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Maia LB, Maiti BK, Moura I, Moura JJG. Selenium-More than Just a Fortuitous Sulfur Substitute in Redox Biology. Molecules 2023; 29:120. [PMID: 38202704 PMCID: PMC10779653 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29010120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Living organisms use selenium mainly in the form of selenocysteine in the active site of oxidoreductases. Here, selenium's unique chemistry is believed to modulate the reaction mechanism and enhance the catalytic efficiency of specific enzymes in ways not achievable with a sulfur-containing cysteine. However, despite the fact that selenium/sulfur have different physicochemical properties, several selenoproteins have fully functional cysteine-containing homologues and some organisms do not use selenocysteine at all. In this review, selected selenocysteine-containing proteins will be discussed to showcase both situations: (i) selenium as an obligatory element for the protein's physiological function, and (ii) selenium presenting no clear advantage over sulfur (functional proteins with either selenium or sulfur). Selenium's physiological roles in antioxidant defence (to maintain cellular redox status/hinder oxidative stress), hormone metabolism, DNA synthesis, and repair (maintain genetic stability) will be also highlighted, as well as selenium's role in human health. Formate dehydrogenases, hydrogenases, glutathione peroxidases, thioredoxin reductases, and iodothyronine deiodinases will be herein featured.
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- Luisa B. Maia
- LAQV, REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology | NOVA FCT, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (I.M.); (J.J.G.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Cluster University of Jammu, Canal Road, Jammu 180001, India
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- LAQV, REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology | NOVA FCT, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (I.M.); (J.J.G.M.)
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- LAQV, REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology | NOVA FCT, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (I.M.); (J.J.G.M.)
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Kulka-Peschke CJ, Schulz AC, Lorent C, Rippers Y, Wahlefeld S, Preissler J, Schulz C, Wiemann C, Bernitzky CCM, Karafoulidi-Retsou C, Wrathall SLD, Procacci B, Matsuura H, Greetham GM, Teutloff C, Lauterbach L, Higuchi Y, Ishii M, Hunt NT, Lenz O, Zebger I, Horch M. Reversible Glutamate Coordination to High-Valent Nickel Protects the Active Site of a [NiFe] Hydrogenase from Oxygen. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:17022-17032. [PMID: 36084022 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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NAD+-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenases are valuable biocatalysts for H2-based energy conversion and the regeneration of nucleotide cofactors. While most hydrogenases are sensitive toward O2 and elevated temperatures, the soluble NAD+-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenase from Hydrogenophilus thermoluteolus (HtSH) is O2-tolerant and thermostable. Thus, it represents a promising candidate for biotechnological applications. Here, we have investigated the catalytic activity and active-site structure of native HtSH and variants in which a glutamate residue in the active-site cavity was replaced by glutamine, alanine, and aspartate. Our biochemical, spectroscopic, and theoretical studies reveal that at least two active-site states of oxidized HtSH feature an unusual architecture in which the glutamate acts as a terminal ligand of the active-site nickel. This observation demonstrates that crystallographically observed glutamate coordination represents a native feature of the enzyme. One of these states is diamagnetic and characterized by a very high stretching frequency of an iron-bound active-site CO ligand. Supported by density-functional-theory calculations, we identify this state as a high-valent species with a biologically unprecedented formal Ni(IV) ground state. Detailed insights into its structure and dynamics were obtained by ultrafast and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy, demonstrating that it represents a conformationally strained state with unusual bond properties. Our data further show that this state is selectively and reversibly formed under oxic conditions, especially upon rapid exposure to high O2 levels. We conclude that the kinetically controlled formation of this six-coordinate high-valent state represents a specific and precisely orchestrated stereoelectronic response toward O2 that could protect the enzyme from oxidative damage.
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- Catharina J Kulka-Peschke
- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry & York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Life Science Research Infrastructure Group, RIKEN/SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- STFC Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxford OX11 0QX, U.K
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Microbiology, Synthetic Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Koto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences / Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Maiti BK, Almeida RM, Moura I, Moura JJ. Rubredoxins derivatives: Simple sulphur-rich coordination metal sites and its relevance for biology and chemistry. Coord Chem Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Greene BL, Wu CH, Vansuch GE, Adams MWW, Dyer RB. Proton Inventory and Dynamics in the Nia-S to Nia-C Transition of a [NiFe] Hydrogenase. Biochemistry 2016; 55:1813-25. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Brandon L. Greene
- Chemistry
Department, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Horch M, Lauterbach L, Mroginski MA, Hildebrandt P, Lenz O, Zebger I. Reversible active site sulfoxygenation can explain the oxygen tolerance of a NAD+-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenase and its unusual infrared spectroscopic properties. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:2555-64. [PMID: 25647259 DOI: 10.1021/ja511154y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Oxygen-tolerant [NiFe] hydrogenases are metalloenzymes that represent valuable model systems for sustainable H2 oxidation and production. The soluble NAD(+)-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenase (SH) from Ralstonia eutropha couples the reversible cleavage of H2 with the reduction of NAD(+) and displays a unique O2 tolerance. Here we performed IR spectroscopic investigations on purified SH in various redox states in combination with density functional theory to provide structural insights into the catalytic [NiFe] center. These studies revealed a standard-like coordination of the active site with diatomic CO and cyanide ligands. The long-lasting discrepancy between spectroscopic data obtained in vitro and in vivo could be solved on the basis of reversible cysteine oxygenation in the fully oxidized state of the [NiFe] site. The data are consistent with a model in which the SH detoxifies O2 catalytically by means of an NADH-dependent (per)oxidase reaction involving the intermediary formation of stable cysteine sulfenates. The occurrence of two catalytic activities, hydrogen conversion and oxygen reduction, at the same cofactor may inspire the design of novel biomimetic catalysts performing H2-conversion even in the presence of O2.
