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Lin YH, Kutin Y, van Gastel M, Bill E, Schnegg A, Ye S, Lee WZ. A Manganese(IV)-Hydroperoxo Intermediate Generated by Protonation of the Corresponding Manganese(III)-Superoxo Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:10255-10260. [PMID: 32412757 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Earlier work revealed that metal-superoxo species primarily function as radicals and/or electrophiles. Herein, we present ambiphilicity of a MnIII-superoxo complex revealed by its proton- and metal-coupled electron-transfer processes. Specifically, a MnIV-hydroperoxo intermediate, [Mn(BDPBrP)(OOH)]+ (1, H2BDPBrP = 2,6-bis((2-(S)-di(4-bromo)phenylhydroxylmethyl-1-pyrrolidinyl)methyl)pyridine) was generated by treatment of a MnIII-superoxo complex, Mn(BDPBrP)(O2•) (2) with trifluoroacetic acid at -120 °C. Detailed insights into the electronic structure of 1 are obtained using resonance Raman and multi-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies coupled with density functional theory calculations. Similarly, the reaction of 2 with scandium(III) triflate was shown to give a Mn(IV)/Sc(III) bridging peroxo species, [Mn(BDPBrP)(OO)Sc(OTf)n](3-n)+ (4). Furthermore, it is found that deprotonation of 1 quantitatively regenerates 2, and that one-electron oxidation of the corresponding MnIII-hydroperoxo species, Mn(BDPBrP)(OOH) (3), also yields 1.
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- Yen-Hao Lin
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr D-45470, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr D-45470, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr D-45470, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr D-45470, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr D-45470, Germany.,State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan.,Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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Kahle M, Ter Beek J, Hosler JP, Ädelroth P. The insertion of the non-heme Fe B cofactor into nitric oxide reductase from P. denitrificans depends on NorQ and NorD accessory proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2018; 1859:1051-1058. [PMID: 29874552 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 05/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Bacterial NO reductases (NOR) catalyze the reduction of NO into N2O, either as a step in denitrification or as a detoxification mechanism. cNOR from Paracoccus (P.) denitrificans is expressed from the norCBQDEF operon, but only the NorB and NorC proteins are found in the purified NOR complex. Here, we established a new purification method for the P. denitrificans cNOR via a His-tag using heterologous expression in E. coli. The His-tagged enzyme is both structurally and functionally very similar to non-tagged cNOR. We were also able to express and purify cNOR from the structural genes norCB only, in absence of the accessory genes norQDEF. The produced protein is a stable NorCB complex containing all hemes and it can bind gaseous ligands (CO) to heme b3, but it is catalytically inactive. We show that this deficient cNOR lacks the non-heme iron cofactor FeB. Mutational analysis of the nor gene cluster revealed that it is the norQ and norD genes that are essential to form functional cNOR. NorQ belongs to the family of MoxR P-loop AAA+ ATPases, which are in general considered to facilitate enzyme activation processes often involving metal insertion. Our data indicates that NorQ and NorD work together in order to facilitate non-heme Fe insertion. This is noteworthy since in many cases Fe cofactor binding occurs spontaneously. We further suggest a model for NorQ/D-facilitated metal insertion into cNOR.
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- Maximilian Kahle
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Mallick D, Biswal B, Thirunavoukkarasu M, Mohanty R, Bag B. Signalling probes appended with two rhodamine derivatives: inter-component preferences, Fe(iii)-ion selective fluorescence responses and bio-imaging in plant species. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj03364h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molecular probes (1 and 2) incorporating two different xanthene dyes exhibited Fe(iii) selective dual mode signaling responses.
