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Zhang M, Tai H, Yanagisawa S, Yamanaka M, Ogura T, Hirota S. Resonance Raman Studies on Heme Ligand Stretching Modes in Methionine80-Depleted Cytochrome c: Fe-His, Fe-O 2, and O-O Stretching Modes. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:2441-2449. [PMID: 36919258 PMCID: PMC10041640 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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The peroxidase activity of cytochrome (cyt) c increases when Met80 dissociates from the heme iron, which is related to the initial cyt c membrane permeation step of apoptosis. Met80-dissociated cyt c can form an oxygenated species. Herein, resonance Raman spectra of Met80-depleted horse cyt c (M80A cyt c) were analyzed to elucidate the heme ligand properties of Met80-dissociated cyt c. The Fe-His stretching (νFe-His) mode of ferrous M80A cyt c was observed at 236 cm-1, and this frequency decreased by 1.5 cm-1 for the 15N-labeled protein. The higher νFe-His frequency of M80A cyt c than of other His-ligated heme proteins indicates strong heme coordination and the imidazolate character of His18. Peaks attributed to the Fe-O2 stretching (νFe-O2) and O-O stretching (νO-O) modes of the oxygenated species of M80A cyt c were observed at 576 and 1148 cm-1, respectively, under an 16O2 atmosphere, whereas the frequencies decreased to 544 and 1077 cm-1, respectively, under an 18O2 atmosphere. The νFe-O2 mode of Hydrogenobacter thermophilus (HT) M59A cyt c552 was observed at 580 cm-1 under an 16O2 atmosphere, whereas the frequency decreased to 553 cm-1 under an 18O2 atmosphere, indicating that relatively high νFe-O2 frequencies are characteristic of c-type cyt proteins. By comparison of the simultaneously observed νFe-O2 and νO-O frequencies of oxygenated cyt c and other oxygenated His-ligated heme proteins, the frequencies tend to have a positive linear relationship; the νFe-O2 frequency increases when the νO-O frequency increases. The imidazolate character of the heme-coordinated His and strong Fe-O and O-O bonds are characteristic of cyt c and apparently related to the peroxidase activity when Met80 dissociates from the heme iron.
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- Mohan Zhang
- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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Di Rocco G, Ranieri A, Borsari M, Sola M, Bortolotti CA, Battistuzzi G. Assessing the Functional and Structural Stability of the Met80Ala Mutant of Cytochrome c in Dimethylsulfoxide. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27175630. [PMID: 36080396 PMCID: PMC9458088 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27175630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The Met80Ala variant of yeast cytochrome c is known to possess electrocatalytic properties that are absent in the wild type form and that make it a promising candidate for biocatalysis and biosensing. The versatility of an enzyme is enhanced by the stability in mixed aqueous/organic solvents that would allow poorly water-soluble substrates to be targeted. In this work, we have evaluated the effect of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) on the functionality of the Met80Ala cytochrome c mutant, by investigating the thermodynamics and kinetics of electron transfer in mixed water/DMSO solutions up to 50% DMSO v/v. In parallel, we have monitored spectroscopically the retention of the main structural features in the same medium, focusing on both the overall protein structure and the heme center. We found that the organic solvent exerts only minor effects on the redox and structural properties of the mutant mostly as a result of the modification of the dielectric constant of the solvent. This would warrant proper functionality of this variant also under these potentially hostile experimental conditions, that differ from the physiological milieu of cytochrome c.
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- Giulia Di Rocco
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy
- Correspondence: (C.A.B.); (G.B.); Tel.: +39-0592058608 (C.A.B.); +39-059208639 (G.B.)
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy
- Correspondence: (C.A.B.); (G.B.); Tel.: +39-0592058608 (C.A.B.); +39-059208639 (G.B.)