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- Marius Horch
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin , Sekr. PC14, Straße des 17, Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Wolfgang Lubitz
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Klucas RV, Hanus FJ, Russell SA, Evans HJ. Nickel: A micronutrient element for hydrogen-dependent growth of Rhizobium japonicum and for expression of urease activity in soybean leaves. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 80:2253-7. [PMID: 16578770 PMCID: PMC393797 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.8.2253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Soybean plants and Rhizobium japonicum 122 DES, a hydrogen uptake-positive strain, were cultured in media purified to remove Ni. Supplemental Ni had no significant effect on the dry matter or total N content of plants. However, the addition of Ni to both nitrate-grown and symbiotically grown plants resulted in a 7- to 10-fold increase in urease activity (urea amidohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.5) in leaves and significantly increased the hydrogenase activity (EC 1.18.3.1) in isolated nodule bacteroids. When cultured under chemolithotrophic conditions, free-living R. japonicum required Ni for growth and for the expression of hydrogenase activity. Hydrogenase activity was minimal or not detectable in cells incubated either without Ni or with Ni and chloramphenicol. Ni is required for derepression of hydrogenase activity and apparently protein synthesis is necessary for the participation of Ni in hydrogenase expression. The addition of Cr, V, Sn, and Pb in place of Ni failed to stimulate the activity of hydrogenase in R. japonicum and urease in soybean leaves. The evidence indicates that Ni is an important micronutrient element in the biology of the soybean plant and R. japonicum.
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- R V Klucas
- Laboratory for Nitrogen Fixation Research, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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Maier RJ, Nadler KD. Biochemistry, Regulation, and Genetics of Hydrogen Oxidation in Rhizobium. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/07388558509150779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Cordas CM, Moura I, Moura JJG. Direct electrochemical study of the multiple redox centers of hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio gigas. Bioelectrochemistry 2008; 74:83-9. [PMID: 18632311 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2008.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2007] [Revised: 04/10/2008] [Accepted: 04/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Direct electrochemical response was first time observed for the redox centers of Desulfovibrio gigas [NiFe]-Hase, in non-turnover conditions, by cyclic voltammetry, in solution at glassy carbon electrode. The activation of the enzyme was achieved by reduction with H(2) and by electrochemical control and electrocatalytic activity was observed. The inactivation of the [NiFe]-Hase was also attained through potential control. All electrochemical data was obtained in the absence of enzyme inhibitors. The results are discussed in the context of the proposed mechanism currently accepted for activation/inactivation of [NiFe]-Hases.
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- Cristina M Cordas
- REQUIMTE - Departamento de Química, CQFB, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2859-516 Monte de Caparica, Portugal
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Lubitz W, Reijerse E, van Gastel M. [NiFe] and [FeFe] Hydrogenases Studied by Advanced Magnetic Resonance Techniques. Chem Rev 2007; 107:4331-65. [PMID: 17845059 DOI: 10.1021/cr050186q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 376] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Wolfgang Lubitz
- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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De Lacey AL, Fernandez VM, Rousset M, Cammack R. Activation and Inactivation of Hydrogenase Function and the Catalytic Cycle: Spectroelectrochemical Studies. Chem Rev 2007; 107:4304-30. [PMID: 17715982 DOI: 10.1021/cr0501947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 364] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Antonio L De Lacey
- Instituto de CatAlisis, CSIC, Marie Curie 2, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Pardo A, De Lacey AL, Fernández VM, Fan HJ, Fan Y, Hall MB. Density functional study of the catalytic cycle of nickel–iron [NiFe] hydrogenases and the involvement of high-spin nickel(II). J Biol Inorg Chem 2006; 11:286-306. [PMID: 16511689 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-005-0076-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2005] [Accepted: 12/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In light of recent experiments suggesting high-spin (HS) Ni(II) species in the catalytic cycle of [NiFe] hydrogenase, a series of models of the Ni(II) forms Ni-SI(I,II), SI-CO and Ni-R(I,II,III) were examined in their high-spin states via density functional calculations. Because of its importance in the catalytic cycle, the Ni-C form was also included in this study. Unlike the Ni(II) forms in previous studies, in which a low-spin (LS) state was assumed and a square-planar structure found, the optimized geometries of these HS Ni(II) forms resemble those observed in the crystal structures: a distorted tetrahedral to distorted pyramidal coordination for the NiS4. This resemblance is particularly significant because the LS state is 20-30 kcal/mol less stable than the HS state for the geometry of the crystal structure. If these Ni(II) forms in the enzyme are not high spin, a large change in geometry at the active site is required during the catalytic cycle. Furthermore, only the HS state for the CO-inhibited form SI-CO has CO stretching frequencies that match the experimental results. As in the previous work, these new results show that the heterolytic cleavage reaction of dihydrogen (where H2 is cleaved with the metal acting as a hydride acceptor and a cysteine as the proton acceptor) has a lower energy barrier and is more exothermic when the active site is oxidized to Ni(III). The enzyme models described here are supported by a calibrated correlation of the calculated and measured CO stretching frequencies of the forms of the enzyme. The correlation coefficient for the final set of models of the forms of [NiFe] hydrogenase is 0.8.
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- Alejandro Pardo
- Instituto de Catalisis, CSIC, c/ Marie Curie s/n, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Andrade SL, Moura JJ. Hydrogen evolution and consumption in AOT–isooctane reverse micelles by Desulfovibrio gigas hydrogenase. Enzyme Microb Technol 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(02)00076-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Fan HJ, Hall MB. High-spin Ni(II), a surprisingly good structural model for [NiFe] hydrogenase. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:394-5. [PMID: 11792207 DOI: 10.1021/ja0171310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The first density functional calculations on high-spin (HS) Ni(II) models for the active site of the [NiFe] hydrogenases predict a ligand arrangement about Ni that is in better agreement with the crystal structures than previous predictions for low-spin (LS) Ni(II) models. With the crystal structures' geometry, the HS form is approximately 20 kcal/mol lower in energy than the LS one.
