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Van Driessche G, Vandenberghe I, Jacquemotte F, Devreese B, Van Beeumen JJ. Mass spectrometric identification of in vivo carbamylation of the amino terminus of Ectothiorhodospira mobilis high-potential iron-sulfur protein, isozyme 1. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2002; 37:858-866. [PMID: 12203680 DOI: 10.1002/jms.348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The complete amino acid sequence of a novel high-potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) isozyme 1 from the moderately halophilic phototrophic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira mobilis was determined by a combined approach of chemical and mass spectrometric sequencing techniques. By mass analysis of the apo- and holo-protein in the positive electrospray ionization mode using different electrospray solvents, the protein was found to be post-translationally modified by a moiety of 43 Da. Further analysis showed the nature and location of this modification to be a carbamyl group at the N-terminus of the HiPIP. This rare type of modification has previously been reported to occur in the water-soluble human lens alphaB-crystallin, class D beta-lactamases and some prokaryotic ureases, albeit at an internal lysine residue. In this paper, we discuss the mass spectrometric features of a carbamylated residue at the N-terminus of a peptide or a lysine side-chain during sequence analysis by collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry. Our data provide evidence for the first case of a prokaryotic carbamylated electron transport protein occurring in vivo.
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- G Van Driessche
- Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Protein Engineering, University of Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Kostanjevecki V, Leys D, Van Driessche G, Meyer TE, Cusanovich MA, Fischer U, Guisez Y, Van Beeumen J. Structure and characterization of Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata cytochrome b(558), a prokaryotic homologue of cytochrome b(5). J Biol Chem 1999; 274:35614-20. [PMID: 10585439 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.50.35614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A soluble cytochrome b(558) from the purple phototropic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata was completely sequenced by a combination of automated Edman degradation and mass spectrometry. The protein, with a measured mass of 10,094.7 Da, contains 90 residues and binds a single protoheme. Unexpectedly, the sequence shows homology to eukaryotic cytochromes b(5). As no prokaryotic homologue had been reported so far, we developed a protocol for the expression, purification, and crystallization of recombinant cytochrome b(558). The structure was solved by molecular replacement to a resolution of 1.65 A. It shows that cytochrome b(558) is indeed the first bacterial cytochrome b(5) to be characterized and differs from its eukaryotic counterparts by the presence of a disulfide bridge and a four-residue insertion in front of the sixth ligand (histidine). Eukaryotes contain a variety of b(5) homologues, including soluble and membrane-bound multifunctional proteins as well as multidomain enzymes such as sulfite oxidase, fatty-acid desaturase, nitrate reductase, and lactate dehydrogenase. A search of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome showed that a previously unidentified gene encodes a fatty-acid desaturase with an N-terminal b(5) domain. Thus, it may provide another example of a bacterial b(5) homologue.
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- V Kostanjevecki
- Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry and Protein Engineering, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Ambler RP, Daniel M, Meyer TE, Cusanovich MA. Amino acid sequences of two high-potential iron-sulfur proteins (HiPIPs) from the moderately halophilic purple phototrophic bacterium, Rhodospirillum salinarum. Arch Biochem Biophys 1999; 369:143-8. [PMID: 10462450 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1323] [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: 11/22/2022]
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The amino acid sequences of two very different high-potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) isozymes have been determined from the moderately halophilic purple phototrophic bacterium, Rhodospirillum salinarum. Iso-1 HiPIP, which is monomeric and contains 57 amino acid residues, is most similar to the Thiobacillus ferrooxidans iron-oxidizing enzyme (45% identity and a 6-residue deletion). On the other hand, iso-2 HiPIP, which is isolated as an oligomer, contains a peptide chain with 54 amino acid residues. It is the smallest reported to date and is only 31% identical to iso-1 HiPIP. A massive deletion of 17 residues is found at the N-terminus, such that only 2 residues remain prior to the first cysteine. Iso-2 HiPIP also has a 12-residue insertion and a 5-residue deletion. Prior to this study, there were only 2 absolutely conserved residues (Tyr 19 and Gly 75, Chromatium numbering) in addition to the 4 iron-sulfur cluster binding cysteine residues among the 13 HiPIPs sequenced to date. We found that Tyr 19 is absent in iso-2 HiPIP along with the entire N-terminal loop. Moreover, Gly 75 is substituted in both R. salinarum HiPIPs. These characteristics make the R. salinarum HiPIPs, and especially iso-2, the most divergent yet characterized.
