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Karmakar S, Patra S, Pramanik K, Adhikary A, Dey A, Majumdar A. Reactivity of Thiolate and Hydrosulfide with a Mononuclear {FeNO} 7 Complex Featuring a Very High N-O Stretching Frequency. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:8537-8555. [PMID: 38679874 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Synthesis, characterization, electronic structure, and redox reactions of a mononuclear {FeNO}7 complex with a very high N-O stretching frequency in solution are presented. Nitrosylation of [(LKP)Fe(DMF)]2+ (1) (LKP = tris((1-methyl-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)methyl)amine) produced a five-coordinate {FeNO}7 complex, [(LKP)Fe(NO)]2+ (2). While complex 2 could accommodate an additional water molecule to generate a six-coordinate {FeNO}7 complex, [(LKP)Fe(NO)(H2O)]2+ (3), the coordinated H2O in 3 dissociates to generate 2 in solution. The molecular structure of 2 features a nearly linear Fe-N-O unit with an Fe-N distance of 1.744(4) Å, N-O distance of 1.162(5) Å, and
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- Soumik Karmakar
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Technology Campus, University of Calcutta, JD Block, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700098, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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The Evolution of Nitric Oxide Function: From Reactivity in the Prebiotic Earth to Examples of Biological Roles and Therapeutic Applications. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11071222. [PMID: 35883712 PMCID: PMC9311577 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11071222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide was once considered to be of marginal interest to the biological sciences and medicine; however, there is now wide recognition, but not yet a comprehensive understanding, of its functions and effects. NO is a reactive, toxic free radical with numerous biological targets, especially metal ions. However, NO and its reaction products also play key roles as reductant and oxidant in biological redox processes, in signal transduction, immunity and infection, as well as other roles. Consequently, it can be sensed, metabolized and modified in biological systems. Here, we present a brief overview of the chemistry and biology of NO—in particular, its origins in geological time and in contemporary biology, its toxic consequences and its critical biological functions. Given that NO, with its intrinsic reactivity, appeared in the early Earth’s atmosphere before the evolution of complex lifeforms, we speculate that the potential for toxicity preceded biological function. To examine this hypothesis, we consider the nature of non-biological and biological targets of NO, the evolution of biological mechanisms for NO detoxification, and how living organisms generate this multifunctional gas.
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Matsumura H, Faponle AS, Hagedoorn PL, Tosha T, de Visser SP, Moënne-Loccoz P. Mechanism of substrate inhibition in cytochrome-c dependent NO reductases from denitrifying bacteria (cNORs). J Inorg Biochem 2022; 231:111781. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Guo K, Gao H. Physiological Roles of Nitrite and Nitric Oxide in Bacteria: Similar Consequences from Distinct Cell Targets, Protection, and Sensing Systems. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2021; 5:e2100773. [PMID: 34310085 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202100773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nitrite and nitric oxide (NO) are two active nitrogen oxides that display similar biochemical properties, especially when interacting with redox-sensitive proteins (i.e., hemoproteins), an observation serving as the foundation of the notion that the antibacterial effect of nitrite is largely attributed to NO formation. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that they are largely treated as distinct molecules by bacterial cells. Although both nitrite and NO are formed and decomposed by enzymes participating in the transformation of these nitrogen species, NO can also be generated via amino acid metabolism by bacterial NO synthetase and scavenged by flavohemoglobin. NO seemingly interacts with all hemoproteins indiscriminately, whereas nitrite shows high specificity to heme-copper oxidases. Consequently, the homeostasis of redox-sensitive proteins may be responsible for the substantial difference in NO-targets identified to date among different bacteria. In addition, most protective systems against NO damage have no significant role in alleviating inhibitory effects of nitrite. Furthermore, when functioning as signal molecules, nitrite and NO are perceived by completely different sensing systems, through which they are linked to different biological processes.
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- Kailun Guo
- Institute of Microbiology and College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Institute of Microbiology and College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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Blomberg MRA. The importance of exact exchange-A methodological investigation of NO reduction in heme-copper oxidases. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:055103. [PMID: 33557557 DOI: 10.1063/5.0035634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Significant improvements of the density functional theory (DFT) methodology during the past few decades have made DFT calculations a powerful tool in studies of enzymatic reaction mechanisms. For metalloenzymes, however, there are still concerns about the reliability in the DFT-results. Therefore, a systematic study is performed where the fraction of exact exchange in a hybrid DFT functional is used as a parameter. By varying this parameter, a set of different but related functionals are obtained. The various functionals are applied to one of the reactions occurring in the enzyme family heme-copper oxidases, the reduction of nitric oxide (NO) to nitrous oxide (N2O) and water. The results show that, even though certain parts of the calculated energetics exhibit large variations, the qualitative pictures of the reaction mechanisms are quite stable. Furthermore, it is found that the functional with 15% exact exchange (B3LYP*) gives the best agreement with experimental data for the particular reactions studied. An important aspect of the procedure used is that the computational results are carefully combined with a few more general experimental data to obtain a complete description of the entire catalytic cycle of the reactions studied.
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- Margareta R A Blomberg
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Blomberg MRA. Activation of O 2 and NO in heme-copper oxidases - mechanistic insights from computational modelling. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 49:7301-7330. [PMID: 33006348 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00877j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Heme-copper oxidases are transmembrane enzymes involved in aerobic and anaerobic respiration. The largest subgroup contains the cytochrome c oxidases (CcO), which reduce molecular oxygen to water. A significant part of the free energy released in this exergonic process is conserved as an electrochemical gradient across the membrane, via two processes, electrogenic chemistry and proton pumping. A deviant subgroup is the cytochrome c dependent NO reductases (cNOR), which reduce nitric oxide to nitrous oxide and water. This is also an exergonic reaction, but in this case none of the released free energy is conserved. Computational studies applying hybrid density functional theory to cluster models of the bimetallic active sites in the heme-copper oxidases are reviewed. To obtain a reliable description of the reaction mechanisms, energy profiles of the entire catalytic cycles, including the reduction steps have to be constructed. This requires a careful combination of computational results with certain experimental data. Computational studies have elucidated mechanistic details of the chemical parts of the reactions, involving cleavage and formation of covalent bonds, which have not been obtainable from pure experimental investigations. Important insights regarding the mechanisms of energy conservation have also been gained. The computational studies show that the reduction potentials of the active site cofactors in the CcOs are large enough to afford electrogenic chemistry and proton pumping, i.e. efficient energy conservation. These results solve a conflict between different types of experimental data. A mechanism for the proton pumping, involving a specific and crucial role for the active site tyrosine, conserved in all CcOs, is suggested. For the cNORs, the calculations show that the low reduction potentials of the active site cofactors are optimized for fast elimination of the toxic NO molecules. At the same time, the low reduction potentials lead to endergonic reduction steps with high barriers. To prevent even higher barriers, which would lead to a too slow reaction, when the electrochemical gradient across the membrane is present, the chemistry must occur in a non-electrogenic manner. This explains why there is no energy conservation in cNOR.
