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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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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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Muneeswaran G, Pandiaraj M, Kartheeswaran S, Sankaralingam M, Muthukumar K, Karunakaran C. Molecular dynamics simulation approach to explore atomistic molecular mechanism of peroxidase activity of apoptotic cytochrome c mutants. INFORMATICS IN MEDICINE UNLOCKED 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Muneeswaran G, Kartheeswaran S, Muthukumar K, Karunakaran C. Temperature-dependent conformational dynamics of cytochrome c: Implications in apoptosis. J Mol Graph Model 2017; 79:140-148. [PMID: 29161635 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2017.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Heat, electric shock, and burn injuries induce apoptosis by releasing cytochrome c (cyt-c) from mitochondria and by subsequently activating the death protease, caspases-3. During apoptosis, cyt-c undergoes changes in the secondary structure that have been suggested to increase its peroxidase activity. Information about these structural changes will provide better understanding of the apoptotic mechanism. Hence, temperature-dependent conformational dynamics of cyt-c has been investigated through molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to explain the structural changes and to correlate them with its apoptotic behavior. We observe that, at lower temperatures (223, 248, and 300K), the secondary structure of cyt-c, remains stable, while at higher temperatures (323, 373, 423, and 473K), the secondary structural regions change significantly. Further, our MD results indicate that these structural changes are mainly localized on α-helices, turns, β-sheets, and important loops that were involved in the stabilization of the heme conformation. This conformational transition between specific regions of secondary structure of cyt-c directly affects the electron tunneling properties of the proteins as observed experimentally. We quantify and compare these changes and explain that the temperature plays a vital role in assuring the structural stability of cyt-c and thus its functions. Our findings from this MD study reproduce experimental results at high temperatures and provide evidence for the alteration of the heme through the disruption of the H-bonding interactions between specific regions of cyt-c, thereby enhancing its peroxidase activity which plays a crucial role in the apoptotic process.
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- Gurusamy Muneeswaran
- Biomedical Research Lab, Department of Chemistry, VHNSN College (Autonomous), Virudhunagar, 626 001, Tamilnadu, India; Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnanakoil, 626 126, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Master of Computer Applications, School of Computing, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnanakoil, 626 126, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Biomedical Research Lab, Department of Chemistry, VHNSN College (Autonomous), Virudhunagar, 626 001, Tamilnadu, India.
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Investigation of structural dynamics of Thrombocytopenia Cargeeg mutants of human apoptotic cytochrome c: A molecular dynamics simulation approach. Biophys Chem 2017; 230:117-126. [PMID: 28958449 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2017] [Revised: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Naturally occurring mutations to cytochrome c (cyt-c) have been identified recently in patients with mild autosomal dominant thrombocytopenia (low platelet levels), which yield cyt-c mutants with enhanced apoptotic activity. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this low platelet production and enhanced apoptosis remain unclear. Therefore, an attempt is made herein for the first time to investigate the effects of mutations of glycine 41 by serine (G41S) and tyrosine 48 by histidine (Y48H) on the conformational and dynamic changes of apoptotic (Fe3+) cyt-c using all atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in explicit water solvent. Our 30ns MD simulations demonstrate considerable structural differences in G41S and Y48H compared to wild type (WT) cyt-c, such as increasing distances between the critical electron transfer residues results in open conformation at the heme active site, large fluctuations in β-turns and α-helices. Additionally, although the β-sheets remain mostly unaffected in all the three cyt-c simulations, the α-helices undergo conformational switch to β-turns in both the mutant simulations. Importantly, this conformational switch of α-helix to β-turn around heme active site should attributes to the loss of intraprotein H-bonds in the mutant simulations especially between NE2 (His26) and O (Pro44) in agreement with the experimental report. Further, essential dynamics analysis reveals that overall motions of WT cyt-c is mainly involved only in the first eigenvector, but in G41S and Y48H the overall motions are mainly in three and two eigenvectors respectively. Overall, the detailed atomistic level information provide a unifying description for the molecular mechanism of structural destabilization, disregulation of platelet formation and enhanced peroxidase activity of the mutant cyt-c's in the pathology of intrinsic apoptosis.