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- Hua-Jun Fan
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, TAMU 3255, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, USA
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Carepo M, Tierney DL, Brondino CD, Yang TC, Pamplona A, Telser J, Moura I, Moura JJG, Hoffman BM. 17O ENDOR detection of a solvent-derived Ni-(OH(x))-Fe bridge that is lost upon activation of the hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio gigas. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:281-6. [PMID: 11782180 DOI: 10.1021/ja010204v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Crystallographic studies of the hydrogenases (Hases) from Desulfovibrio gigas (Dg) and Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki (DvM) have revealed heterodinuclear nickel-iron active centers in both enzymes. The structures, which represent the as-isolated (unready) Ni-A (S = (1)/(2)) enzyme state, disclose a nonprotein ligand (labeled as X) bridging the two metals. The bridging atom was suggested to be an oxygenic (O(2)(-) or OH(-)) species in Dg Hase and an inorganic sulfide in DvM Hase. To determine the nature and chemical characteristics of the Ni-X-Fe bridging ligand in Dg Hase, we have performed 35 GHz CW (17)O ENDOR measurements on the Ni-A form of the enzyme, exchanged into H(2)(17)O, on the active Ni-C (S = (1)/(2)) form prepared by H(2)-reduction of Ni-A in H(2)(17)O, and also on Ni-A formed by reoxidation of Ni-C in H(2)(17)O. In the native state of the protein (Ni-A), the bridging ligand does not exchange with the H(2)(17)O solvent. However, after a reduction/reoxidation cycle (Ni-A --> Ni-C --> Ni-A), an (17)O label is introduced at the active site, as seen by ENDOR. Detailed analysis of a 2-D field-frequency plot of ENDOR spectra taken across the EPR envelope of Ni-A((17)O) shows that the incorporated (17)O has a roughly axial hyperfine tensor, A((17)O) approximately [5, 7, 20] MHz, discloses its orientation relative to the g tensor, and also yields an estimate of the quadrupole tensor. The substantial isotropic component (a(iso)((17)O) approximately 11 MHz) of the hyperfine interaction indicates that a solvent-derived (17)O is indeed a ligand to Ni and thus that the bridging ligand X in the Ni-A state of Dg Hase is indeed an oxygenic (O(2)(-) or OH(-)) species; comparison with earlier EPR results by others indicates that the same holds for Ni-B. The small (57)Fe hyperfine coupling seen previously for Ni-A (A((57)Fe) approximately 0.9 MHz) is now shown to persist in Ni-C, A((57)Fe) approximately 0.8 MHz. However, the (17)O signal is lost upon reductive activation to the Ni-C state; reoxidation to Ni-A leads to the reappearance of the signal. Consideration of the electronic structure of the EPR-active states of the dinuclear center leads us to suggest that the oxygenic bridge in Ni-A(B) is lost in Ni-C and is re-formed from solvent upon reoxidation to Ni-A. This implies that the reductive activation to Ni-C opens Ni/Fe coordination sites which may play a central role in the enzyme's activity.
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- Marta Carepo
- Departamento de Quimica and Centro de Química Fina e Biotecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825-114 Monte de Caparica, Portugal
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Wang H, Ralston CY, Patil DS, Jones RM, Gu W, Verhagen M, Adams M, Ge P, Riordan C, Marganian CA, Mascharak P, Kovacs J, Miller CG, Collins TJ, Brooker S, Croucher PD, Wang K, Stiefel EI, Cramer SP. Nickel L-Edge Soft X-ray Spectroscopy of Nickel−Iron Hydrogenases and Model CompoundsEvidence for High-Spin Nickel(II) in the Active Enzyme. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja000945g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hongxin Wang
- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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- Contribution from the Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 55455, Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Chemistry,
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De Lacey AL, Santamaria E, Hatchikian EC, Fernandez VM. Kinetic characterization of Desulfovibrio gigas hydrogenase upon selective chemical modification of amino acid groups as a tool for structure-function relationships. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1481:371-80. [PMID: 11018729 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00180-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The effect of amino acid residues modification of Desulfovibrio gigas hydrogenase on different activity assays is reported. The first method consisted in the modification of glutamic and aspartic acid residues of the enzyme with ethylenediamine in order to change the polarity of certain regions of the protein surface. The second method consisted in the modification of histidine residues with a Ru complex in order to change the acid-base properties of the histidine residues. The implication of these modifications in the enzyme kinetics has been studied by measuring in parallel the activities of para/ortho hydrogen conversion, deuterium/hydrogen exchange and dyes reduction with hydrogen. Our experimental data support some hypothesis based on the three-dimensional structure of this enzyme: (a) electrostactic interactions between the hydrogenase and the redox partner play an essential role in the kinetics; (b) the histidine ligand and the surrounding acidic residues of the distal [4Fe4S] cluster form the recognition site of the redox partner of the hydrogenase; and (c) histidine residues are involved in the hydron transfer pathway of the hydrogenase.
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- A L De Lacey
- Instituto de Catálisis, C.S.I.C., Campus Universidad Autónoma-Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
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Brennan L, Turner DL, Messias AC, Teodoro ML, LeGall J, Santos H, Xavier AV. Structural basis for the network of functional cooperativities in cytochrome c(3) from Desulfovibrio gigas: solution structures of the oxidised and reduced states. J Mol Biol 2000; 298:61-82. [PMID: 10756105 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cytochrome c(3) is a 14 kDa tetrahaem protein that plays a central role in the bioenergetic metabolism of Desulfovibrio spp. This involves an energy transduction mechanism made possible by a complex network of functional cooperativities between redox and redox/protolytic centres (the redox-Bohr effect), which enables cytochrome c(3) to work as a proton activator. The three-dimensional structures of the oxidised and reduced Desulfovibrio gigas cytochrome c(3) in solution were solved using 2D (1)H-NMR data. The reduced protein structures were calculated using INDYANA, an extended version of DYANA that allows automatic calibration of NOE data. The oxidised protein structure, which includes four paramagnetic centres, was solved using the program PARADYANA, which also includes the structural paramagnetic parameters. In this case, initial structures were used to correct the upper and lower volume restraints for paramagnetic leakage, and angle restraints derived from (13)C Fermi contact shifts of haem moiety substituents were used for the axial histidine ligands. Despite the reduction of the NOE intensities by paramagnetic relaxation, the final family of structures is of similar precision and accuracy to that obtained for the reduced form. Comparison of the two structures shows that, although the global folds of the two families of structures are similar, significant localised differences occur upon change of redox state, some of which could not be detected by comparison with the X-ray structure of the oxidised state: (1) there is a redox-linked concerted rearrangement of Lys80 and Lys90 that results in the stabilisation of haem moieties II and III when both molecules are oxidised or both are reduced, in agreement with the previously measured positive redox cooperativity between these two haem moieties. This cooperativity regulates electron transfer, enabling a two-electron step adapted to the function of cytochromes c(3) as the coupling partner of hydrogenase; and (2) the movement of haem I propionate 13 towards the interior of the protein upon reduction explains the positive redox-Bohr effect, establishing the structural basis for the redox-linked proton activation mechanism necessary for energy conservation, driving ATP synthesis.