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Omura I, Ishimori K, Uchida T. Converting cytochrome c into a DyP-like metalloenzyme. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:12641-12649. [PMID: 35929826 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt02137d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dye-decolorizing peroxidase (DyP), which can degrade anthraquinone dyes using H2O2, is an attractive prospect for potential biotechnological applications for environmental purification. We previously designed an artificial DyP with an optimal pH for reactive blue 19 (RB19) degradation shifting from pH 4.5 to 6.5. We then attempted to degrade RB19 using Escherichia coli expressing this mutant, but RB19 was degraded equally compared with bacteria expressing wild-type (WT) DyP because most DyP was expressed in a heme-free form. In this study, we attempted to design an artificial peroxidase based on cytochrome c (cyt c), whose heme is covalently bound to the protein. We found that cyt c can degrade RB19, but its ability at pH 7.0 was ∼60% of that of DyP from Vibrio cholerae at pH 4.5. To enhance this activity we constructed several mutants using three approaches. Initially, to improve reactivity with H2O2, Met80 was replaced with a noncoordinating residue, Ala or Val, but catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) was increased by only ∼1.5-fold. To enhance the substrate binding affinity we introduced an additional Trp by replacing Pro76 (P76W). The catalytic efficiency of this mutant was ∼3-fold greater than that of WT cyt c. Finally, to form a hydrogen bond to axial histidine Gly29 was replaced with Asp (G29D). This mutant exhibited an ∼80-fold greater dye-decolorizing activity. Escherichia coli expressing the G29D mutant was unable to degrade RB19 in solution due to degradation of heme itself, but this study provides new insights into the design of artificial DyPs.
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- Issei Omura
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
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Scrosati PM, Yin V, Konermann L. Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Measurements May Provide an Incomplete View of Protein Dynamics: a Case Study on Cytochrome c. Anal Chem 2021; 93:14121-14129. [PMID: 34644496 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Many aspects of protein function rely on conformational fluctuations. Hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX) mass spectrometry (MS) provides a window into these dynamics. Despite the widespread use of HDX-MS, it remains unclear whether this technique provides a truly comprehensive view of protein dynamics. HDX is mediated by H-bond-opening/closing events, implying that HDX methods provide an H-bond-centric view. This raises the question if there could be fluctuations that leave the H-bond network unaffected, thereby rendering them undetectable by HDX-MS. We explore this issue in experiments on cytochrome c (cyt c). Compared to the Fe(II) protein, Fe(III) cyt c shows enhanced deuteration on both the distal and proximal sides of the heme. Previous studies have attributed the enhanced dynamics of Fe(III) cyt c to the facile and reversible rupture of the distal M80-Fe(III) bond. Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we conducted a detailed analysis of various cyt c conformers. Our MD data confirm that rupture of the M80-Fe(III) contact triggers major reorientation of the distal Ω loop. Surprisingly, this event takes place with only miniscule H-bonding alterations. In other words, the distal loop dynamics are almost "HDX-silent". Moreover, distal loop movements cannot account for enhanced dynamics on the opposite (proximal) side of the heme. Instead, enhanced deuteration of Fe(III) cyt c is attributed to sparsely populated conformers where both the distal (M80) and proximal (H18) coordination bonds have been ruptured, along with opening of numerous H-bonds on both sides of the heme. We conclude that there can be major structural fluctuations that are only weakly coupled to changes in H-bonding, making them virtually impossible to track by HDX-MS. In such cases, HDX-MS may provide an incomplete view of protein dynamics.
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- Pablo M Scrosati
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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How to Turn an Electron Transfer Protein into a Redox Enzyme for Biosensing. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26164950. [PMID: 34443538 PMCID: PMC8398203 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26164950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Cytochrome c is a small globular protein whose main physiological role is to shuttle electrons within the mitochondrial electron transport chain. This protein has been widely investigated, especially as a paradigmatic system for understanding the fundamental aspects of biological electron transfer and protein folding. Nevertheless, cytochrome c can also be endowed with a non-native catalytic activity and be immobilized on an electrode surface for the development of third generation biosensors. Here, an overview is offered of the most significant examples of such a functional transformation, carried out by either point mutation(s) or controlled unfolding. The latter can be induced chemically or upon protein immobilization on hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers. We critically discuss the potential held by these systems as core constituents of amperometric biosensors, along with the issues that need to be addressed to optimize their applicability and response.