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- Debajani Mallick
- Colloids and Materials Chemistry Department
- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology
- Bhubaneswar-751 013
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
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- Colloids and Materials Chemistry Department
- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology
- Bhubaneswar-751 013
- India
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- Environment and Sustainability Department
- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology
- Bhubaneswar-751 013
- India
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- Environment and Sustainability Department
- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology
- Bhubaneswar-751 013
- India
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- Colloids and Materials Chemistry Department
- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology
- Bhubaneswar-751 013
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
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Ding W, Zhang H, Xu J, Wen Y, Zhang J, Liu H, Yao Y, Zhang Z. Development of solution-dispersible hyperbranched conjugated polymer nanoparticles for Fe3+fluorescent detection and their application in logic gate. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.28262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Wanchuan Ding
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry; Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330013
- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330045
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry; Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330013
- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330045
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry; Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330013
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330045
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry; Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330013
- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330045
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry; Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330013
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry; Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330013
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry; Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330013
- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang People's Republic of China 330045
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Yan L, Yang M, Leng X, Zhang M, Long Y, Yang B. A new dual-function fluorescent probe of Fe3+ for bioimaging and probe-Fe3+ complex for selective detection of CN−. Tetrahedron 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.05.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Yu F, Cangelosi VM, Zastrow ML, Tegoni M, Plegaria JS, Tebo AG, Mocny CS, Ruckthong L, Qayyum H, Pecoraro VL. Protein design: toward functional metalloenzymes. Chem Rev 2014; 114:3495-578. [PMID: 24661096 PMCID: PMC4300145 DOI: 10.1021/cr400458x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Fangting Yu
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Liu HW, Thorson JS, Miller VP, Kelley TM, Lei Y, Ploux O, He X, Yang DY. Mechanistic Studies of the Biosynthesis of 3,6-Dideoxysugars in Bacteria: Exploration of a Novel C-O Bond Cleavage Event. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.199500085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kaur K, Saini R, Kumar A, Luxami V, Kaur N, Singh P, Kumar S. Chemodosimeters: An approach for detection and estimation of biologically and medically relevant metal ions, anions and thiols. Coord Chem Rev 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Lee MH, Giap TV, Kim SH, Lee YH, Kang C, Kim JS. A novel strategy to selectively detect Fe(iii) in aqueous media driven by hydrolysis of a rhodamine 6GSchiff base. Chem Commun (Camb) 2010; 46:1407-9. [DOI: 10.1039/b921526c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Takano Y, Isobe H, Yamaguchi K. Theoretical Studies on Electronic Structures and Chemical Indices of the Active Site of Oxygenated and Deoxygenated Hemerythrin. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2008. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.81.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Couture MMJ, Martin VJJ, Mohn WW, Eltis LD. Characterization of DitA3, the [Fe3S4] ferredoxin of an aromatic ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase from a diterpenoid-degrading microorganism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2006; 1764:1462-9. [PMID: 16952485 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2006] [Revised: 06/23/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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DitA3, a small soluble ferredoxin, is a component of a ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase involved in the microbial degradation of the diterpenoid, dehydroabietic acid. The anaerobic purification of a heterologously expressed his-tagged DitA3 yielded 20 mg of apparently homogeneous recombinant protein, rcDitA3, per liter of cell culture. Each mole of purified rcDitA3 contained 2.9 equivalents of iron and 4.2 equivalents of sulfur, indicating the presence of a single [Fe(3)S(4)] cluster. This conclusion was corroborated by UV-Visible absorption (epsilon(412)=13.4 mM(-1) cm(-1)) and EPR (g(x,y)=2.00 and g(z)=2.02) spectroscopies. The reduction potential of rcDitA3, determined using a highly oriented parallel graphite (HOPG) electrode, was -177.0+/-0.5 mV vs. the standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) (20 mM MOPS, 80 mM KCl, pH 7.0, 22 degrees C). This potential is similar to those of small, soluble Rieske-type ferredoxin components of aromatic-ring dihydroxylating dioxygenases. In contrast to these Rieske-type ferredoxins, DitA3 appears to exist as a dimer in solution. The dimeric ferredoxin may be more stable or may increase the catalytic efficiency of the dioxygenase by delivering the two reducing equivalents required for turnover of the oxygenase.
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- Manon M-J Couture
- Department of Biochemistry, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4.
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Okada K, Hase T. Cyanobacterial non-mevalonate pathway: (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate synthase interacts with ferredoxin in Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:20672-9. [PMID: 15792953 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500865200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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(E)-4-Hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate synthase (GcpE), which catalyzes the conversion of 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol cyclodiphosphate (MEcPP) into (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate (HMBPP), is an essential enzyme of the non-mevalonate (2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate (MEP)) pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis. The terminal steps of the MEP pathway are still not fully understood, although this pathway is necessary for survival in various organisms such as cyanobacteria, plastids of algae and higher plants, and the apicoplast of human malaria parasites. To determine the efficient redox partner for thermophilic cyanobacterial GcpE, We have expressed the gcpE and petF genes in Escherichia coli and studied the protein-protein interaction of GcpE protein with ferredoxin I (PetF) from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1. Recombinant GcpE protein was purified by an N-terminal His(6) tag and reconstituted as a [4Fe-4S](2+) metalloprotein. GcpE was shown to interact strongly with PetF via the bacterial two-hybrid system designed to detect protein-protein interactions. Moreover, a direct protein-protein interaction between PetF and GcpE was confirmed in an in vitro glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down assay. To investigate electron transfer activity from PetF to GcpE, we also constructed a NADPH-dependent reducing shuttle system with purified recombinant ferredoxin-NADP(+) oxidoreductase (PetH) and PetF. The result demonstrated that PetF has the ability to transfer electrons to GcpE. Thus, the combined data provide the first evidence that GcpE is a ferredoxin-dependent enzyme in T. elongatus BP-1.