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- L Brennan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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Niu S, Thomson LM, Hall MB. Theoretical Characterization of the Reaction Intermediates in a Model of the Nickel−Iron Hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio gigas. J Am Chem Soc 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ja983469r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shuqiang Niu
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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Silva G, Oliveira S, Gomes CM, Pacheco I, Liu MY, Xavier AV, Teixeira M, Legall J, Rodrigues-pousada C. Desulfovibrio gigas neelaredoxin. A novel superoxide dismutase integrated in a putative oxygen sensory operon of an anaerobe. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 259:235-43. [PMID: 9914498 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00025.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Neelaredoxin, a small non-heme blue iron protein from the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio gigas [Chen, L., Sharma, P., LeGall, J., Mariano, A.M., Teixeira M. and Xavier, A.V. (1994) Eur. J. Biochem. 226, 613-618] is shown to be encoded by a polycistronic unit which contains two additional open reading frames (ORF-1 and ORF-2) coding for chemotaxis-like proteins. ORF-1 has domains highly homologous with those structurally and functionally important in methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins, including two putative transmembrane helices, potential methylation sites and the interaction domain with CheW proteins. Interestingly, ORF-2 encodes a protein having homologies with CheW proteins. Neelaredoxin is also shown to have significant superoxide dismutase activity (1200 U. mg-1), making it a novel type of iron superoxide dismutase. Analysis of genomic data shows that neelaredoxin-like putative polypeptides are present in strict anaerobic archaea, suggesting that this is a primordial superoxide dismutase. The three proteins encoded in this operon may be involved in the oxygen-sensing mechanisms of this anaerobic bacterium, indicating a possible transcriptional mechanism to sense and respond to potential stress agents.
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- G Silva
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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Messias AC, Kastrau DH, Costa HS, LeGall J, Turner DL, Santos H, Xavier AV. Solution structure of Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough) ferrocytochrome c3: structural basis for functional cooperativity. J Mol Biol 1998; 281:719-39. [PMID: 9710542 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Desulfovibrio vulgaris cytochrome c3 is a 14 kDa tetrahaem cytochrome that plays a central role in energy transduction. The three-dimensional structure of the ferrocytochrome at pH 8.5 was solved through two-dimensional 1H-NMR. The structures were calculated using a large amount of experimental information, which includes upper and lower distance limits as well as dihedral angle restraints. The analysis allows for fast-flipping aromatic residues and flexibility in the haem plane. The structure was determined using 2289 upper and 2390 lower distance limits, 63 restricted ranges for the phi torsion angle, 88 stereospecific assignments out of the 118 stereopairs with non-degenerate chemical shifts (74.6%), and 115 out of the 184 nuclear Overhauser effects to fast-flipping aromatic residues (62.5%), which were pseudo-stereospecifically assigned to one or the other side of the ring. The calculated NMR structures are very well defined, with an average root-mean-square deviation value relative to the mean coordinates of 0.35 A for the backbone atoms and 0.70 A for all heavy-atoms. Comparison of the NMR structures of the ferrocytochrome at pH 8.5 with the available X-ray structure of the ferricytochrome at pH 5.5 reveals that the general fold of the molecule is very similar, but that there are some distinct differences. Calculation of ring current shifts for the residues with significantly different conformations confirms that the NMR structures represent better its solution structure in the reduced form. Some of the localised differences, such as a reorientation of Thr24, are thought to be state-dependent changes that involve alterations in hydrogen bond networks. An important rearrangement in the vicinity of the propionate groups of haem I and involving the covalent linkage of haem II suggests that this is the critical region for the functional cooperativities of this protein.