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- Margareta R A Blomberg
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Sivaloganathan DM, Brynildsen MP. Pseudomonas aeruginosa prioritizes detoxification of hydrogen peroxide over nitric oxide. BMC Res Notes 2021; 14:120. [PMID: 33771209 PMCID: PMC7995768 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-021-05534-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Bacteria are exposed to multiple concurrent antimicrobial stressors within phagosomes. Among the antimicrobials produced, hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide are two of the most deleterious products. In a previous study, we discovered that when faced with both stressors simultaneously, Escherichia coli prioritized detoxification of hydrogen peroxide over nitric oxide. In this study, we investigated whether such a process was conserved in another bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. RESULTS P. aeruginosa prioritized hydrogen peroxide detoxification in a dose-dependent manner. Specifically, hydrogen peroxide detoxification was unperturbed by the presence of nitric oxide, whereas larger doses of hydrogen peroxide produced longer delays in nitric oxide detoxification. Computational modelling revealed that the rate of nitric oxide consumption in co-treated cultures was biphasic, with cells entering the second phase of detoxification only after hydrogen peroxide was eliminated from the culture.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA
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Tosha T, Yamagiwa R, Sawai H, Shiro Y. NO Dynamics in Microbial Denitrification System. CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.200629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Takehiko Tosha
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Melin F, Hellwig P. Redox Properties of the Membrane Proteins from the Respiratory Chain. Chem Rev 2020; 120:10244-10297. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Frederic Melin
- Chimie de la Matière Complexe UMR 7140, Laboratoire de Bioelectrochimie et Spectroscopie, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France
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- Chimie de la Matière Complexe UMR 7140, Laboratoire de Bioelectrochimie et Spectroscopie, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France
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Leone L, Chino M, Nastri F, Maglio O, Pavone V, Lombardi A. Mimochrome, a metalloporphyrin‐based catalytic Swiss knife†. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2020; 67:495-515. [DOI: 10.1002/bab.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Linda Leone
- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Napoli “Federico II” Napoli Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Napoli “Federico II” Napoli Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Napoli “Federico II” Napoli Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Napoli “Federico II” Napoli Italy
- IBB ‐ National Research Council Napoli Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Napoli “Federico II” Napoli Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Napoli “Federico II” Napoli Italy
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Ferousi C, Majer SH, DiMucci IM, Lancaster KM. Biological and Bioinspired Inorganic N-N Bond-Forming Reactions. Chem Rev 2020; 120:5252-5307. [PMID: 32108471 PMCID: PMC7339862 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The metallobiochemistry underlying the formation of the inorganic N-N-bond-containing molecules nitrous oxide (N2O), dinitrogen (N2), and hydrazine (N2H4) is essential to the lifestyles of diverse organisms. Similar reactions hold promise as means to use N-based fuels as alternative carbon-free energy sources. This review discusses research efforts to understand the mechanisms underlying biological N-N bond formation in primary metabolism and how the associated reactions are tied to energy transduction and organismal survival. These efforts comprise studies of both natural and engineered metalloenzymes as well as synthetic model complexes.
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- Christina Ferousi
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Jamali MAM, Gopalasingam CC, Johnson RM, Tosha T, Muramoto K, Muench SP, Antonyuk SV, Shiro Y, Hasnain SS. The active form of quinol-dependent nitric oxide reductase from Neisseria meningitidis is a dimer. IUCRJ 2020; 7:404-415. [PMID: 32431824 PMCID: PMC7201271 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252520003656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Neisseria meningitidis is carried by nearly a billion humans, causing developmental impairment and over 100 000 deaths a year. A quinol-dependent nitric oxide reductase (qNOR) plays a critical role in the survival of the bacterium in the human host. X-ray crystallographic analyses of qNOR, including that from N. meningitidis (NmqNOR) reported here at 3.15 Å resolution, show monomeric assemblies, despite the more active dimeric sample being used for crystallization. Cryo-electron microscopic analysis of the same chromatographic fraction of NmqNOR, however, revealed a dimeric assembly at 3.06 Å resolution. It is shown that zinc (which is used in crystallization) binding near the dimer-stabilizing TMII region contributes to the disruption of the dimer. A similar destabilization is observed in the monomeric (∼85 kDa) cryo-EM structure of a mutant (Glu494Ala) qNOR from the opportunistic pathogen Alcaligenes (Achromobacter) xylosoxidans, which primarily migrates as a monomer. The monomer-dimer transition of qNORs seen in the cryo-EM and crystallographic structures has wider implications for structural studies of multimeric membrane proteins. X-ray crystallographic and cryo-EM structural analyses have been performed on the same chromatographic fraction of NmqNOR to high resolution. This represents one of the first examples in which the two approaches have been used to reveal a monomeric assembly in crystallo and a dimeric assembly in vitrified cryo-EM grids. A number of factors have been identified that may trigger the destabilization of helices that are necessary to preserve the integrity of the dimer. These include zinc binding near the entry of the putative proton-transfer channel and the preservation of the conformational integrity of the active site. The mutation near the active site results in disruption of the active site, causing an additional destabilization of helices (TMIX and TMX) that flank the proton-transfer channel helices, creating an inert monomeric enzyme.
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- M. Arif M. Jamali
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Molecular Biophysics Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Biophysics Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Molecular Biophysics Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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Wang M, Niikura H, He H, Daniel‐Ivad P, Ryan KS. Biosynthesis of the N–N‐Bond‐Containing Compound
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‐Alanosine. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:3881-3885. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Menghua Wang
- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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Wang M, Niikura H, He H, Daniel‐Ivad P, Ryan KS. Biosynthesis of the N–N‐Bond‐Containing Compound
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‐Alanosine. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201913458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Menghua Wang
- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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Jia Y, Zhou M, Chen Y, Luo J, Hu Y. Carbon selection for nitrogen degradation pathway by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: Based on the balances of nitrogen, carbon and electron. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 294:122114. [PMID: 31520854 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A novel strain DQ01 capable of simultaneous removal of nitrate and ammonium under the aerobic condition was isolated from the landfill leachate and identified as Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. The result showed that S. maltophilia had carbon selection for the nitrogen removal pathway, and preferred to utilize carboxylate rather than carbohydrate, as carboxylate could directly participate in TCA cycle without Embden Meyerhof Parmas (EMP). Nitrogen and carbon balances confirmed that the ammonium assimilation was the main or even sole removal pathway for S. maltophilia, and carboxylate was more conducive to heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification (HN-AD) process due to the serious self-alkalization and higher reduction potential of carboxylate, which followed: NH4+ → NO2- → NO3- → NO2- → NO due to the lack of nor and nos. Meanwhile, the higher C/N and nitrate could generate a more powerful ion transport driving force to accelerate the electron transfer in the denitrifying respiratory chain.