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Kang JH. Acrolein, A Reactive Product of Lipid Peroxidation, Induces Oxidative Modification of Cytochrome c. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2013. [DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2013.34.11.3295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Low-temperature molecular dynamics simulations of horse heart cytochrome c and comparison with inelastic neutron scattering data. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2012; 42:291-300. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-012-0874-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Revised: 11/07/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Battistuzzi G, Bortolotti CA, Bellei M, Di Rocco G, Salewski J, Hildebrandt P, Sola M. Role of Met80 and Tyr67 in the Low-pH Conformational Equilibria of Cytochrome c. Biochemistry 2012; 51:5967-78. [DOI: 10.1021/bi3007302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Gianantonio Battistuzzi
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 183,
41100 Modena, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 183,
41100 Modena, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 183,
41100 Modena, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 183,
41100 Modena, Italy
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Straße
des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Straße
des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 183,
41100 Modena, Italy
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Raja Singh S, Prakash S, Muneeswaran G, Rajesh S, Muthukumar K, Vasu V, Karunakaran C. Molecular dynamics simulation studies on structural and conformational changes in tyrosine-67 nitrated cytochromec. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2011.645597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Molecular modeling of cytochrome b 5 with a single cytochrome c-like thioether linkage. J Mol Model 2011; 18:1553-60. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-011-1189-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Topography of tyrosine residues and their involvement in peroxidation of polyunsaturated cardiolipin in cytochrome c/cardiolipin peroxidase complexes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1808:2147-55. [PMID: 21550335 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2010] [Revised: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 04/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Formation of cytochrome c (cyt c)/cardiolipin (CL) peroxidase complex selective toward peroxidation of polyunsaturated CLs is a pre-requisite for mitochondrial membrane permeabilization. Tyrosine residues - via the generation of tyrosyl radicals (Tyr) - are likely reactive intermediates of the peroxidase cycle leading to CL peroxidation. We used mutants of horse heart cyt c in which each of the four Tyr residues was substituted for Phe and assessed their contribution to the peroxidase catalysis. Tyr67Phe mutation was associated with a partial loss of the oxygenase function of the cyt c/CL complex and the lowest concentration of H(2)O(2)-induced Tyr radicals in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra. Our MS experiments directly demonstrated decreased production of CL-hydroperoxides (CL-OOH) by Tyr67Phe mutant. Similarly, oxidation of a phenolic substrate, Amplex Red, was affected to a greater extent in Tyr67Phe than in three other mutants. Tyr67Phe mutant exerted high resistance to H(2)O(2)-induced oligomerization. Measurements of Tyr fluorescence, hetero-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and computer simulations position Tyr67 in close proximity to the porphyrin ring heme iron and one of the two axial heme-iron ligand residues, Met80. Thus, the highly conserved Tyr67 is a likely electron-donor (radical acceptor) in the oxygenase half-reaction of the cyt c/CL peroxidase complex.
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Kim S, Lee Y, Lazar P, Son M, Baek A, Thangapandian S, Jeong NY, Yoo YH, Lee KW. Binding conformation prediction between human acetylcholinesterase and cytochrome c using molecular modeling methods. J Mol Graph Model 2011; 29:996-1005. [PMID: 21570330 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2011] [Revised: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is important to terminate acetylcholine-mediated neurotransmission at cholinergic synapses. The pivotal role of AChE in apoptosome formation through the interactions with cytochrome c (Cyt c) was demonstrated in recent study. In order to investigate the proper binding conformation between the human AChE (hAChE) and human Cyt c (hCyt c), macro-molecular docking simulation was performed using DOT 2.0 program. The hCyt c was bound to peripheral anionic site (PAS) on hAChE and binding mode of the docked conformation was very similar to the reported crystal structure of the AChE and fasciculin-II (Fas-II) complex. Two 10ns molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were carried out to refine the binding mode of docked structure and to observe the differences of the binding conformations between the absent (Apo) and presence (Holo) of heme group. The key hydrogen bonding residues between hAChE and hCyt c proteins were found in Apo and Holo systems, as well as each Tyr341 and Trp286 residue of hAChE was participated in cation-pi (π) interactions with Lys79 of hCyt c in Apo and Holo systems, respectively. From the present study, although the final structures of the Apo and Holo systems have similar binding pattern, several differences were investigated in flexibilities, interface interactions, and interface accessible surface areas. Based on these results, we were able to predict the reasonable binding conformation which is indispensable for apoptosome formation.
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- Songmi Kim
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Program), Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center (PMBBRC), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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