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Diz V, Bieza SA, Oviedo Rouco S, Estrin DA, Murgida DH, Bari SE. Reactivity of inorganic sulfide species towards a pentacoordinated heme model system. J Inorg Biochem 2021; 220:111459. [PMID: 33894504 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The reactivity of inorganic sulfide towards ferric bis(N-acetyl)- microperoxidase 11 in sodium dodecyl sulfate has been explored by means of visible absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopies. The reaction has been previously studied in buffered solutions at neutral pH and in the presence of excess sulfide, revealing the formation of a moderately stable hexacoordinated low spin ferric sulfide complex that yields the ferrous form in the hour's timescale. In the surfactant solution, instead, the ferrous form is rapidly formed. The spectroscopic characterization of the heme structure in the surfactant milieu revealed the stabilization of a major ferric mono-histidyl high spin heme, which may be ascribed to out of plane distortions prompting the detachment of the axially ligated water molecule, thus leading to a differential reactivity. The ferric bis(N-acetyl)- microperoxidase 11 in sodium dodecyl sulfate provides a model for pentacoordinated heme platforms with an imidazole-based ligand.
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- Virginia Diz
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Tomášková N, Novák P, Kožár T, Petrenčáková M, Jancura D, Yassaghi G, Man P, Sedlák E. Early modification of cytochrome c by hydrogen peroxide triggers its fast degradation. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 174:413-423. [PMID: 33529629 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.01.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cytochrome c (cyt c), in addition to its function as an electron shuttle in respiratory chain, is able to perform as a pseudo-peroxidase with a critical role during apoptosis. Incubation of cyt c with an excess of hydrogen peroxide leads to a suicide inactivation of the protein, which is accompanied by heme destruction and covalent modification of numerous amino acid residues. Although steady-state reactions of cyt c with an excess of hydrogen peroxide represent non-physiological conditions, they might be used for analysis of the first-modified amino acid in in vivo. Here, we observed oxidation of tyrosine residues 67 and 74 and heme as the first modifications found upon incubation with hydrogen peroxide. The positions of the oxidized tyrosines suggest a possible migration pathway of hydrogen peroxide-induced radicals from the site of heme localization to the protein surface. Analysis of a size of folded fraction of cyt c upon limited incubation with hydrogen peroxide indicates that the early oxidation of amino acids triggers an accelerated destruction of cyt c. Position of channels from molecular dynamics simulation structures of cyt c points to a location of amino acid residues exposed to reactive oxidants that are thus more prone to covalent modification.
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- Nataša Tomášková
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Microbiology - BioCeV, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park, P.J. Šafárik University, Jesenná 5, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park, P.J. Šafárik University, Jesenná 5, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Jesenná 5, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Microbiology - BioCeV, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology - BioCeV, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia; Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park, P.J. Šafárik University, Jesenná 5, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia.
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Naiyer A, Khan B, Islam A, Hassan MI, Sundd M, Ahmad F. Heme-iron ligand (M80-Fe) in cytochrome c is destabilizing: combined in vitro and in silico approaches to monitor changes in structure, stability and dynamics of the protein on mutation. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 40:4122-4139. [PMID: 34043488 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1853607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Structure, stability and dynamics properties of horse cytochrome c (cyt c) and its genetically engineered M80G mutant have been investigated. The nature of the Met80 axial ligation to heme iron is believed to be the major determinant of the oxidation-reduction reactions inside and outside the cell of a particular cytochrome. This ligation has played an important role in the studies of protein structure, stability and protein folding/unfolding. To understand this ligation better, Met80 of horse cyt c has been mutated to Gly that is unable to bind to the heme iron. We have examined the effect of the M80G mutation on the structure and stability of the WT (wild type) protein by using absorbance spectroscopy, far-UV, near-UV and Soret circular dichroism, fluorescence spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. We have observed that mutation caused a partial loss of secondary and tertiary structure with slightly increased overall stability of the protein. We have also measured the dynamic behavior of WT cyt c and its M80G mutant in the oxidized form (Fe3+) using the essential dynamics (ED) method. A 400 ns MD simulations were run for WT cyt c and its mutant M80G in water using GROMOS96 force field. MD results revealed that the stability and flexibility increased in mutant M80G (Fe…S (Met80) bond removed). Essential dynamics analysis revealed that the first five eigenvectors were mainly involved in overall motions of WT cyt c and its M80G mutant but the amplitude of concerted motions decreased in M80G mutant relative to WT cyt c.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Abdullah Naiyer
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- NMR-II Lab, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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Lancellotti L, Borsari M, Bellei M, Bonifacio A, Bortolotti CA, Di Rocco G, Ranieri A, Sola M, Battistuzzi G. Urea-induced denaturation of immobilized yeast iso-1 cytochrome c: Role of Met80 and Tyr67 in the thermodynamics of unfolding and promotion of pseudoperoxidase and nitrite reductase activities. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Paradisi A, Lancellotti L, Borsari M, Bellei M, Bortolotti CA, Di Rocco G, Ranieri A, Sola M, Battistuzzi G. Met80 and Tyr67 affect the chemical unfolding of yeast cytochrome c: comparing the solution vs.immobilized state. RSC Chem Biol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cb00115e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The motional regime affects the unfolding propensity and axial heme coordination of the Met80Ala and Met80Ala/Tyr67Ala variants of yeast iso-1 cytochromec.