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- Yating Jia
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecological Remediation for Industrial Agglomeration Area, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecological Remediation for Industrial Agglomeration Area, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecological Remediation for Industrial Agglomeration Area, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- South China Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of People's Republic of China, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecological Remediation for Industrial Agglomeration Area, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Suga M, Shimada A, Akita F, Shen JR, Tosha T, Sugimoto H. Time-resolved studies of metalloproteins using X-ray free electron laser radiation at SACLA. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2019; 1864:129466. [PMID: 31678142 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.129466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The invention of the X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) has provided unprecedented new opportunities for structural biology. The advantage of XFEL is an intense pulse of X-rays and a very short pulse duration (<10 fs) promising a damage-free and time-resolved crystallography approach. SCOPE OF REVIEW Recent time-resolved crystallographic analyses in XFEL facility SACLA are reviewed. Specifically, metalloproteins involved in the essential reactions of bioenergy conversion including photosystem II, cytochrome c oxidase and nitric oxide reductase are described. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS XFEL with pump-probe techniques successfully visualized the process of the reaction and the dynamics of a protein. Since the active center of metalloproteins is very sensitive to the X-ray radiation, damage-free structures obtained by XFEL are essential to draw mechanistic conclusions. Methods and tools for sample delivery and reaction initiation are key for successful measurement of the time-resolved data. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE XFEL is at the center of approaches to gain insight into complex mechanism of structural dynamics and the reactions catalyzed by biological macromolecules. Further development has been carried out to expand the application of time-resolved X-ray crystallography. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Novel measurement techniques for visualizing 'live' protein molecules.
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- Michihiro Suga
- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima Naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan..
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- Graduate School of Applied Biological Sciences and Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan..
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima Naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima Naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Synchrotron Radiation Life Science Instrumentation Team, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Synchrotron Radiation Life Science Instrumentation Team, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan..
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Gopalasingam CC, Johnson RM, Chiduza GN, Tosha T, Yamamoto M, Shiro Y, Antonyuk SV, Muench SP, Hasnain SS. Dimeric structures of quinol-dependent nitric oxide reductases (qNORs) revealed by cryo-electron microscopy. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaax1803. [PMID: 31489376 PMCID: PMC6713497 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax1803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Quinol-dependent nitric oxide reductases (qNORs) are membrane-integrated, iron-containing enzymes of the denitrification pathway, which catalyze the reduction of nitric oxide (NO) to the major ozone destroying gas nitrous oxide (N2O). Cryo-electron microscopy structures of active qNOR from Alcaligenes xylosoxidans and an activity-enhancing mutant have been determined to be at local resolutions of 3.7 and 3.2 Å, respectively. They unexpectedly reveal a dimeric conformation (also confirmed for qNOR from Neisseria meningitidis) and define the active-site configuration, with a clear water channel from the cytoplasm. Structure-based mutagenesis has identified key residues involved in proton transport and substrate delivery to the active site of qNORs. The proton supply direction differs from cytochrome c-dependent NOR (cNOR), where water molecules from the cytoplasm serve as a proton source similar to those from cytochrome c oxidase.
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- Chai C. Gopalasingam
- Molecular Biophysics Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Molecular Biophysics Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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Korth B, Harnisch F. Spotlight on the Energy Harvest of Electroactive Microorganisms: The Impact of the Applied Anode Potential. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1352. [PMID: 31293531 PMCID: PMC6606774 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Electroactive microorganisms (EAM) harvest energy by reducing insoluble terminal electron acceptors (TEA) including electrodes via extracellular electron transfer (EET). Therefore, compared to microorganisms respiring soluble TEA, an adapted approach is required for thermodynamic analyses. In EAM, the thermodynamic frame (i.e., maximum available energy) is restricted as only a share of the energy difference between electron donor and TEA is exploited via the electron-transport chain to generate proton-motive force being subsequently utilized for ATP synthesis. However, according to a common misconception, the anode potential is suggested to co-determine the thermodynamic frame of EAM. By comparing the model organism Geobacter spp. and microorganisms respiring soluble TEA, we reason that a considerable part of the electron-transport chain of EAM performing direct EET does not contribute to the build-up of proton-motive force and thus, the anode potential does not co-determine the thermodynamic frame. Furthermore, using a modeling platform demonstrates that the influence of anode potential on energy harvest is solely a kinetic effect. When facing low anode potentials, NADH is accumulating due to a slow direct EET rate leading to a restricted exploitation of the thermodynamic frame. For anode potentials ≥ 0.2 V (vs. SHE), EET kinetics, NAD+/NADH ratio as well as exploitation of the thermodynamic frame are maximized, and a further potential increase does not result in higher energy harvest. Considering the limited influence of the anode potential on energy harvest of EAM is a prerequisite to improve thermodynamic analyses, microbial resource mining, and to transfer microbial electrochemical technologies (MET) into practice.
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- Benjamin Korth
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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The Response of nor and nos Contributes to Staphylococcus aureus Virulence and Metabolism. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:JB.00107-19. [PMID: 30782631 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00107-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus causes a wide spectrum of disease, with the site and severity of infection dependent on virulence traits encoded within genetically distinct clonal complexes (CCs) and bacterial responses to host innate immunity. The production of nitric oxide (NO) by activated phagocytes is a major host response to which S. aureus metabolically adapts through multiple strategies that are conserved in all CCs, including an S. aureus nitric oxide synthase (Nos). Previous genome analysis of CC30, a lineage associated with chronic endocardial and osteoarticular infections, revealed a putative NO reductase (Nor) not found in other CCs that potentially contributes to NO resistance and clinical outcome. Here, we demonstrate that Nor has true nitric oxide reductase activity, with nor expression enhanced by NO stress and anaerobic growth. Furthermore, we demonstrate that nor is regulated by MgrA and SrrAB, which modulate S. aureus virulence and hypoxic response. Transcriptome analysis of the S. aureus UAMS-1, UAMS-1 Δnor, and UAMS-1 Δnos strains under NO stress and anaerobic growth demonstrates that Nor contributes to nucleotide metabolism and Nos to glycolysis. We demonstrate that Nor and Nos contribute to enhanced survival in the presence of human human polymorphonuclear cells and have organ-specific seeding in a tail vein infection model. Nor contributes to abscess formation in an osteological implant model. We also demonstrate that Nor has a role in S. aureus metabolism and virulence. The regulation overlap between Nor and Nos points to an intriguing link between regulation of intracellular NO, metabolic adaptation, and persistence in the CC30 lineage.IMPORTANCE Staphylococcus aureus can cause disease at most body sites, and illness spans asymptomatic infection to death. The variety of clinical presentations is due to the diversity of strains, which are grouped into distinct clonal complexes (CCs) based on genetic differences. The ability of S. aureus CC30 to cause chronic infections relies on its ability to evade the oxidative/nitrosative defenses of the immune system and survive under different environmental conditions, including differences in oxygen and nitric oxide concentrations. The significance of this work is the exploration of unique genes involved in resisting NO stress and anoxia. A better understanding of the functions that control the response of S. aureus CC30 to NO and oxygen will guide the treatment of severe disease presentations.