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- R P Ambler
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JR, Scotland.
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Sticht H, Rösch P. The structure of iron-sulfur proteins. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998; 70:95-136. [PMID: 9785959 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(98)00027-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ferredoxins are a group of iron-sulfur proteins for which a wealth of structural and mutational data have recently become available. Previously unknown structures of ferredoxins which are adapted to halophilic, acidophilic or hyperthermophilic environments and new cysteine patterns for cluster ligation and non-cysteine cluster ligation have been described. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments have given insight into factors that influence the geometry, stability, redox potential, electronic properties and electron-transfer reactivity of iron-sulfur clusters.
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- H Sticht
- Lehrstuhl für Struktur und Chemie der Biopolymere, Universität Bayreuth, Germany.
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Brüser T, Trüper HG, Dahl C. Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the high potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) from the purple sulfur bacterium Chromatium vinosum. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1352:18-22. [PMID: 9177478 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(97)00033-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The gene encoding the high potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) of Chromatium vinosum strain D (DSM 180T) was cloned from an EcoRI-HindIII digest of genomic DNA. A nucleotide sequence of 648 bp length was determined which contained the coding region and putative promoter and termination sites. The gene codes for a 122 residue 12761 Da protein. The C-terminal 85 residues are those of the previously biochemically determined sequence, whereas the N-terminal 37 residues constitute a leader peptide which shows characteristics of the double arginine signal sequences of complex cofactor containing periplasmic proteins.
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- T Brüser
- Institut für Mikrobiologie and Biotechnologie, Bonn, Germany
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Van Driessche G, Ciurli S, Hochkoeppler A, Van Beeumen JJ. The primary structure of Rhodoferax fermentans high-potential iron-sulfur protein, an electron donor to the photosynthetic reaction center. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 244:371-7. [PMID: 9119002 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00371.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The complete amino acid sequence of Rhodoferax fermentans high-potential iron-sulfur protein (Hipip), which is known to be an efficient electron donor to the photosynthetic reaction center, has been determined using both N-terminal and C-terminal analyses. The sequence contains 75 residues, with 11 positive charges, 10 negative charges, and one histidine residue. The molecular mass of apo-Hipip, determined by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, is 7849.64 Da. Multiple sequence alignment, based both on primary and tertiary structure information, reveals conservation of Tyr19 and Gly75 (Chromatium vinosum numbering) in addition to the four [Fe4S4]-bound cysteines. The Hipip from Rf. fermentans is most similar (57% similarity) to the Hipip from Rubrivivax gelatinosus, a photosynthetic bacterium belonging to the beta-1 subgroup of the proteobacteria.
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- G Van Driessche
- Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, University of Gent, Belgium
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Ciurli S, Cremonini MA, Kofod P, Luchinat C. 1H NMR of high-potential iron-sulfur protein from the purple non-sulfurbacterium Rhodoferax fermentans. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 236:405-11. [PMID: 8612609 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00405.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Oxidized and reduced forms of high-potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) from the purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Rhodoferax fermentans have been characterized using 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Pairwise and sequence-specific assignments of hyperfine-shifted 1H-NMR signals to protons of cysteine residues bound to the [4Fe-4S]3+/2+ cluster have been performed using one-dimensional NOE and exchange spectroscopy experiments. 1H-NMR hyperfine shifts and relaxation rates of cluster-bound Cys beta-CH2 protons indicate that in the [4Fe-4S]3+ cluster one iron ion can be formally described as Fe(III), while electron density corresponding to one electron is unevenly delocalized onto the remaining three iron ions. This delocalization is effected by means of two different electronic distributions interconverting rapidly on the NMR time scale. The mechanism of paramagnetic proton relaxation, studied by analyzing longitudinal relaxation rates of Cys beta-CH2 protons in HiPIPs from six different sources as a function of the Fe-S-C beta-C alpha dihedral angle, indicate that the major contribution is due to a dipolar metal-centered mechanism, with a non-negligible contribution from a ligand-centered dipolar mechanism which involves the 3p orbital of the Cys sulfur atom. A semi-quantitative tool for extracting structural information from relaxation time measurements is proposed.