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- A C Messias
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6 Apartado 127, Oeiras, 2780, Portugal
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Sellmann D, Rackelmann GH, Heinemann FW. Heterolytic Activation of Dihydrogen at Transition-Metal Sulfur Sites in Coordinatively Unsaturated [rh(L)(“buS4”)]BF4 Complexes, Involving Neutral Hydrides, Thiol Hydrides, and Thiol–Hydride Proton Scrambling (L = CO, PCy3; “buS4”2- = 1,2-Bis[(2-mercapto-3,5-di-tert-butylphenylthio]ethane2-). Chemistry 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.19970031224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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de Lacey AL, Hatchikian EC, Volbeda A, Frey M, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Fernandez VM. Infrared-Spectroelectrochemical Characterization of the [NiFe] Hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio gigas. J Am Chem Soc 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ja963802w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Antonio L. de Lacey
- Contribution from the Instituto de Catálisis, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Unité de Bioénergétique et Ingéniére des Protéines, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille CDX20 France, and Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Cristallogenèse des Protéines, Institut de Biologie Structurale-Jean-Pierre-Ebel CEA-CNRS, 41 Avenue des Martyrs 38027 Grenoble CDX1, France
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- Contribution from the Instituto de Catálisis, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Unité de Bioénergétique et Ingéniére des Protéines, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille CDX20 France, and Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Cristallogenèse des Protéines, Institut de Biologie Structurale-Jean-Pierre-Ebel CEA-CNRS, 41 Avenue des Martyrs 38027 Grenoble CDX1, France
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- Contribution from the Instituto de Catálisis, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Unité de Bioénergétique et Ingéniére des Protéines, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille CDX20 France, and Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Cristallogenèse des Protéines, Institut de Biologie Structurale-Jean-Pierre-Ebel CEA-CNRS, 41 Avenue des Martyrs 38027 Grenoble CDX1, France
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- Contribution from the Instituto de Catálisis, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Unité de Bioénergétique et Ingéniére des Protéines, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille CDX20 France, and Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Cristallogenèse des Protéines, Institut de Biologie Structurale-Jean-Pierre-Ebel CEA-CNRS, 41 Avenue des Martyrs 38027 Grenoble CDX1, France
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- Contribution from the Instituto de Catálisis, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Unité de Bioénergétique et Ingéniére des Protéines, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille CDX20 France, and Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Cristallogenèse des Protéines, Institut de Biologie Structurale-Jean-Pierre-Ebel CEA-CNRS, 41 Avenue des Martyrs 38027 Grenoble CDX1, France
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- Contribution from the Instituto de Catálisis, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Unité de Bioénergétique et Ingéniére des Protéines, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille CDX20 France, and Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Cristallogenèse des Protéines, Institut de Biologie Structurale-Jean-Pierre-Ebel CEA-CNRS, 41 Avenue des Martyrs 38027 Grenoble CDX1, France
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Turner DL, Costa HS, Coutinho IB, Legall J, Xavier AV. Assignment of the ligand geometry and redox potentials of the trihaem ferricytochrome c3 from Desulfuromonas acetoxidans. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 243:474-81. [PMID: 9030775 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0474a.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Cytochrome c551.5 is a trihaem cytochrome of the cytochrome c3 family isolated from Desulfuromonas acetoxidans. Although several X-ray structures are available for tetrahaem cytochromes of this family, there is no X-ray structure for trihaem cytochromes. Cytochrome C551.5 was studied in the oxidized form by means of two-dimensional NMR. The pattern of observed interhaem NOESY connectivities is in agreement with the haem core structure previously determined by NMR for the reduced protein [Coutinho, I. B., Turner, D. L., Liu, M. Y., LeGall, J. & Xavier, A. V. (1996) J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 1, 305-311]. The similarities found between the haem core structure and the amino acid sequence of cytochrome c551.5 and those of tetrahaem cytochromes c3 allows each of the haems to be specifically assigned in the polypeptide sequence, and the attribution of the midpoint redox potentials to the individual haems. This also allows individual redox potentials to be assigned to each haem in the NMR spectrum. The paramagnetic shifts of the 13C resonances of the haem substituents were analyzed in terms of pi molecular orbitals with perturbed D4h symmetry. The parameters of this analysis have been shown to be controlled by the orientation of the axial ligands in several other bis-His-coordinated haems and hence the ligand geometry was deduced for cytochrome C551.5. The structural analogy between the relative haem plane orientations in cytochrome c551.5 and the tetrahaem cytochromes c3 is found to extend to the axial ligands with the largest differences being in the vicinity of the deleted fourth haem, using the numbering of cytochrome c3 haems.
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- D L Turner
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Gu Z, Dong J, Allan CB, Choudhury SB, Franco R, Moura JJG, Moura I, LeGall J, Przybyla AE, Roseboom W, Albracht SPJ, Axley MJ, Scott RA, Maroney MJ. Structure of the Ni Sites in Hydrogenases by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Species Variation and the Effects of Redox Poise. J Am Chem Soc 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ja962429p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Zhijie Gu
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, Departamento de Química (and Centro de Química Fina e Biotechnologia), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Lisboa, Portugal, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, E. C. Slater Institute, Biochemistry /FS, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Naval
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Coutinho IB, Turner DL, Legall J, Xavier AV. NMR studies and redox titration of the tetraheme cytochrome c3 from Desulfomicrobium baculatum. Identification of the low-potential heme. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1995; 230:1007-13. [PMID: 7601130 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20649.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The tetraheme cytochromes c3 isolated from two strains of Desulfomicrobium baculatum were studied by monitoring the spectral changes undergone during redox titrations followed by 1H NMR. The evolution of the three-protein intensity signals at low field allowed the partial identification of the heme methyl resonances in the spectrum of the fully oxidized state. The chemical shift variation shown by the protons of the aromatic sidechains as well as of the substituents of the higher-potential heme HIII [Coutinho, I. B., Turner, D. L., LeGall, J. & Xavier, A. V. (1993) Biochem. J. 294, 899-908] yielded the assignment of the lower midpoint redox potential to heme HII in the three-dimensional structure. This cross-assignment is achieved by comparing the chemical shifts of the resonances in the spectra obtained at intermediate oxidation levels with the pseudocontact shifts predicted to arise from the three lower-potential hemes. The cross-assignment for the cytochromes from these two strains is different from that of the cytochromes from Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Desulfovibrio gigas.
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- I B Coutinho
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- J J Moura
- Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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Barata BA, LeGall J, Moura JJ. Aldehyde oxidoreductase activity in Desulfovibrio gigas: in vitro reconstitution of an electron-transfer chain from aldehydes to the production of molecular hydrogen. Biochemistry 1993; 32:11559-68. [PMID: 8218223 DOI: 10.1021/bi00094a012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The molybdenum [iron-sulfur] protein, first isolated from Desulfovibrio gigas by Moura et al. [Moura, J. J. G., Xavier, A. V., Bruschi, M., Le Gall, J., Hall, D. O., & Cammack, R. (1976) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 72, 782-789], was later shown to mediate the electronic flow from salicylaldehyde to a suitable electron acceptor, 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPIP) [Turner, N., Barata, B., Bray, R. C., Deistung, J., LeGall, J., & Moura, J. J. G. (1987) Biochem. J. 243, 755-761]. The DCPIP-dependent aldehyde oxidoreductase activity was studied in detail using a wide range of aldehydes and analogues. Steady-state kinetic analysis (KM and Vmax) was performed for acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, benzaldehyde, and salicylaldehyde in excess DCPIP concentration, and a simple Michaelis-Menten model was shown to be applicable as a first kinetic approach. Xanthine, purine, allopurinol, and N1-methylnicotinamide (NMN) could not be utilized as enzyme substrates. DCPIP and ferricyanide were shown to be capable of cycling the electronic flow, whereas other cation and anion dyes [O2 and NAD(P)+] were not active in this process. The enzyme showed an optimal pH activity profile around 7.8. This molybdenum hydroxylase was shown to be part of an electron-transfer chain comprising four different soluble proteins from D. gigas, with a total of 11 discrete redox centers, which is capable of linking the oxidation of aldehydes to the reduction of protons.