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Beck D, Klüfers P. HN 2 O 2 - as a Ligand in Mononuclear Hydrogenhyponitrite-κ 2 -N,O Ruthenium Complexes with Bisphosphane Co-Ligands. Chemistry 2018; 24:16019-16028. [PMID: 30144196 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The hyponitrite anion is a tentative intermediate in the reduction of nitric oxide (NO) to nitrous oxide (N2 O) catalyzed by nitric-oxide reductase (NOR) in the process of bacterial denitrification. Owing to the considerable number of known coordination modes for the hyponitrito ligand, its actual bonding form in the enzymatic cycle is a point of current discussion. Here, we contribute to the hardly known ligand properties of a key intermediate, the monoprotonated hyponitrite anion. Three air- and water-stable ruthenium complexes with hydrogenhyponitrite as the ligand were synthesized by using commercially available bisphosphane co-ligands (1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe), 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (dppp), 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene (dppv)). The starting compounds [Ru(dppe)2 (tos)]BF4 (1) and [Ru(dppp)2 (tos)]BF4 (2) contained the bidentate coordinating tosylate anion (tos) as a particularly well-suited leaving group. To confirm the protonated and deprotonated species, X-ray diffraction, IR, UV/Vis spectroscopy (solution and solid state), solid-state NMR spectroscopy, and high-resolution mass spectroscopy were used. DFT calculations give insight into the bonding situation. We report on [Ru(dppe)2 (HN2 O2 )]BF4 (5), [Ru(dppp)2 (HN2 O2 )]BF4 (6), [Ru(dppv)2 (HN2 O2 )]BF4 (7), [Ru(dppp)2 (HN2 O2 )]BF4 ⋅Imi (9; Imi=imidazole) as the first mononuclear trans-hydrogenhyponitrite complexes. Isolated deprotonated analogs are [Ru(dppe)2 (N2 O2 )]⋅HImi(BF4 ) (8) and [Ru(dppv)2 (N2 O2 )] ⋅HImi(BF4 )⋅Imi (10).
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- Daniel Beck
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Department of Chemistry, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, Haus D, München, 81377, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Department of Chemistry, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, Haus D, München, 81377, Germany
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Kato M, Nakagawa S, Tosha T, Shiro Y, Masuda Y, Nakata K, Yagi I. Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Bacterial Nitric Oxide Reductase under Electrochemical Control Using a Vibrational Probe of Carbon Monoxide. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:5196-5200. [PMID: 30141632 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Nitric oxide reductases (NORs) reduce nitric oxide to nitrous oxide in the denitrification pathway of the global nitrogen cycle. NORs contain four iron cofactors and the NO reduction occurs at the heme b3/nonheme FeB binuclear active site. The determination of reduction potentials of the iron cofactors will help us elucidate the enzymatic reaction mechanism. However, previous reports on these potentials remain controversial. Herein, we performed electrochemical and surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) spectroscopic measurements of Pseudomonas aeruginosa NOR immobilized on gold electrodes. Cyclic voltammograms exhibited two reduction peaks at -0.11 and -0.44 V vs SHE, and a SEIRA spectrum using a vibrational probe of CO showed a characteristic band at 1972 cm-1 at -0.4 V vs SHE, which was assigned to νCO of heme b3-CO. Our results suggest that the reduction of heme b3 initiates the enzymatic NO reduction.
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- Masaru Kato
- Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN) , National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , Tsukuba 305-0044 , Japan
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- RIKEN , SPring-8 Center , Kouto, Sayo , Hyogo 679-5148 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science , University of Hyogo , Hyogo 678-1297 , Japan
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- Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN) , National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , Tsukuba 305-0044 , Japan
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Speelman AL, White CJ, Zhang B, Alp EE, Zhao J, Hu M, Krebs C, Penner-Hahn J, Lehnert N. Non-heme High-Spin {FeNO} 6-8 Complexes: One Ligand Platform Can Do It All. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:11341-11359. [PMID: 30107126 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Heme and non-heme iron-nitrosyl complexes are important intermediates in biology. While there are numerous examples of low-spin heme iron-nitrosyl complexes in different oxidation states, much less is known about high-spin (hs) non-heme iron-nitrosyls in oxidation states other than the formally ferrous NO adducts ({FeNO}7 in the Enemark-Feltham notation). In this study, we present a complete series of hs-{FeNO}6-8 complexes using the TMG3tren coligand. Redox transformations from the hs-{FeNO}7 complex [Fe(TMG3tren)(NO)]2+ to its {FeNO}6 and {FeNO}8 analogs do not alter the coordination environment of the iron center, allowing for detailed comparisons between these species. Here, we present new MCD, NRVS, XANES/EXAFS, and Mössbauer data, demonstrating that these redox transformations are metal based, which allows us to access hs-Fe(II)-NO-, Fe(III)-NO-, and Fe(IV)-NO- complexes. Vibrational data, analyzed by NCA, directly quantify changes in Fe-NO bonding along this series. Optical data allow for the identification of a "spectator" charge-transfer transition that, together with Mössbauer and XAS data, directly monitors the electronic changes of the Fe center. Using EXAFS, we are also able to provide structural data for all complexes. The magnetic properties of the complexes are further analyzed (from magnetic Mössbauer). The properties of our hs-{FeNO}6-8 complexes are then contrasted to corresponding, low-spin iron-nitrosyl complexes where redox transformations are generally NO centered. The hs-{FeNO}8 complex can further be protonated by weak acids, and the product of this reaction is characterized. Taken together, these results provide unprecedented insight into the properties of biologically relevant non-heme iron-nitrosyl complexes in three relevant oxidation states.
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- Amy L Speelman
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Advanced Photon Source , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Advanced Photon Source , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Advanced Photon Source , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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Mahinthichaichan P, Gennis RB, Tajkhorshid E. Bacterial denitrifying nitric oxide reductases and aerobic respiratory terminal oxidases use similar delivery pathways for their molecular substrates. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2018; 1859:712-724. [PMID: 29883591 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The superfamily of heme‑copper oxidoreductases (HCOs) include both NO and O2 reductases. Nitric oxide reductases (NORs) are bacterial membrane enzymes that catalyze an intermediate step of denitrification by reducing nitric oxide (NO) to nitrous oxide (N2O). They are structurally similar to heme‑copper oxygen reductases (HCOs), which reduce O2 to water. The experimentally observed apparent bimolecular rate constant of NO delivery to the deeply buried catalytic site of NORs was previously reported to approach the diffusion-controlled limit (108-109 M-1 s-1). Using the crystal structure of cytochrome-c dependent NOR (cNOR) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, we employed several protocols of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, which include flooding simulations of NO molecules, implicit ligand sampling and umbrella sampling simulations, to elucidate how NO in solution accesses the catalytic site of this cNOR. The results show that NO partitions into the membrane, enters the enzyme from the lipid bilayer and diffuses to the catalytic site via a hydrophobic tunnel that is resolved in the crystal structures. This is similar to what has been found for O2 diffusion through the closely related O2 reductases. The apparent second order rate constant approximated using the simulation data is ~5 × 108 M-1 s-1, which is optimized by the dynamics of the amino acid side chains lining in the tunnel. It is concluded that both NO and O2 reductases utilize well defined hydrophobic tunnels to assure that substrate diffusion to the buried catalytic sites is not rate limiting under physiological conditions.