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- Ken Okada
- Division of Enzymology, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Lezhneva L, Amann K, Meurer J. The universally conserved HCF101 protein is involved in assembly of [4Fe-4S]-cluster-containing complexes in Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 37:174-85. [PMID: 14690502 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01952.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The seedling-lethal nuclear Arabidopsis hcf101 (high chlorophyll fluorescence) mutant is impaired in photosynthesis and complemented by the wild-type HCF101 cDNA. Photosystem I (PSI) activity is abolished, and PSI core complexes fail to accumulate in hcf101, whereas levels of other thylakoid membrane proteins are unaffected. Northern and in vivo labelling analyses as well as studies on polysome loading show that PSI transcript levels and translation rates of proteins, which belong to PSI, are normal in hcf101. PSI-specific fluorescence at 77 K is shifted from 735 to 728 nm in hcf101, indicating that exitons cannot efficiently be transferred to the PSI reaction centre, whereby the PSI antenna is almost unaffected. Mutant plants not only fail to accumulate mature PSI, which contains three [4Fe-4S]clusters (FSCs), but also are characterized by reduced levels of the soluble FSC-containing complex ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase (FTR) in the stroma. Inhibited FTR maturation is not a secondary effect stemming from lack of PSI because the mutant hcf145, which also lacks PSI, accumulates FTR at normal levels. Levels of the [2Fe-2S] cluster-containing soluble and membrane proteins, ferredoxin and PetC, respectively, were unchanged in hcf101 plants. These data suggest a specific role of HCF101 in FSC biogenesis. HCF101 is plastid localized and belongs to an ancient and universally conserved family of P-loop ATPases previously designated as the 'MRP' (metGrelated protein) family. The function identified for HCF101 suggests a new designation, FSC, for this family.
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- Lina Lezhneva
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Department Biologie I, Botanik, Menzingerstr 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
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Beck BW, Xie Q, Ichiye T. Sequence determination of reduction potentials by cysteinyl hydrogen bonds and peptide pipoles in [4Fe-4S] ferredoxins. Biophys J 2001; 81:601-13. [PMID: 11463610 PMCID: PMC1301538 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)75726-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A sequence determinant of reduction potentials is reported for bacterial [4Fe-4S]-type ferredoxins. The residue that is four residues C-terminal to the fourth ligand of either cluster is generally an alanine or a cysteine. In five experimental ferredoxin structures, the cysteine has the same structural orientation relative to the nearest cluster, which is stabilized by the SH...S bond. Although such bonds are generally considered weak, indications that Fe-S redox site sulfurs are better hydrogen-bond acceptors than most sulfurs include the numerous amide NH...S bonds noted by Adman and our quantum mechanical calculations. Furthermore, electrostatic potential calculations of 11 experimental ferredoxin structures indicate that the extra cysteine decreases the reduction potential relative to an alanine by approximately 60 mV, in agreement with experimental mutational studies. Moreover, the decrease in potential is due to a shift in the polar backbone stabilized by the SH...S bond rather than to the slightly polar cysteinyl side chain. Thus, these cysteines can "tune" the reduction potential, which could optimize electron flow in an electron transport chain. More generally, hydrogen bonds involving sulfur can be important in protein structure/function, and mutations causing polar backbone shifts can alter electrostatics and thus affect redox properties or even enzymatic activity of a protein.