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- S Ciurli
- Institute of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy
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Koh M, Van Driessche G, Samyn B, Hoff WD, Meyer TE, Cusanovich MA, Van Beeumen JJ. Sequence evidence for strong conservation of the photoactive yellow proteins from the halophilic phototrophic bacteria Chromatium salexigens and Rhodospirillum salexigens. Biochemistry 1996; 35:2526-34. [PMID: 8611556 DOI: 10.1021/bi951494t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The photoactive yellow proteins (PYP) have been found to date only in three species of halophilic purple phototrophic bacteria. They have photochemical activity remarkably similar to that of the bacteria rhodopsins. In contrast to rhodopsins, however, the PYPs are small water-soluble proteins. We now report the complete amino acid sequences of Rhodospirillum salexigens and Chromatium salexigens PYP which allow comparison with the known sequence and three-dimensional structure of the prototypic protein from Ectothiorhodospira halophila. Although isolated from three different families of bacteria, the PYP sequences are 70-76% identical. All three contain 125 amino acid residues, and no insertions or deletions are necessary for alignment. This is a remarkable result when it is considered that electron transfer proteins from these purple bacterial species are only 25-40% identical and that insertions and deletions are needed for their proper alignment. It thus appears that PYP has the same important function in each of the purple bacteria and that most of the amino acid residues are necessary to maintain structure and function. By most standards, PYP would be called a "slowly evolving protein". R. salexigens PYP is uniquely degraded by proteolysis at low ionic strength, probably as a consequence of unfolding due to electrostatic repulsion of the excess negative charge. Therefore it may also be classified as a "halophilic protein".
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- M Koh
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium
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Banci L, Bertini I, Ciurli S, Luchinat C, Pierattelli R. Rationalization of the reduction potentials within the series of the high potential iron-sulfur proteins. Inorganica Chim Acta 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1693(95)04540-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bertini I, Eltis LD, Felli IC, Kastrau DHW, Luchinat C, Piccioli M. The Solution Structure of Oxidized HiPIP I fromEctothiorhodospira halophila; Can NMR Spectroscopy Be Used to Probe Rearrangements Associated with Electron Transfer Processes? Chemistry 1995. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.19950010906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Heering HA, Bulsink YB, Hagen WR, Meyer TE. Reversible super-reduction of the cubane [4Fe-4S](3+;2+;1+) in the high-potential iron-sulfur protein under non-denaturing conditions. EPR spectroscopic and electrochemical studies. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1995; 232:811-817. [PMID: 7588720 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.0811a.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The reversible 2 x 1 e- reduction of the cubane cluster from oxidized to reduced to super-reduced states ([4Fe-4S]3+<-->[4Fe-4S]2+<-->[4Fe-4S]1+) was studied in high-potential iron-sulfur proteins (HiPIPs). Super-reduction to the 1+ state was not observed in any of the seven HiPIPs tested during cyclic voltammetry (down to -0.95 V). However, equilibration at low potential (pH 7.5) of Rhodopila globiformis HiPIP yields a transient peak around -0.47 V due to the oxidation of super-reduced HiPIP adsorbed at the electrode. The peak area depends on the equilibration potential according to a one-electron Nernst curve with a half-wave potential at -0.91 V. Reduction of R. globiformis HiPIP with titanium (III)citrate at pH 9.5 is very slow [pseudo-first-order half-life of 23 min with a 100-fold excess Ti(III)] but is reversible, and the EPR spectrum with g values of 2.04 and 1.92 is similar to that of reduced [4Fe-4S]1+ ferredoxins. Chemical or electrochemical reoxidation of the super-reduced form resulted in an EPR spectrum with g parallel = 2.12 and g perpendicular = 2.03, i.e. identical to that of oxidized HiPIP. From the equilibrium concentration of super-reduced HiPIP at a low concentration of Ti(III), a reduction potential of -0.64 V can be estimated. Super-reduction of the large HiPIP (iso-2) from Rhodospirillum salinarum is also possible with Ti(III)(gz = 2.05) but the super-reduced state is unstable. No super-reduction with Ti(III) was observed for the other HiPIPs. The difference between the electrochemically observed reduction potential and oxidation potential is explained by a fast and reversible conformational change upon super-reduction. The rate of super-reduction with Ti(III) is limited by the small amount (0.1%) of HiPIP in the 2+ state with the super-reduced conformation.
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- H A Heering
- Department of Biochemistry, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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Heering HA, Bulsink YBM, Hagen WR, Meyer TE. Reversible Super-Reduction of the Cubane [4Fe-4S](3+;2+;1+) in the High-Potential Iron-Sulfur Protein Under Non-Denaturing Conditions. EPR Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Studies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20877.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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