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- Paween Mahinthichaichan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 N. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, 179 Looomis, MC-704, 1110 Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 N. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, 179 Looomis, MC-704, 1110 Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Wikström M, Krab K, Sharma V. Oxygen Activation and Energy Conservation by Cytochrome c Oxidase. Chem Rev 2018; 118:2469-2490. [PMID: 29350917 PMCID: PMC6203177 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review focuses on the type
A cytochrome c oxidases (CcO), which
are found in all mitochondria
and also in several aerobic bacteria. CcO catalyzes
the respiratory reduction of dioxygen (O2) to water by
an intriguing mechanism, the details of which are fairly well understood
today as a result of research for over four decades. Perhaps even
more intriguingly, the membrane-bound CcO couples
the O2 reduction chemistry to translocation of protons
across the membrane, thus contributing to generation of the electrochemical
proton gradient that is used to drive the synthesis of ATP as catalyzed
by the rotary ATP synthase in the same membrane. After reviewing the
structure of the core subunits of CcO, the active
site, and the transfer paths of electrons, protons, oxygen, and water,
we describe the states of the catalytic cycle and point out the few
remaining uncertainties. Finally, we discuss the mechanism of proton
translocation and the controversies in that area that still prevail.
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- Mårten Wikström
- Institute of Biotechnology , University of Helsinki , P.O. Box 56 , Helsinki FI-00014 , Finland
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- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology , Vrije Universiteit , P.O. Box 7161 , Amsterdam 1007 MC , The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biotechnology , University of Helsinki , P.O. Box 56 , Helsinki FI-00014 , Finland.,Department of Physics , University of Helsinki , P.O. Box 64 , Helsinki FI-00014 , Finland
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Schwizer F, Okamoto Y, Heinisch T, Gu Y, Pellizzoni MM, Lebrun V, Reuter R, Köhler V, Lewis JC, Ward TR. Artificial Metalloenzymes: Reaction Scope and Optimization Strategies. Chem Rev 2017; 118:142-231. [PMID: 28714313 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 490] [Impact Index Per Article: 70.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The incorporation of a synthetic, catalytically competent metallocofactor into a protein scaffold to generate an artificial metalloenzyme (ArM) has been explored since the late 1970's. Progress in the ensuing years was limited by the tools available for both organometallic synthesis and protein engineering. Advances in both of these areas, combined with increased appreciation of the potential benefits of combining attractive features of both homogeneous catalysis and enzymatic catalysis, led to a resurgence of interest in ArMs starting in the early 2000's. Perhaps the most intriguing of potential ArM properties is their ability to endow homogeneous catalysts with a genetic memory. Indeed, incorporating a homogeneous catalyst into a genetically encoded scaffold offers the opportunity to improve ArM performance by directed evolution. This capability could, in turn, lead to improvements in ArM efficiency similar to those obtained for natural enzymes, providing systems suitable for practical applications and greater insight into the role of second coordination sphere interactions in organometallic catalysis. Since its renaissance in the early 2000's, different aspects of artificial metalloenzymes have been extensively reviewed and highlighted. Our intent is to provide a comprehensive overview of all work in the field up to December 2016, organized according to reaction class. Because of the wide range of non-natural reactions catalyzed by ArMs, this was done using a functional-group transformation classification. The review begins with a summary of the proteins and the anchoring strategies used to date for the creation of ArMs, followed by a historical perspective. Then follows a summary of the reactions catalyzed by ArMs and a concluding critical outlook. This analysis allows for comparison of similar reactions catalyzed by ArMs constructed using different metallocofactor anchoring strategies, cofactors, protein scaffolds, and mutagenesis strategies. These data will be used to construct a searchable Web site on ArMs that will be updated regularly by the authors.
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- Fabian Schwizer
- Department of Chemistry, Spitalstrasse 51, University of Basel , CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Spitalstrasse 51, University of Basel , CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Spitalstrasse 51, University of Basel , CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Searle Chemistry Laboratory, University of Chicago , 5735 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Spitalstrasse 51, University of Basel , CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Spitalstrasse 51, University of Basel , CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Spitalstrasse 51, University of Basel , CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Spitalstrasse 51, University of Basel , CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Searle Chemistry Laboratory, University of Chicago , 5735 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Spitalstrasse 51, University of Basel , CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Sakurai N, Kataoka K, Sugaya N, Shimodaira T, Iwamoto M, Shoda M, Horiuchi H, Kiyono M, Ohta Y, Triwiyono B, Seo D, Sakurai T. Heterologous expression of Halomonas halodenitrificans nitric oxide reductase and its N-terminally truncated NorC subunit in Escherichia coli. J Inorg Biochem 2017; 169:61-67. [PMID: 28131879 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Revised: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Halomonas halodenitrificans nitric oxide reductase (NOR) is the membrane-bound heterodimer complex of NorC, which contains a low-spin heme c center, and NorB, which contains a low-spin heme b center, a high-spin heme b3 center, and a non-heme FeB center. The soluble domain of NorC, NorC* (ΔMet1-Val37) was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli using expression plasmids harboring the truncated norC gene deleted of its 84 5'-terminal nucleotides. Analogous scission of the N-terminal helix as the membrane anchor took place when the whole norC gene was used. NorC* exhibited spectra typical of a low-spin heme c. In addition, NorC* functioned as the acceptor of an electron from a cytochrome c isolated from the periplasm of H. halodenitrificans and small reducing reagents. The redox potential of NorC* shifted ca. 40mV in the negative direction from that of NorC. Unlike NorC, recombinant NorB was not heterologously expressed. However, recombinant NOR (rNOR) could be expressed in E. coli by using a plasmid harboring all genes in the nor operon, norCBQDX, from which the three hairpin loops (mRNA) were deleted, and by using the ccm genes for the maturation of C-type heme. rNOR exhibited the same spectroscopic properties and reactivity to NO and O2 as NOR, although its enzymatic activity toward NO was considerably decreased. These results on the expression of rNOR and NorC* will allow us to develop more profound studies on the properties of the four Fe centers and the reaction mechanism of NOR from this halophilic denitrifying bacterium.
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- Nobuhiko Sakurai
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho, Nagoya 467-8501, Japan.
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho, Nagoya 467-8501, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho, Nagoya 467-8501, Japan
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Blomberg MRA. Can Reduction of NO to N2O in Cytochrome c Dependent Nitric Oxide Reductase Proceed through a Trans-Mechanism? Biochemistry 2016; 56:120-131. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Margareta R. A. Blomberg
- Department of Organic Chemistry,
Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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Melin F, Xie H, Meyer T, Ahn YO, Gennis RB, Michel H, Hellwig P. The unusual redox properties of C-type oxidases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:1892-1899. [PMID: 27664317 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Revised: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cytochrome cbb3 (also known as C-type) oxidases belong to the family of heme-copper terminal oxidases which couple at the end of the respiratory chain the reduction of molecular oxygen into water and the pumping of protons across the membrane. They are expressed most often at low pressure of O2 and they exhibit a low homology of sequence with the cytochrome aa3 (A-type) oxidases found in mitochondria. Their binuclear active site comprises a high-spin heme b3 associated with a CuB center. The protein also contains one low-spin heme b and 3 hemes c. We address here the redox properties of cbb3 oxidases from three organisms, Rhodobacter sphaeroides, Vibrio cholerae and Pseudomonas stutzeri by means of electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques. We show that the redox potential of the heme b3 exhibits a relatively low midpoint potential, as in related cytochrome c-dependent nitric oxide reductases. Potential implications for the coupled electron transfer and proton uptake mechanism of C-type oxidases are discussed.