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- Department of Chemistry and Geology
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- 41126 Modena
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Geology
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- 41126 Modena
- Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- 41126 Modena
- Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- 41126 Modena
- Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- 41126 Modena
- Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- 41126 Modena
- Italy
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Cytochrome c: An extreme multifunctional protein with a key role in cell fate. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 136:1237-1246. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.06.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Yin V, Mian SH, Konermann L. Lysine carbonylation is a previously unrecognized contributor to peroxidase activation of cytochrome c by chloramine-T. Chem Sci 2019; 10:2349-2359. [PMID: 30881663 PMCID: PMC6385661 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03624a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The peroxidase activity of cytochrome c (cyt c) plays a key role during apoptosis. Peroxidase catalysis requires a vacant Fe coordination site, i.e., cyt c must undergo an activation process involving structural changes that rupture the native Met80-Fe contact. A common strategy for dissociating this bond is the conversion of Met80 to sulfoxide (MetO). It is widely believed that this MetO formation in itself is sufficient for cyt c activation. This notion originates from studies on chloramine-T-treated cyt c (CT-cyt c) which represents a standard model for the peroxidase activated state. CT-cyt c is considered to be a "clean" species that has undergone selective MetO formation, without any other modifications. Using optical, chromatographic, and mass spectrometry techniques, the current work demonstrates that CT-induced activation of cyt c is more complicated than previously thought. MetO formation alone results in only marginal peroxidase activity, because dissociation of the Met80-Fe bond triggers alternative ligation scenarios where Lys residues interfere with access to the heme. We found that CT causes not only MetO formation, but also carbonylation of several Lys residues. Carbonylation is associated with -1 Da mass shifts that have gone undetected in the CT-cyt c literature. Proteoforms possessing both MetO and Lys carbonylation exhibit almost fourfold higher peroxidase activity than those with MetO alone. Carbonylation abrogates the capability of Lys to coordinate the heme, thereby freeing up the distal site as required for an active peroxidase. Previous studies on CT-cyt c may have inadvertently examined carbonylated proteoforms, potentially misattributing effects of carbonylation to solely MetO formation.
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- Victor Yin
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry , The University of Western Ontario , London , Ontario N6A 5B7 , Canada .
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry , The University of Western Ontario , London , Ontario N6A 5B7 , Canada .
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry , The University of Western Ontario , London , Ontario N6A 5B7 , Canada .
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Parakra RD, Kleffmann T, Jameson GNL, Ledgerwood EC. The proportion of Met80-sulfoxide dictates peroxidase activity of human cytochrome c. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:9128-9135. [PMID: 29944150 DOI: 10.1039/c8dt02185f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The peroxidase activity of cytochrome c is proposed to contribute to apoptosis by peroxidation of cardiolipin in the mitochondrial inner membrane. However, cytochrome c heme is hexa-coordinate with a methionine (Met80) on the distal side, stopping it from acting as an efficient peroxidase. The first naturally occurring variant of cytochrome c discovered, G41S, has higher peroxidase activity than wild-type. To understand the basis for this increase and gain insight into the peroxidase activity of wild-type, we have studied wild-type, G41S and the unnatural variant G41T. Through a combined kinetic and mass spectrometric analysis, we have shown that hydrogen peroxide specifically oxidizes Met80 to the sulfoxide. In the absence of substrate this can be further oxidized to the sulfone, leading to a decrease in peroxidase activity. Peroxidase activity can be correlated with the proportion of sulfoxide present and if fully in that form, all variants have the same activity without a lag phase caused by activation of the protein.
