5-fold lower binding constant for cyanide. Only the (Phe-67) analog was significantly more stable toward alkaline isomerization. These results are not consistent with stabilization of the native protein heme pocket via hydrogen bonding of Tyr-67 to Met-80. An alternative steric role for Tyr-67 is proposed in which the residue controls the heme reduction potential by limiting the number of internal H2O molecules in the heme pocket.
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- M M Frauenhoff
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Rizzo P, Tinello C, Punturieri A, Taniuchi H. A study of hydrogen exchange of monoclonal antibodies: specificity of the antigen-binding induced conformational stabilization. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1159:169-78. [PMID: 1327157 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(92)90022-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Amide-hydrogen exchange of three anti-yeast iso-1-cytochrome-c IgG monoclonal antibodies and the Fab, prepared from one of them, were studied by infrared spectrophotometry in the presence and absence of the deuterated immunogen and evolutionarily related species (the deuterated immunogen contained a population of a dimer. Each subunit of the dimer appeared to bind to the antibodies in a manner similar to the monomer). The number of hydrogens of the antibodies whose exchange was suppressed on binding to the immunogen was found to exceed that estimated for the residues shielded by the immunogen. Analysis of the data suggests that such suppression of hydrogen exchange occurs mainly for the Fab domains, but not for the Fc. One of the antibodies showed two distinct classes of amide-hydrogens. Class-1 hydrogens (approx. 36/site) exchange faster than class 2 (approx. 37/site). The exchange of class-1 hydrogens was suppressed by binding to the immunogen, but not to the evolutionarily related species. The exchange of class-2 hydrogens was suppressed by binding to the evolutionarily related species, as well as to the immunogen. Thus, the suppression of exchange of class-1 hydrogens appears to occur by some kind of conformational stabilization, the mechanism of which differentiates between the deuterated immunogen and the evolutionarily related species. Evidence suggests that the trans-interactions of the Fab domains may modulate the hydrogen exchange. If it is assumed that the antigen-binding strengthens the trans-interactions in such a way that the exchange of the slower exchanging hydrogens is suppressed, this could explain the suppression of exchange of class-2 hydrogens.
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- P Rizzo
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Schejter A, Luntz TL, Koshy TI, Margoliash E. Relationship between local and global stabilities of proteins: site-directed mutants and chemically-modified derivatives of cytochrome c. Biochemistry 1992; 31:8336-43. [PMID: 1326327 DOI: 10.1021/bi00150a030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The methionine 80 sulfur-heme iron bond of rat cytochrome c, whose stability is decreased by mutating the phylogenetically invariant residue proline 30 to alanine and increased when tyrosine 67 is changed to phenylalanine, recovers its wild-type characteristics when both substitutions are performed on the same molecule. Titrations with urea, analyzed according to the heteropolymer theory [Alonso, D. O. V., & Dill, K. A. (1991) Biochemistry 30, 5974-5985], indicate that both single mutations increase the solvent exposure of hydrophobic groups in the unfolded state, while in the double mutant this conformational perturbation disappears. Similar increases in solvent exposure of hydrophobic groups are observed when the sulfur-iron bond of the wild-type protein is broken by alkylation of the methionine sulfur, by high pH, or by binding the heme iron with cyanide. The compensatory effects of the two single mutations do not extend to the overall stability of the protein. The added loss of conformational stability due to the single mutations amounts to 7.3 kcal/mol out of the 9 kcal/mol representing the overall free energy of stabilization of the native conformation of the wild-type protein. The folded conformation of the doubly mutated protein is only 2 kcal/mol less stable than that of the wild type. These results indicate that the double mutant protein is able to retain the essential folding pattern of cytochrome c and the thermodynamic stability of the methionine sulfur-heme iron bond, in spite of structural differences that weaken the overall stability of the molecule.
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- A Schejter
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago 60607
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