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- Frederic Melin
- Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie, Chimie de la Matière Complexe, UMR 7140, Université de Strasbourg, 1 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie, Chimie de la Matière Complexe, UMR 7140, Université de Strasbourg, 1 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
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- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie, Chimie de la Matière Complexe, UMR 7140, Université de Strasbourg, 1 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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Yi J, Campbell ALO, Richter-Addo GB. Nitric oxide coupling to generate N 2O promoted by a single-heme system as examined by density functional theory. Nitric Oxide 2016; 60:69-75. [PMID: 27646954 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bacteria utilize a heme/non-heme enzyme system to detoxify nitric oxide (NO) to N2O. In order to probe the capacity of a single-heme system to mediate this NO-to-N2O transformation, various scenarios for addition of electrons, protons, and a second NO molecule to a heme nitrosyl to generate N2O were explored by density functional theory calculations. We describe, utilizing this single-heme system, several stepwise intermediates along pathways that enable the critical N-N bond formation step yielding the desired Fe-N2O product. We also report a hitherto unreported directional second protonation that results in either productive N2O formation with loss of water, or formation of a non-productive hyponitrous acid adduct Fe{HONNOH}.
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- Jun Yi
- Department of Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiao Ling Wei Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210094, PR China; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
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Crow A, Matsuda Y, Arata H, Oubrie A. Structure of the Membrane-intrinsic Nitric Oxide Reductase from Roseobacter denitrificans. Biochemistry 2016; 55:3198-203. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Allister Crow
- Department
of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K
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- Department
of Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department
of Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Lead Pharma, Pivot Park, 5349AC Oss, The Netherlands
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Blomberg MRA, Siegbahn PEM. Improved free energy profile for reduction of NO in cytochrome c dependent nitric oxide reductase (cNOR). J Comput Chem 2016; 37:1810-8. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Margareta R. A. Blomberg
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory; Stockholm University; Stockholm SE-106 91 Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory; Stockholm University; Stockholm SE-106 91 Sweden
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The formation of the organized bacterial community called biofilm is a crucial event in bacterial physiology. Given that biofilms are often refractory to antibiotics and disinfectants to which planktonic bacteria are susceptible, their formation is also an industrially and medically relevant issue. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a well-known human pathogen causing acute and chronic infections, is considered a model organism to study biofilms. A large number of environmental cues control biofilm dynamics in bacterial cells. In particular, the dispersal of individual cells from the biofilm requires metabolic and morphological reprogramming in which the second messenger bis-(3′-5′)-cyclic dimeric GMP (c-di-GMP) plays a central role. The diatomic gas nitric oxide (NO), a well-known signaling molecule in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, is able to induce the dispersal of P. aeruginosa and other bacterial biofilms by lowering c-di-GMP levels. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the molecular mechanisms connecting NO sensing to the activation of c-di-GMP-specific phosphodiesterases in P. aeruginosa, ultimately leading to c-di-GMP decrease and biofilm dispersal.
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Ross DE, Marshall CW, May HD, Norman RS. Comparative Genomic Analysis of Sulfurospirillum cavolei MES Reconstructed from the Metagenome of an Electrosynthetic Microbiome. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151214. [PMID: 26983005 PMCID: PMC4794192 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sulfurospirillum spp. play an important role in sulfur and nitrogen cycling, and contain metabolic versatility that enables reduction of a wide range of electron acceptors, including thiosulfate, tetrathionate, polysulfide, nitrate, and nitrite. Here we describe the assembly of a Sulfurospirillum genome obtained from the metagenome of an electrosynthetic microbiome. The ubiquity and persistence of this organism in microbial electrosynthesis systems suggest it plays an important role in reactor stability and performance. Understanding why this organism is present and elucidating its genetic repertoire provide a genomic and ecological foundation for future studies where Sulfurospirillum are found, especially in electrode-associated communities. Metabolic comparisons and in-depth analysis of unique genes revealed potential ecological niche-specific capabilities within the Sulfurospirillum genus. The functional similarities common to all genomes, i.e., core genome, and unique gene clusters found only in a single genome were identified. Based upon 16S rRNA gene phylogenetic analysis and average nucleotide identity, the Sulfurospirillum draft genome was found to be most closely related to Sulfurospirillum cavolei. Characterization of the draft genome described herein provides pathway-specific details of the metabolic significance of the newly described Sulfurospirillum cavolei MES and, importantly, yields insight to the ecology of the genus as a whole. Comparison of eleven sequenced Sulfurospirillum genomes revealed a total of 6246 gene clusters in the pan-genome. Of the total gene clusters, 18.5% were shared among all eleven genomes and 50% were unique to a single genome. While most Sulfurospirillum spp. reduce nitrate to ammonium, five of the eleven Sulfurospirillum strains encode for a nitrous oxide reductase (nos) cluster with an atypical nitrous-oxide reductase, suggesting a utility for this genus in reduction of the nitrous oxide, and as a potential sink for this potent greenhouse gas.
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- Daniel E. Ross
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Marine Biomedicine & Environmental Science Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Marine Biomedicine & Environmental Science Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Hoefman S, van der Ha D, Boon N, Vandamme P, De Vos P, Heylen K. Niche differentiation in nitrogen metabolism among methanotrophs within an operational taxonomic unit. BMC Microbiol 2014; 14:83. [PMID: 24708438 PMCID: PMC3997834 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The currently accepted thesis on nitrogenous fertilizer additions on methane oxidation activity assumes niche partitioning among methanotrophic species, with activity responses to changes in nitrogen content being dependent on the in situ methanotrophic community structure Unfortunately, widely applied tools for microbial community assessment only have a limited phylogenetic resolution mostly restricted to genus level diversity, and not to species level as often mistakenly assumed. As a consequence, intragenus or intraspecies metabolic versatility in nitrogen metabolism was never evaluated nor considered among methanotrophic bacteria as a source of differential responses of methane oxidation to nitrogen amendments. RESULTS We demonstrated that fourteen genotypically different Methylomonas strains, thus distinct below the level at which most techniques assign operational taxonomic units (OTU), show a versatile physiology in their nitrogen metabolism. Differential responses, even among strains with identical 16S rRNA or pmoA gene sequences, were observed for production of nitrite and nitrous oxide from nitrate or ammonium, nitrogen fixation and tolerance to high levels of ammonium, nitrate, and hydroxylamine. Overall, reduction of nitrate to nitrite, nitrogen fixation, higher tolerance to ammonium than nitrate and tolerance and assimilation of nitrite were general features. CONCLUSIONS Differential responses among closely related methanotrophic strains to overcome inhibition and toxicity from high nitrogen loads and assimilation of various nitrogen sources yield competitive fitness advantages to individual methane-oxidizing bacteria. Our observations proved that community structure at the deepest phylogenetic resolution potentially influences in situ functioning.