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- Rinky D Parakra
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
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Placido T, Tognaccini L, Howes BD, Montrone A, Laquintana V, Comparelli R, Curri ML, Smulevich G, Agostiano A. Surface Engineering of Gold Nanorods for Cytochrome c Bioconjugation: An Effective Strategy To Preserve the Protein Structure. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:4959-4967. [PMID: 30221229 PMCID: PMC6130780 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The surface of gold nanorods (Au NRs) has been appropriately engineered to achieve a suitable interface for bioconjugation with horse heart cytochrome c (HCc). HCc, an extensively studied and well-characterized protein, represents an ideal model for nanoparticle (NP)-protein conjugation studies because of its small size, high stability, and commercial availability. Here, the native state of the protein has been demonstrated for the first time, by means of Raman spectroscopy, to be retained upon conjugation with the anisotropic Au nanostructures, thus validating the proposed protocol as specifically suited to mostly preserve the plasmonic properties of the NRs and to retain the structure of the protein. The successful creation of such bioconjugates with the retention of the protein structure and function along with the preservation of the NP properties represents a challenging but essential task, as it provides the only way to access functional hybrid systems with potential applications in biotechnology, medicine, and catalysis. In this perspective, the organic capping surrounding the Au NRs plays a key role, as it represents the functional interface for the conjugation step. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-coated Au NRs, prepared by using a seed-mediated synthetic route, have been wrapped with polyacrylic acid (PAA) by means of electrostatic interactions following a layer-by-layer approach. The resulting water-dispersible negatively charged AuNRs@PAA NPs have then been electrostatically bound to the positively charged HCc. The bioconjugation procedure has been thoroughly monitored by the combined analysis of UV-vis absorption, resonance Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopies, transmission electron microscopy microscopy, and ζ-potential, which verified the successful conjugation of the protein to the nanorods.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tiziana Placido
- CNR-IPCF
Istituto per I Processi Chimico-Fisici, S.S. Bari, c/o Dip. Chimica, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università
di Firenze, Via della
Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università
di Firenze, Via della
Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Università
degli Studi di Bari—Dip. di Chimica, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia—Scienze del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- CNR-IPCF
Istituto per I Processi Chimico-Fisici, S.S. Bari, c/o Dip. Chimica, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- CNR-IPCF
Istituto per I Processi Chimico-Fisici, S.S. Bari, c/o Dip. Chimica, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università
di Firenze, Via della
Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- CNR-IPCF
Istituto per I Processi Chimico-Fisici, S.S. Bari, c/o Dip. Chimica, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
- Università
degli Studi di Bari—Dip. di Chimica, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Coexistence of multiple globin genes conferring protection against nitrosative stress to the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. Nitric Oxide 2018; 73:39-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2017.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Revised: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Yin V, Shaw GS, Konermann L. Cytochrome c as a Peroxidase: Activation of the Precatalytic Native State by H2O2-Induced Covalent Modifications. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:15701-15709. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Victor Yin
- Department of Chemistry and Department
of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Department
of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Department
of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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Alvarez-Paggi D, Hannibal L, Castro MA, Oviedo-Rouco S, Demicheli V, Tórtora V, Tomasina F, Radi R, Murgida DH. Multifunctional Cytochrome c: Learning New Tricks from an Old Dog. Chem Rev 2017; 117:13382-13460. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Damián Alvarez-Paggi
- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química
Física and INQUIMAE (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, piso 1, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Department
of Pediatrics, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Mathildenstrasse 1, Freiburg 79106, Germany
- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química
Física and INQUIMAE (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, piso 1, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química
Física and INQUIMAE (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, piso 1, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química
Física and INQUIMAE (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, piso 1, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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Milazzo L, Tognaccini L, Howes BD, Sinibaldi F, Piro MC, Fittipaldi M, Baratto MC, Pogni R, Santucci R, Smulevich G. Unravelling the Non-Native Low-Spin State of the Cytochrome c–Cardiolipin Complex: Evidence of the Formation of a His-Ligated Species Only. Biochemistry 2017; 56:1887-1898. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lisa Milazzo
- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della
Lastruccia 3-13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della
Lastruccia 3-13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della
Lastruccia 3-13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Medicina Sperimentale e Chirurgia, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via
Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Medicina Sperimentale e Chirurgia, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via
Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica ed Astronomia, Università di Firenze, Via Sansone
1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino
(FI), Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro
2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro
2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Cliniche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via
Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della
Lastruccia 3-13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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