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- B W Beck
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
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Barynin VV, Whittaker MM, Antonyuk SV, Lamzin VS, Harrison PM, Artymiuk PJ, Whittaker JW. Crystal structure of manganese catalase from Lactobacillus plantarum. Structure 2001; 9:725-38. [PMID: 11587647 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(01)00628-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Catalases are important antioxidant metalloenzymes that catalyze disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide, forming dioxygen and water. Two families of catalases are known, one having a heme cofactor, and the other, a structurally distinct family containing nonheme manganese. We have solved the structure of the mesophilic manganese catalase from Lactobacillus plantarum and its azide-inhibited complex. RESULTS The crystal structure of the native enzyme has been solved at 1.8 A resolution by molecular replacement, and the azide complex of the native protein has been solved at 1.4 A resolution. The hexameric structure of the holoenzyme is stabilized by extensive intersubunit contacts, including a beta zipper and a structural calcium ion crosslinking neighboring subunits. Each subunit contains a dimanganese active site, accessed by a single substrate channel lined by charged residues. The manganese ions are linked by a mu1,3-bridging glutamate carboxylate and two mu-bridging solvent oxygens that electronically couple the metal centers. The active site region includes two residues (Arg147 and Glu178) that appear to be unique to the Lactobacillus plantarum catalase. CONCLUSIONS A comparison of L. plantarum and T. thermophilus catalase structures reveals the existence of two distinct structural classes, differing in monomer design and the organization of their active sites, within the manganese catalase family. These differences have important implications for catalysis and may reflect distinct biological functions for the two enzymes, with the L. plantarum enzyme serving as a catalase, while the T. thermophilus enzyme may function as a catalase/peroxidase.
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- V V Barynin
- The Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, S10 2TN, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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Mammalian iron homeostasis is maintained through the concerted action of sensory and regulatory networks that modulate the expression of proteins of iron metabolism at the transcriptional and/or post-transcriptional levels. Regulation of gene transcription provides critical developmental, cell cycle, and cell-type-specific controls on iron metabolism. Post-transcriptional control through the action of iron regulatory protein 1 (IRP1) and IRP2 coordinate the use of messenger RNA-encoding proteins that are involved in the uptake, storage, and use of iron in all cells of the body. IRPs may also provide a link between iron availability and cellular citrate use. Multiple factors, including iron, nitric oxide, oxidative stress, phosphorylation, and hypoxia/reoxygenation, influence IRP function. Recent evidence indicates that there is diversity in the function of the IRP system with respect to the response of specific IRPs to the same effector, as well as the selectivity with which IRPs modulate the use of specific messenger RNA.
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- R S Eisenstein
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Jung YS, Bonagura CA, Tilley GJ, Gao-Sheridan HS, Armstrong FA, Stout CD, Burgess BK. Structure of C42D Azotobacter vinelandii FdI. A Cys-X-X-Asp-X-X-Cys motif ligates an air-stable [4Fe-4S]2+/+ cluster. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:36974-83. [PMID: 10961993 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004947200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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All naturally occurring ferredoxins that have Cys-X-X-Asp-X-X-Cys motifs contain [4Fe-4S](2+/+) clusters that can be easily and reversibly converted to [3Fe-4S](+/0) clusters. In contrast, ferredoxins with unmodified Cys-X-X-Cys-X-X-Cys motifs assemble [4Fe-4S](2+/+) clusters that cannot be easily interconverted with [3Fe-4S](+/0) clusters. In this study we changed the central cysteine of the Cys(39)-X-X-Cys(42)-X-X-Cys(45) of Azotobacter vinelandii FdI, which coordinates its [4Fe-4S](2+/+) cluster, into an aspartate. UV-visible, EPR, and CD spectroscopies, metal analysis, and x-ray crystallography show that, like native FdI, aerobically purified C42D FdI is a seven-iron protein retaining its [4Fe-4S](2+/+) cluster with monodentate aspartate ligation to one iron. Unlike known clusters of this type the reduced [4Fe-4S](+) cluster of C42D FdI exhibits only an S = 1/2 EPR with no higher spin signals detected. The cluster shows only a minor change in reduction potential relative to the native protein. All attempts to convert the cluster to a 3Fe cluster using conventional methods of oxygen or ferricyanide oxidation or thiol exchange were not successful. The cluster conversion was ultimately accomplished using a new electrochemical method. Hydrophobic and electrostatic interaction and the lack of Gly residues adjacent to the Asp ligand explain the remarkable stability of this cluster.
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- Y S Jung
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Dai S, Schwendtmayer C, Schürmann P, Ramaswamy S, Eklund H. Redox signaling in chloroplasts: cleavage of disulfides by an iron-sulfur cluster. Science 2000; 287:655-8. [PMID: 10649999 DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5453.655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Light generates reducing equivalents in chloroplasts that are used not only for carbon reduction, but also for the regulation of the activity of chloroplast enzymes by reduction of regulatory disulfides via the ferredoxin:thioredoxin reductase (FTR) system. FTR, the key electron/thiol transducer enzyme in this pathway, is unique in that it can reduce disulfides by an iron-sulfur cluster, a property that is explained by the tight contact of its active-site disulfide and the iron-sulfur center. The thin, flat FTR molecule makes the two-electron reduction possible by forming on one side a mixed disulfide with thioredoxin and by providing on the opposite side access to ferredoxin for delivering electrons.