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- Sven Hoefman
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Duarte AG, Cordas CM, Moura JJ, Moura I. Steady-state kinetics with nitric oxide reductase (NOR): New considerations on substrate inhibition profile and catalytic mechanism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:375-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2013] [Revised: 12/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sato N, Ishii S, Sugimoto H, Hino T, Fukumori Y, Sako Y, Shiro Y, Tosha T. Structures of reduced and ligand-bound nitric oxide reductase provide insights into functional differences in respiratory enzymes. Proteins 2014; 82:1258-71. [PMID: 24338896 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2013] [Revised: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Nitric oxide reductase (NOR) catalyzes the generation of nitrous oxide (N2O) via the reductive coupling of two nitric oxide (NO) molecules at a heme/non-heme Fe center. We report herein on the structures of the reduced and ligand-bound forms of cytochrome c-dependent NOR (cNOR) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa at a resolution of 2.3-2.7 Å, to elucidate structure-function relationships in NOR, and compare them to those of cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) that is evolutionarily related to NOR. Comprehensive crystallographic refinement of the CO-bound form of cNOR suggested that a total of four atoms can be accommodated at the binuclear center. Consistent with this, binding of bulky acetaldoxime (CH3-CH=N-OH) to the binuclear center of cNOR was confirmed by the structural analysis. Active site reduction and ligand binding in cNOR induced only ∼0.5 Å increase in the heme/non-heme Fe distance, but no significant structural change in the protein. The highly localized structural change is consistent with the lack of proton-pumping activity in cNOR, because redox-coupled conformational changes are thought to be crucial for proton pumping in CCO. It also permits the rapid decomposition of cytotoxic NO in denitrification. In addition, the shorter heme/non-heme Fe distance even in the bulky ligand-bound form of cNOR (∼4.5 Å) than the heme/Cu distance in CCO (∼5 Å) suggests the ability of NOR to maintain two NO molecules within a short distance in the confined space of the active site, thereby facilitating N-N coupling to produce a hyponitrite intermediate for the generation of N2O.
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- Nozomi Sato
- Biometal Science Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Pirota V, Gennarini F, Dondi D, Monzani E, Casella L, Dell'Acqua S. Dinuclear heme and non-heme metal complexes as bioinspired catalysts for oxidation reactions. NEW J CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3nj01279d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Stern AM, Zhu J. An introduction to nitric oxide sensing and response in bacteria. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2014; 87:187-220. [PMID: 24581392 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800261-2.00005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a radical gas that has been intensively studied for its role as a bacteriostatic agent. NO reacts in complex ways with biological molecules, especially metal centers and other radicals, to generate other bioactive compounds that inhibit enzymes, oxidize macromolecules, and arrest bacterial growth. Bacteria encounter not only NO derived from the host during infection but also NO derived from other bacteria and inorganic sources. The transcriptional responses used by bacteria to respond to NO are diverse but usually involve an iron-containing transcription factor that binds NO and alters its affinity for either DNA or factors involved in transcription, leading to the production of enzymatic tolerance systems. Some of these systems, such as flavohemoglobin and flavorubredoxin, directly remove NO. Some do not but are still important for NO tolerance through other mechanisms. The targets of NO that are protected by these systems include many metabolic pathways such as the tricarboxylic acid cycle and branched chain amino acid synthesis. This chapter discusses these topics and others and serves as a general introduction to microbial NO biology.
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Characterization of the nitric oxide reductase from Thermus thermophilus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:12613-8. [PMID: 23858452 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301731110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a powerful greenhouse gas implicated in climate change. The dominant source of atmospheric N2O is incomplete biological dentrification, and the enzymes responsible for the release of N2O are NO reductases. It was recently reported that ambient emissions of N2O from the Great Boiling Spring in the United States Great Basin are high, and attributed to incomplete denitrification by Thermus thermophilus and related bacterial species [Hedlund BP, et al. (2011) Geobiology 9(6)471-480]. In the present work, we have isolated and characterized the NO reductase (NOR) from T. thermophilus. The enzyme is a member of the cNOR family of enzymes and belongs to a phylogenetic clade that is distinct from previously examined cNORs. Like other characterized cNORs, the T. thermophilus cNOR consists of two subunits, NorB and NorC, and contains a one heme c, one Ca(2+), a low-spin heme b, and an active site consisting of a high-spin heme b and FeB. The roles of conserved residues within the cNOR family were investigated by site-directed mutagenesis. The most important and unexpected result is that the glutamic acid ligand to FeB is not essential for function. The E211A mutant retains 68% of wild-type activity. Mutagenesis data and the pattern of conserved residues suggest that there is probably not a single pathway for proton delivery from the periplasm to the active site that is shared by all cNORs, and that there may be multiple pathways within the T. thermophilus cNOR.
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Uversky VN. The alphabet of intrinsic disorder: II. Various roles of glutamic acid in ordered and intrinsically disordered proteins. INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS 2013; 1:e24684. [PMID: 28516010 PMCID: PMC5424795 DOI: 10.4161/idp.24684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The ability of a protein to fold into unique functional state or to stay intrinsically disordered is encoded in its amino acid sequence. Both ordered and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are natural polypeptides that use the same arsenal of 20 proteinogenic amino acid residues as their major building blocks. The exceptional structural plasticity of IDPs, their capability to exist as heterogeneous structural ensembles and their wide array of important disorder-based biological functions that complements functional repertoire of ordered proteins are all rooted within the peculiar differential usage of these building blocks by ordered proteins and IDPs. In fact, some residues (so-called disorder-promoting residues) are noticeably more common in IDPs than in sequences of ordered proteins, which, in their turn, are enriched in several order-promoting residues. Furthermore, residues can be arranged according to their “disorder promoting potencies,” which are evaluated based on the relative abundances of various amino acids in ordered and disordered proteins. This review continues a series of publications on the roles of different amino acids in defining the phenomenon of protein intrinsic disorder and concerns glutamic acid, which is the second most disorder-promoting residue.