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- B A Barata
- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Moreno C, Franco R, Moura I, Le Gall J, Moura JJ. Voltammetric studies of the catalytic electron-transfer process between the Desulfovibrio gigas hydrogenase and small proteins isolated from the same genus. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 217:981-9. [PMID: 8223656 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb18329.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The kinetics of electron transfer between the Desulfovibrio gigas hydrogenase and several electron-transfer proteins from Desulfovibrio species were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, square-wave voltammetry and chronoamperometry. The cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough), Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (Norway 4), Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (American Type Culture Collection 27774) and D. gigas (NCIB 9332) were used as redox carriers. They differ in their redox potentials and isoelectric point. Depending on the pH, all the reduced forms of these cytochromes were effective in electron exchange with hydrogenase. Other small electron-transfer proteins such as ferredoxin I, ferredoxin II and rubredoxin from D. gigas were tentatively used as redox carriers. Only ferredoxin II was effective in mediating electron exchange between hydrogenase and the working electrode. The second-order rate constants k for the reaction between reduced proteins and hydrogenase were calculated based on the theory of the simplest electrocatalytic mechanism [Moreno, C., Costa, C., Moura, I., Le Gall, J., Liu, M. Y., Payne, W. J., van Dijk, C. & Moura, J. J. G. (1993) Eur. J. Biochem. 212, 79-86] and the results obtained by cyclic voltammetry were compared with those obtained by chronoamperometry. Values for k of 10(5)-10(6) M-1 s-1 (cytochrome c3 as electron carrier) and 10(4) M-1 s-1 (ferredoxin II as the electron carrier) were determined. The rate-constant values are discussed in terms of the existence of an electrostatic interaction between the electrode surface and the redox carrier and between the redox carrier and a positively charged part of the enzyme.
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- C Moreno
- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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Coutinho IB, Turner DL, LeGall J, Xavier AV. Characterization of the structure and redox behaviour of cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio baculatus by 1H-nuclear-magnetic-resonance spectroscopy. Biochem J 1993; 294 ( Pt 3):899-908. [PMID: 8397513 PMCID: PMC1134547 DOI: 10.1042/bj2940899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Complete assignment of the aromatic and haem proton resonances in the cytochromes c3 isolated from Desulfovibrio baculatus strains (Norway 4, DSM 1741) and (DSM 1743) was achieved using one- and two-dimensional 1H n.m.r. Nuclear Overhauser enhancements observed between haem and aromatic resonances and between resonances due to different haems, together with the ring-current contributions to the chemical shifts of haem resonances, support the argument that the haem core architecture is conserved in the various cytochromes c3, and that the X-ray structure of the D. baculatus cytochrome c3 is erroneous. The relative orientation of the haems for both cytochromes was determined directly from n.m.r. data. The n.m.r. structures have a resolution of approximately 0.25 nm and are found to be in close agreement with the X-ray structure from D. vulgaris cytochrome c3. The proton assignments were used to relate the highest potential to a specific haem in the three-dimensional structure by monitoring the chemical-shift variation of several haem resonances throughout redox titrations followed by 1H n.m.r. The haem with highest redox potential is not the same as that in other cytochromes c3.
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- I B Coutinho
- Centro de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal
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Piçarra-Pereira MA, Turner DL, LeGall J, Xavier AV. Structural studies on Desulfovibrio gigas cytochrome c3 by two-dimensional 1H-nuclear-magnetic-resonance spectroscopy. Biochem J 1993; 294 ( Pt 3):909-15. [PMID: 8397514 PMCID: PMC1134548 DOI: 10.1042/bj2940909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Several aromatic amino acid residues and haem resonances in the fully reduced form of Desulfovibrio gigas cytochrome c3 are assigned, using two-dimensional 1H n.m.r., on the basis of the interactions between the protons of the aromatic amino acids and the haem protons as well as the intrahaem distances known from the X-ray structure [Kissinger (1989) Ph.D. Thesis, Washington State University]. The interhaem interactions observed in the n.m.r. spectra are in full agreement with the D. gigas X-ray structure and also with the n.m.r. data from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough) [Turner, Salgueiro, LeGall and Xavier (1992) Eur. J. Biochem. 210, 931-936]. The good correlation between the calculated ring-current shifts and the observed chemical shifts strongly supports the present assignments. Observation of the two-dimensional nuclear-Overhauser-enhancement spectra of the protein in the reduced, intermediate and fully oxidized stages led to the ordering of the haems in terms of their midpoint redox potentials and their identification in the X-ray structure. The first haem to oxidize is haem I, followed by haems II, III and IV, numbered according to the Cys ligand positions in the amino acid sequences [Mathews (1985) Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 54, 1-56]. Although the haem core architecture is the same for the different Desulfovibrio cytochromes c3, the order of redox potentials is different.