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- S Dai
- Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, Biomedical Center, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Chen K, Tilley GJ, Sridhar V, Prasad GS, Stout CD, Armstrong FA, Burgess BK. Alteration of the reduction potential of the [4Fe-4S](2+/+) cluster of Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:36479-87. [PMID: 10593945 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.51.36479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The [4Fe-4S](2+/+) cluster of Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I (FdI) has an unusually low reduction potential (E(0')) relative to other structurally similar ferredoxins. Previous attempts to raise that E(0') by modification of surface charged residues were unsuccessful. In this study mutants were designed to alter the E(0') by substitution of polar residues for nonpolar residues near the cluster and by modification of backbone amides. Three FdI variants, P21G, I40N, and I40Q, were purified and characterized, and electrochemical E(0') measurements show that all had altered E(0') relative to native FdI. For P21G FdI and I40Q FdI, the E(0') increased by +42 and +53 mV, respectively validating the importance of dipole orientation in control of E(0'). Protein Dipole Langevin Dipole calculations based on models for those variants accurately predicted the direction of the change in E(0') while overestimating the magnitude. For I40N FdI, initial calculations based on the model predicted a +168 mV change in E(0') while a -33 mV change was observed. The x-ray structure of that variant, which was determined to 2.8 A, revealed a number of changes in backbone and side chain dipole orientation and in solvent accessibility, that were not predicted by the model and that were likely to influence E(0'). Subsequent Protein Dipole Langevin Dipole calculations (using the actual I40N x-ray structures) did quite accurately predict the observed change in E(0').
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- K Chen
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Jung YS, Gao-Sheridan HS, Christiansen J, Dean DR, Burgess BK. Purification and biophysical characterization of a new [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin from Azotobacter vinelandii, a putative [Fe-S] cluster assembly/repair protein. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:32402-10. [PMID: 10542283 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.45.32402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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During the purification of site-directed mutant variants of Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I (FdI), a pink protein, which was not observed in native FdI preparations, appeared to associate specifically with variants that had mutations in ligands to FdI [Fe-S] clusters. That protein, which we designate FdIV, has now been purified. NH(2)-terminal sequence analysis revealed that the protein is the product of a previously described gene, herein designated fdxD, that is in the A. vinelandii iscSUA operon that encodes proteins involved in iron-sulfur cluster assembly or repair. An apoprotein molecular mass of 12,434.03 +/- 0.21 Da was determined by mass spectrometry consistent with the known gene sequence. The monomeric protein was shown to contain a single [2Fe-2S](2+/+) cluster by UV/visible, CD, and EPR spectroscopies with a reduction potential of -344 mV versus the standard hydrogen electrode. When overexpressed in Escherichia coli, recombinant FdIV holoprotein was successfully assembled. However, the polypeptide of the recombinant protein was modified in some way such that the apoprotein molecular mass increased by 52 Da. Antibodies raised against FdIV and EPR spectroscopy were used to examine the relative levels of FdIV and FdI in various A. vinelandii strains leading to the conclusion that FdIV levels appear to be specifically increased under conditions where another protein, NADPH:ferredoxin reductase is also up-regulated. In that case, the fpr gene is known to be activated in response to oxidative stress. This suggests that the fdxD gene and other genes in the iron-sulfur cluster assembly or repair operon might be similarly up-regulated in response to oxidative stress.
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- Y S Jung
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Griffiths WJ, Kelly AL, Cox TM. Inherited disorders of iron storage and transport. MOLECULAR MEDICINE TODAY 1999; 5:431-8. [PMID: 10498911 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-4310(99)01541-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Diverse hereditary disorders associated with iron accumulation cause widespread organ damage. New insights into cellular pathways of iron transport have emerged from the identification of molecules implicated in heritable defects of iron metabolism. Unravelling the genetic basis of rare variants of haemochromatosis should provide vital functional information to further our mechanistic understanding of iron homeostasis.