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- Vladimir N Uversky
- Department of Molecular Medicine and USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Research Institute; College of Medicine; University of South Florida; Tampa, FL USA.,Institute for Biological Instrumentation; Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow, Russia
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Al-Attar S, de Vries S. Energy transduction by respiratory metallo-enzymes: From molecular mechanism to cell physiology. Coord Chem Rev 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Heylen K, Keltjens J. Redundancy and modularity in membrane-associated dissimilatory nitrate reduction in Bacillus. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:371. [PMID: 23087684 PMCID: PMC3475470 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The genomes of two phenotypically denitrifying type strains of the genus Bacillus were sequenced and the pathways for dissimilatory nitrate reduction were reconstructed. Results suggest that denitrification proceeds in the periplasmic space and in an analogous fashion as in Gram-negative organisms, yet with the participation of proteins that tend to be membrane-bound or membrane-associated. A considerable degree of functional redundancy was observed with marked differences between B. azotoformans LMG 9581(T) and B. bataviensis LMG 21833(T). In addition to the already characterized menaquinol/cyt c-dependent nitric oxide reductase (Suharti et al., 2001, 2004) of which the encoding genes could be identified now, evidence for another novel nitric oxide reductase (NOR) was found. Also, our analyses confirm earlier findings on branched electron transfer with both menaquinol and cytochrome c as reductants. Quite unexpectedly, both bacilli have the disposal of two parallel pathways for nitrite reduction enabling a life style as a denitrifier and as an ammonifying bacterium.
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- Kim Heylen
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Ghent Gent, Belgium
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Chen J, Strous M. Denitrification and aerobic respiration, hybrid electron transport chains and co-evolution. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1827:136-44. [PMID: 23044391 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Revised: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This paper explores the bioenergetics and potential co-evolution of denitrification and aerobic respiration. The advantages and disadvantages of combining these two pathways in a single, hybrid respiratory chain are discussed and the experimental evidence for the co-respiration of nitrate and oxygen is critically reviewed. A scenario for the co-evolution of the two pathways is presented. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: The evolutionary aspects of bioenergetic systems.
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- Jianwei Chen
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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Ouyang H, Han H, Roh JH, Hemp J, Hosler JP, Gennis RB. Functional importance of a pair of conserved glutamic acid residues and of Ca(2+) binding in the cbb(3)-type oxygen reductases from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Vibrio cholerae. Biochemistry 2012; 51:7290-6. [PMID: 22913716 DOI: 10.1021/bi3006847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The cbb(3)-type cytochrome c oxidases are members of the family of heme-copper proton pumping respiratory oxygen reductases. The structure of the cbb(3)-type oxidase from Pseudomonas stutzeri reveals that, in addition to the six redox-active metal centers (two b-type hemes, three c-type hemes, and Cu(B)), the enzyme also contains at least one Ca(2+). The calcium bridges two propionate carboxyls at the interface between the low-spin heme b and the active-site heme b(3) and, in addition, is ligated to a serine in subunit CcoO and by a glutamate in subunit CcoN. The glutamate that is ligated to Ca(2+) is one of a pair of glutamic acid residues that has previously been suggested to be part of a proton exit pathway for pumped protons. In this work, mutations of these glutamates are investigated in the cbb(3)-type oxidases from Vibrio cholerae and Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Metal analysis shows that each of these wild-type enzymes contains Ca(2+). Mutations of the glutamate expected to ligate the Ca(2+) in each of these enzymes (E126 in V. cholerae and E180 in R. sphaeroides) result in a loss of activity as well as a loss of Ca(2+). Mutations of the nearby glutamate (E129 in V. cholerae and E183 in R. sphaeroides) also resulted in a loss of oxidase activity and a loss of Ca(2+). It is concluded that the Ca(2+) is essential for assembly of the fully functional enzyme and that neither of the glutamates is likely to be part of a pathway for pumped protons within the cbb(3)-type oxygen reductases. A more likely role for these glutamates is the maintenance of the structural integrity of the active conformation of the enzyme.
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- Hanlin Ouyang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Ettwig KF, Speth DR, Reimann J, Wu ML, Jetten MSM, Keltjens JT. Bacterial oxygen production in the dark. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:273. [PMID: 22891064 PMCID: PMC3413370 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N(2)O) are among nature's most powerful electron acceptors. In recent years it became clear that microorganisms can take advantage of the oxidizing power of these compounds to degrade aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. For two unrelated bacterial species, the "NC10" phylum bacterium "Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera" and the γ-proteobacterial strain HdN1 it has been suggested that under anoxic conditions with nitrate and/or nitrite, monooxygenases are used for methane and hexadecane oxidation, respectively. No degradation was observed with nitrous oxide only. Similarly, "aerobic" pathways for hydrocarbon degradation are employed by (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria, which are known to produce oxygen from chlorite [Formula: see text]. In the anaerobic methanotroph M. oxyfera, which lacks identifiable enzymes for nitrogen formation, substrate activation in the presence of nitrite was directly associated with both oxygen and nitrogen formation. These findings strongly argue for the role of NO, or an oxygen species derived from it, in the activation reaction of methane. Although oxygen generation elegantly explains the utilization of "aerobic" pathways under anoxic conditions, the underlying mechanism is still elusive. In this perspective, we review the current knowledge about intra-aerobic pathways, their potential presence in other organisms, and identify candidate enzymes related to quinol-dependent NO reductases (qNORs) that might be involved in the formation of oxygen.
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- Katharina F Ettwig
- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Blomberg MRA, Siegbahn PEM. Mechanism for N2O Generation in Bacterial Nitric Oxide Reductase: A Quantum Chemical Study. Biochemistry 2012; 51:5173-86. [DOI: 10.1021/bi300496e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Margareta R. A. Blomberg
- Department of Physics, AlbaNova university
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and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova university
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and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Salomonsson L, Reimann J, Tosha T, Krause N, Gonska N, Shiro Y, Adelroth P. Proton transfer in the quinol-dependent nitric oxide reductase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus during reduction of oxygen. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1914-20. [PMID: 22538294 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2012] [Revised: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Bacterial nitric oxide reductases (NOR) are integral membrane proteins that catalyse the reduction of nitric oxide to nitrous oxide, often as a step in the process of denitrification. Most functional data has been obtained with NORs that receive their electrons from a soluble cytochrome c in the periplasm and are hence termed cNOR. Very recently, the structure of a different type of NOR, the quinol-dependent (q)-NOR from the thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus stearothermophilus was solved to atomic resolution [Y. Matsumoto, T. Tosha, A.V. Pisliakov, T. Hino, H. Sugimoto, S. Nagano, Y. Sugita and Y. Shiro, Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 19 (2012) 238-246]. In this study, we have investigated the reaction between this qNOR and oxygen. Our results show that, like some cNORs, the G. stearothermophilus qNOR is capable of O(2) reduction with a turnover of ~3electronss(-1) at 40°C. Furthermore, using the so-called flow-flash technique, we show that the fully reduced (with three available electrons) qNOR reacts with oxygen in a reaction with a time constant of 1.8ms that oxidises the low-spin heme b. This reaction is coupled to proton uptake from solution and presumably forms a ferryl intermediate at the active site. The pH dependence of the reaction is markedly different from a corresponding reaction in cNOR from Paracoccus denitrificans, indicating that possibly the proton uptake mechanism and/or pathway differs between qNOR and cNOR. This study furthermore forms the basis for investigation of the proton transfer pathway in qNOR using both variants with putative proton transfer elements modified and measurements of the vectorial nature of the proton transfer. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: 17th European Bioenergetics Conference (EBEC 2012).
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Affiliation(s)
- Lina Salomonsson
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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