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- M A Piçarra-Pereira
- Centro de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Turner DL, Salgueiro CA, LeGall J, Xavier AV. Structural studies of Desulfovibrio vulgaris ferrocytochrome c3 by two-dimensional NMR. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 210:931-6. [PMID: 1336461 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17497.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two-dimensional NMR has been used to make specific assignments for the four haems in Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough) ferrocytochrome c3 and to determine their haem core architecture. The NMR signals from the haem protons were assigned according to type using two-dimensional NMR experiments which led to four sets of signals, one for each of the haems. Specific assignments were obtained by calculating the ring current shifts which arise from other haems and aromatic residues. Observation of interhaem NOEs confirmed the assignments and established that the relative orientation of the haems is identical to that found in the crystal structure of D. vulgaris (Miyazaki F.) ferricytochrome c3. Assignments were also made for all the aromatic residues except for the haem ligands and F20, which is shifted under the main envelope of signals. The NOEs observed between these aromatic protons and haem protons confirm the similarity between the structures in solution and in the crystal. The assignments reported here are the basis for the cross-assignments of the four microscopic haem redox potentials to specific haems in the protein structure [Salgueiro, C. A., Turner, D. L., Santos, H., LeGall, J. and Xavier, A. V. (1992) FEBS Lett., in the press]
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- D L Turner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, England
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Coutinho IB, Turner DL, Legall J, Xavier AV. Revision of the haem-core architecture in the tetraheam cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio baculatus by two-dimensional 1H NMR. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 209:329-33. [PMID: 1327772 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17293.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The haem-core architecture in cytochrome c3 isolated from Desulfovibrio baculatus (Norway 4) was probed using two-dimensional 1H NMR. Interhaem connectivities detected in NOE spectroscopy experiments performed at short mixing times are incompatible with the structure of the protein determined by X-ray crystallography, but agree instead with the haem arrangement found in cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Miyazaki). These experiments show unequivocally that the relative orientation of the four haems in the two proteins is the same and does not involve the 180 degrees rotation of haems I and IV indicated in the X-ray structure determined for the cytochrome c3 from D. baculatus (Norway 4).
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- I B Coutinho
- Centro de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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Pierik AJ, Hagen WR, Redeker JS, Wolbert RB, Boersma M, Verhagen MF, Grande HJ, Veeger C, Mutsaers PH, Sands RH. Redox properties of the iron-sulfur clusters in activated Fe-hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 209:63-72. [PMID: 1396719 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The periplasmic Fe-hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough) contains three iron-sulfur prosthetic groups: two putative electron transferring [4Fe-4S] ferredoxin-like cubanes (two F-clusters), and one putative Fe/S supercluster redox catalyst (one H-cluster). Combined elemental analysis by proton-induced X-ray emission, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, instrumental neutron activation analysis, atomic absorption spectroscopy and colorimetry establishes that elements with Z > 21 (except for 12-15 Fe) are present in 0.001-0.1 mol/mol quantities, not correlating with activity. Isoelectric focussing reveals the existence of multiple charge conformers with pI in the range 5.7-6.4. Repeated re-chromatography results in small amounts of enzyme of very high H2-production activity determined under standardized conditions (approximately 7000 U/mg). The enzyme exists in two different catalytic forms: as isolated the protein is 'resting' and O2-insensitive; upon reduction the protein becomes active and O2-sensitive. EPR-monitored redox titrations have been carried out of both the resting and the activated enzyme. In the course of a reductive titration, the resting protein becomes activated and begins to produce molecular hydrogen at the expense of reduced titrant. Therefore, equilibrium potentials are undefined, and previously reported apparent Em and n values [Patil, D. S., Moura, J. J. G., He, S. H., Teixeira, M, Prickril, B. C., DerVartanian, D. V., Peck, H. D. Jr, LeGall, J. & Huynh, B.-H. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 18,732-18,738] are not thermodynamic quantities. In the activated enzyme an S = 1/2 signal (g = 2.11, 2.05, 2.00; 0.4 spin/protein molecule), attributed to the oxidized H cluster, exhibits a single reduction potential, Em,7 = -307 mV, just above the onset potential of H2 production. The midpoint potential of the two F clusters (2.0 spins/protein molecule) has been determined either by titrating active enzyme with the H2/H+ couple (E,m = -330 mV) or by dithionite-titrating a recombinant protein that lacks the H-cluster active site (Em,7.5 = -340 mV). There is no significant redox interaction between the two F clusters (n approximately 1).
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- A J Pierik
- Department of Biochemistry, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Przybyla AE, Robbins J, Menon N, Peck HD. Structure-function relationships among the nickel-containing hydrogenases. FEMS Microbiol Rev 1992; 8:109-35. [PMID: 1558764 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb04960.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The enzymology of the heterodimeric (NiFe) and (NiFeSe) hydrogenases, the monomeric nickel-containing hydrogenases plus the multimeric F420-(NiFe) and NAD(+)-(NiFe) hydrogenases are summarized and discussed in terms of subunit localization of the redox-active nickel and non-heme iron clusters. It is proposed that nickel is ligated solely by amino acid residues of the large subunit and that the non-heme iron clusters are ligated by other cysteine-rich polypeptides encoded in the hydrogenase operons which are not necessarily homologous in either structure or function. Comparison of the hydrogenase operons or putative operons and their hydrogenase genes indicate that the arrangement, number and types of genes in these operons are not conserved among the various types of hydrogenases except for the gene encoding the large subunit. Thus, the presence of the gene for the large subunit is the sole feature common to all known nickel-containing hydrogenases and unites these hydrogenases into a large but diverse gene family. Although the different genes for the large subunits may possess only nominal general derived amino acid homology, all large subunit genes sequenced to date have the sequence R-X-C-X-X-C fully conserved in the amino terminal region of the polypeptide chain and the sequence of D-P-C-X-X-C fully conserved in the carboxyl terminal region. It is proposed that these conserved motifs of amino acids provide the ligands required for the binding of the redox-active nickel. The existing EXAFS (Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure) information is summarized and discussed in terms of the numbers and types of ligands to the nickel and the various redox species of nickel defined by EPR spectroscopy. New information concerning the ligands to nickel is presented based on site-directed mutagenesis of the gene encoding the large subunit of the (NiFe) hydrogenase-1 of Escherichia coli. Based on considerations of the biochemical, molecular and biophysical information, ligand environments of the nickel in different redox states of the (NiFe) hydrogenase are proposed.
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- A E Przybyla
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Chen L, Liu MY, Le Gall J. Calcium is required for the reduction of sulfite from hydrogen in a reconstituted electron transfer chain from the sulfate reducing bacterium, Desulfovibrio gigas. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 180:238-42. [PMID: 1930220 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81282-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Calcium is found a strong stimulator of sulfite reduction from hydrogen. A coupling protein of molecular weight 65,000 can be isolated from Desulfovibrio gigas. It functions in a reconstituted electron transfer chain between hydrogenase and sulfite reductase. Its N-terminal sequence shows high homologies with calcium or magnesium binding sites from other calcium-binding proteins.