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- W J Griffiths
- Dept of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK CB2 2QQ
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Rodriguez JH, Xia YM, Debrunner PG. Mössbauer Spectroscopy of the Spin Coupled Fe2+−{FeNO}7 Centers of Nitrosyl Derivatives of Deoxy Hemerythrin and Density Functional Theory of the {FeNO}7(S = 3/2) Motif. J Am Chem Soc 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ja990129c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jorge H. Rodriguez
- Contribution from the Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Contribution from the Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Contribution from the Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Lebrón JA, Bjorkman PJ. The transferrin receptor binding site on HFE, the class I MHC-related protein mutated in hereditary hemochromatosis. J Mol Biol 1999; 289:1109-18. [PMID: 10369785 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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HFE is a class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-related protein that is mutated in patients with the iron storage disease hereditary hemochromatosis. HFE binds tightly to transferrin receptor (TfR), the receptor that mediates uptake of iron-loaded transferrin. The binding affinities for TfR of HFE mutants, designed using the HFE crystal structure, were measured using biosensor assays. The results allow localization of the TfR binding site on HFE to the C-terminal portion of the alpha1 domain helix and an adjacent loop, a region distinct from the ligand binding sites on class I MHC and related proteins. A biosensor-derived pH-dependent affinity profile for the HFE-TfR interaction is discussed in terms of HFE's hypothesized role in intracellular trafficking.
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- J A Lebrón
- Division of Biology 156-29, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Gao-Sheridan HS, Kemper MA, Khayat R, Tilley GJ, Armstrong FA, Sridhar V, Prasad GS, Stout CD, Burgess BK. A T14C variant of Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I undergoes facile [3Fe-4S]0 to [4Fe-4S]2+ conversion in vitro but not in vivo. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:33692-701. [PMID: 9837955 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.50.33692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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[4Fe-4S]2+/+ clusters that are ligated by Cys-X-X-Cys-X-X-Cys sequence motifs share the general feature of being hard to convert to [3Fe-4S]+/0 clusters, whereas those that contain a Cys-X-X-Asp-X-X-Cys motif undergo facile and reversible cluster interconversion. Little is known about the factors that control the in vivo assembly and conversion of these clusters. In this study we have designed and constructed a 3Fe to 4Fe cluster conversion variant of Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I (FdI) in which the sequence that ligates the [3Fe-4S] cluster in native FdI was altered by converting a nearby residue, Thr-14, to Cys. Spectroscopic and electrochemical characterization shows that when purified in the presence of dithionite, T14C FdI is an O2-sensitive 8Fe protein. Both the new and the indigenous clusters have reduction potentials that are significantly shifted compared with those in native FdI, strongly suggesting a significantly altered environment around the clusters. Interestingly, whole cell EPR have revealed that T14C FdI exists as a 7Fe protein in vivo. This 7Fe form of T14C FdI is extremely similar to native FdI in its spectroscopic, electrochemical, and structural features. However, unlike native FdI which does not undergo facile cluster conversion, the 7Fe form T14C FdI quickly converts to the 8Fe form with a high efficiency under reducing conditions.
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- H S Gao-Sheridan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-3900, USA
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Srinivas V, Zhu X, Salceda S, Nakamura R, Caro J. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) is a non-heme iron protein. Implications for oxygen sensing. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:18019-22. [PMID: 9660756 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.29.18019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The hypoxia-inducible factor 1 complex (HIF-1) is involved in the transcriptional activation of several genes, like erythropoietin and vascular endothelial growth factor, that are responsive to the lack of oxygen. The HIF-1 complex is composed of two b-HLH proteins: HIF-1beta that is constitutively expressed, and HIF-1alpha, that is present only in hypoxic cells. The HIF-1alpha subunit is continuously synthesized and degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome under oxic conditions. Hypoxia, transition metals, iron chelators, and several antioxidants stabilize the HIF-1alpha protein, allowing the formation of the transcriptionally active HIF-1 complex. The mechanisms of oxygen sensing and the pathways leading to HIF-1alpha stabilization are unclear. Because the involvement of a heme protein oxygen sensor has been postulated, we tested the heme sensor hypothesis by using a luciferase-expressing cell line (B-1), that is highly responsive to hypoxia. Exposure of B-1 cells to carbon monoxide and heme synthesis inhibitors failed to show any effect on the hypoxia responsiveness of these cells, suggesting that heme proteins are not involved in hypoxia sensing. Measurement of iron in recombinantly expressed HIF-1alpha protein revealed that this protein binds iron in vivo. Iron binding was localized to a 129-amino acid peptide between sequences 529 and 658 of the HIF-1alpha protein. Although the exact structure of the iron center has not been yet defined, a 2:1 metal/protein molar ratio suggests a di-iron center, probably similar to the one found in hemerythrin. This finding is compatible with a model where redox reaction may occur directly in the iron center of the HIF-1alpha subunit, affecting its survival in oxic conditions.
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- V Srinivas
- Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-5099, USA
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Lebrón JA, Bennett MJ, Vaughn DE, Chirino AJ, Snow PM, Mintier GA, Feder JN, Bjorkman PJ. Crystal structure of the hemochromatosis protein HFE and characterization of its interaction with transferrin receptor. Cell 1998; 93:111-23. [PMID: 9546397 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81151-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 490] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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HFE is an MHC-related protein that is mutated in the iron-overload disease hereditary hemochromatosis. HFE binds to transferrin receptor (TfR) and reduces its affinity for iron-loaded transferrin, implicating HFE in iron metabolism. The 2.6 A crystal structure of HFE reveals the locations of hemochromatosis mutations and a patch of histidines that could be involved in pH-dependent interactions. We also demonstrate that soluble TfR and HFE bind tightly at the basic pH of the cell surface, but not at the acidic pH of intracellular vesicles. TfR:HFE stoichiometry (2:1) differs from TfR:transferrin stoichiometry (2:2), implying a different mode of binding for HFE and transferrin to TfR, consistent with our demonstration that HFE, transferrin, and TfR form a ternary complex.
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- J A Lebrón
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA
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Karlin S, Zhu ZY. Classification of mononuclear zinc metal sites in protein structures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:14231-6. [PMID: 9405595 PMCID: PMC24919 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.26.14231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Our study of the extended metal environment, particularly of the second shell, focuses in this paper on zinc sites. Key findings include: (i) The second shell of mononuclear zinc centers is generally more polar than hydrophobic and prominently features charged residues engaged in an abundance of hydrogen bonding with histidine ligands. Histidine-acidic or histidine-tyrosine clusters commonly overlap the environment of zinc ions. (ii) Histidine tautomeric metal bonding patterns in ligating zinc ions are mixed. For example, carboxypeptidase A, thermolysin, and sonic hedgehog possess the same ligand group (two histidines, one unibidentate acidic ligand, and a bound water), but their histidine tautomeric geometries markedly differ such that the carboxypeptidase A makes only Ndelta1 contacts, thermolysin makes only Nepsilon2 contacts, and sonic hedgehog uses one of each. Thus the presence of a similar ligand cohort does not necessarily imply the same topology or function at the active site. (iii) Two close histidine ligands HXmH, m </= 5, rarely both coordinate a single metal ion in the Ndelta1 tautomeric conformation, presumably to avoid steric conflicts. Mononuclear zinc sites can be classified into six types depending on the ligand composition and geometry. Implications of the results are discussed in terms of divergent and convergent evolution.
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- S Karlin
- Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2125, USA.
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Karlin S, Zhu ZY, Karlin KD. The extended environment of mononuclear metal centers in protein structures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:14225-30. [PMID: 9405594 PMCID: PMC24917 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.26.14225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The objectives of this and the following paper are to identify commonalities and disparities of the extended environment of mononuclear metal sites centering on Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn. The extended environment of a metal site within a protein embodies at least three layers: the metal core, the ligand group, and the second shell, which is defined here to consist of all residues distant less than 3.5 A from some ligand of the metal core. The ligands and second-shell residues can be characterized in terms of polarity, hydrophobicity, secondary structures, solvent accessibility, hydrogen-bonding interactions, and membership in statistically significant residue clusters of different kinds. Findings include the following: (i) Both histidine ligands of type I copper ions exclusively attach the Ndelta1 nitrogen of the histidine imidazole ring to the metal, whereas histidine ligands for all mononuclear iron ions and nearly all type II copper ions are ligated via the Nepsilon2 nitrogen. By contrast, multinuclear copper centers are coordinated predominantly by histidine Nepsilon2, whereas diiron histidine contacts are predominantly Ndelta1. Explanations in terms of steric differences between Ndelta1 and Nepsilon2 are considered. (ii) Except for blue copper (type I), the second-shell composition favors polar residues. (iii) For blue copper, the second shell generally contains multiple methionine residues, which are elements of a statistically significant histidine-cysteine-methionine cluster. Almost half of the second shell of blue copper consists of solvent-accessible residues, putatively facilitating electron transfer. (iv) Mononuclear copper atoms are never found with acidic carboxylate ligands, whereas single Mn2+ ion ligands are predominantly acidic and the second shell tends to be mostly buried. (v) The extended environment of mononuclear Fe sites often is associated with histidine-tyrosine or histidine-acidic clusters.