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- L Chen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Hydrogenases devoid of nickel and containing only Fe-S clusters have been found so far only in some strictly anaerobic bacteria. Four Fe-hydrogenases have been characterized: from Megasphaera elsdenii, Desulfovibrio vulgaris (strain Hildenborough), and two from Clostridium pasteurianum. All contain two or more [4Fe-4S]1+,2+ or F clusters and a unique type of Fe-S center termed the H cluster. The H cluster appears to be remarkably similar in all the hydrogenases, and is proposed as the site of H2 oxidation and H2 production. The F clusters serve to transfer electrons between the H cluster and the external electron carrier. In all of the hydrogenases the H cluster is comprised of at least three Fe atoms, and possibly six. In the oxidized state it contains two types of magnetically distinct Fe atoms, has an S = 1/2 spin state, and exhibits a novel rhombic EPR signal. The reduced cluster is diamagnetic (S = 0). The oxidized H cluster appears to undergo a conformation change upon reduction with H2 with an increase in Fe-Fe distances of about 0.5 A. Studies using resonance Raman, magnetic circular dichroism and electron spin echo spectroscopies suggest that the H cluster has significant non-sulfur coordination. The H cluster has two binding sites for CO, at least one of which can also bind O2. Binding to one site changes the EPR properties of the cluster and gives a photosensitive adduct, but does not affect catalytic activity. Binding to the other site, which only becomes exposed during the catalytic cycle, leads to loss of catalytic activity. Mechanisms of H2 activation and electron transfer are proposed to explain the effects of CO binding and the ability of one of the hydrogenases to preferentially catalyze H2 oxidation.
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- M W Adams
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Rohde M, Fürstenau U, Mayer F, Przybyla AE, Peck HD, Le Gall J, Choi ES, Menon NK. Localization of membrane-associated (NiFe) and (NiFeSe) hydrogenases of Desulfovibrio vulgaris using immunoelectron microscopic procedures. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 191:389-96. [PMID: 1696542 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb19134.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The intracellular location of membrane-associated (NiFe) and (NiFeSe) hydrogenases of Desulfovibrio vulgaris was determined using pre-embedding and post-embedding immunoelectron microscopic procedures. Polyclonal antisera directed against the purified (NiFe) and (NiFeSe) hydrogenases were raised in rabbits. One-day-old cultures of D. vulgaris, grown on a lactate/sulfate medium, were used for all experiments in these studies. For post-embedding labeling studies cells were fixed with 0.2% glutaraldehyde and 0.3% formaldehyde, dehydrated with methanol, and embedded in the low-temperature resin Lowicryl K4M. Our post-embedding studies using antibody-gold or protein-A-gold as electron-dense markers revealed the location of the two hydrogenases exclusively at the cell periphery; the precise membrane location was then demonstrated by pre-embedding labeling. Spheroplasts were incubated with the polyclonal antisera against (NiFe) and (NiFeSe) hydrogenase followed by ferritin-linked secondary antibodies prior to embedding and sectioning. The observed labeling pattern unequivocally revealed that the antigenic reactive sites of the (NiFe) hydrogenase are located in the near vicinity of the cytoplasmic membrane facing into the periplasmic space, whereas the (NiFeSe) hydrogenase is associated with the cytoplasmic side of the cytoplasmic membrane.
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- M Rohde
- Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung, Bereich Mikrobiologie, Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany
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Sellstedt A, Smith GD. Nickel is essential for active hydrogenase in free-living Frankia isolated from Casuarina. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb13966.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Hatchikian CE, Traore AS, Fernandez VM, Cammack R. Characterization of the nickel-iron periplasmic hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio fructosovorans. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 187:635-43. [PMID: 2154378 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb15347.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The periplasmic hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio fructosovorans grown on fructose/sulfate medium was purified to homogeneity. It exhibits a molecular mass of 88 kDa and is composed of two different subunits of 60 kDa and 28.5 kDa. The absorption spectrum of the enzyme is characteristic of an iron-sulfur protein and its absorption coefficients at 400 and 280 nm are 50 and 180 mM-1 cm-1, respectively. D. fructosovorans hydrogenase contains 11 +/- 1 iron atoms, 0.9 +/- 0.15 nickel atom and 12 +/- 1 acid-labile sulfur atoms/molecule but does not contain selenium. The amino acid composition of the protein and of its subunits, as well as the N-terminal sequences of the small and large subunits, have been determined. The cysteine residues of the protein are distributed between the large (9 residues) and the small subunits (11 residues). Electron spin resonance (ESR) properties of the enzyme are consistent with the presence of nickel(III), [3Fe-4S] and [4Fe-4S] clusters. The hydrogenase of D. fructosovorans isolated under aerobic conditions required an incubation with hydrogen or other reductants in order to express its full catalytic activity. H2 uptake and H2 evolution activities doubled after a 3-h incubation under reducing conditions. Comparison with the (NiFe) hydrogenase from D. gigas shows great structural similarities between the two proteins. However, there are significant differences between the catalytic properties of the two enzymes which can be related to the respective state of their nickel atom. ESR showed a higher proportion of the Ni-B species (g = 2.33, 2.16, 2.01) which can be related to a more facile conversion to the ready state. The periplasmic location of the enzyme and the presence of hydrogenase activity in other cellular compartments are discussed in relation to the ability of D. fructosovorans to participate actively in interspecies hydrogen transfer.
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- C E Hatchikian
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France
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Coremans J, Van der Zwaan J, Albracht S. Redox behaviour of nickel in hydrogenase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg). Correlation between the nickel valence state and enzyme activity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(89)90196-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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O'Brian MR, Maier RJ. Molecular aspects of the energetics of nitrogen fixation in Rhizobium-legume symbioses. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1989; 974:229-46. [PMID: 2659085 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(89)80239-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- M R O'Brian
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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