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- S Karlin
- Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2125, USA.
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Poly WJ. Nongenetic variation, genetic-environmental interactions and altered gene expression. III. Posttranslational modifications. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 118:551-72. [PMID: 9406434 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9629(96)00041-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The use of protein electrophoretic data for determining the relationships among species or populations is widespread and generally accepted. However, posttranslational modifications have been discovered in many of the commonly analyzed proteins and enzymes. Posttranslational modifications often alter the electrophoretic mobility of the modified enzyme or protein. Because posttranslational modifications may affect only a fraction of the total enzyme or protein, an additional staining band often appears on gels as a result, and this may confound interpretations. Deamidation, acteylation, proteolytic modification, and oxidation of sulfhydryl groups are modifications that often result in an electrophoretic mobility shift. Sialic acid-induced heterogeneity has been documented for many enzymes, but neuraminidase treatment can often remove sialic acids and produce gel patterns that are easier to interpret. In some cases, ontogenetic and tissue-specific expression may be due to posttranslational modifications rather than gene control and restricted expression, respectively. Methods of preventing, detecting and eliminating posttranslational modifications are discussed. Some posttranslational modifications may be useful for detecting cryptic genetic polymorphisms.
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- W J Poly
- Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 62901-6501, USA
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Kemper MA, Stout CD, Lloyd SJ, Prasad GS, Fawcett SE, Armstrong FA, Shen B, Burgess BK, Lloyd SE, Fawcett S. Y13C Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I. A designed [Fe-S] ligand motif contains a cysteine persulfide. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:15620-7. [PMID: 9188450 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.25.15620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Ferredoxins that contain [4Fe-4S]2+/+ clusters often obtain three of their four cysteine ligands from a highly conserved CysXXCysXXCys sequence motif. Little is known about the in vivo assembly of these clusters and the role that this sequence motif plays in that process. In this study, we have used structure as a guide in attempts to direct the formation of a [4Fe-4S]2+/+ in the [3Fe-4S]+/0 location of native (7Fe) Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I (AvFdI) by providing the correct three-dimensional orientation of cysteine ligands without introducing a CysXXCysXXCys motif. Tyr13 of AvFdI occupies the position of the fourth ligating cysteine in the homologous and structurally characterized 8Fe ferredoxin from Peptococcus aerogenes and a Y13C variant of AvFdI could be easily modeled as an 8Fe protein. However, characterization of purified Y13C FdI by UV-visible spectra, circular dichroism, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies, and by x-ray crystallography revealed that the protein failed to use the introduced cysteine as a ligand and retained its [3Fe-4S]+/0 cluster. Further, electrochemical characterization showed that the redox potential and pH behavior of the cluster were unaffected by the substitution of Tyr by Cys. Although Y13C FdI is functional in vivo it does differ significantly from native FdI in that it is extremely unstable in the reduced state possibly due to increased solvent exposure of the [3Fe-4S]0 cluster. Surprisingly, the x-ray structure showed that the introduced cysteine was modified to become a persulfide. This modification may have occurred in vivo via the action of NifS, which is known to be expressed under the growth conditions used. It is interesting to note that neither of the two free cysteines present in FdI was modified. Thus, if NifS is involved in modifying the introduced cysteine there must be specificity to the reaction.
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- M A Kemper
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-3900, USA
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Saeki K, Tokuda KI, Fukuyama K, Matsubara H, Nadanami K, Go M, Itoh S. Site-specific mutagenesis of Rhodobacter capsulatus ferredoxin I, FdxN, that functions in nitrogen fixation. Role of extra residues. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:31399-406. [PMID: 8940149 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.49.31399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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One of the two [4Fe-4S]-type clusters of the Rhodobacter capsulatus ferredoxin I, FdxN, was modified through site-specific mutagenesis of the distinctive features of the second cluster-binding motif, Cys38-X2-Cys41-X8-Cys50-X3-Cys54-X4-Cys59. First, various mutagenized products were tested to learn whether they could rescue the decreased capacity of an fdxN-null strain MSA1 to fix nitrogen: the phenotype of MSA1 was reassessed to Nifs (slow growth by nitrogen fixation) from our previous description of Nif- (Saeki, K., Suetsugu, Y., Tokuda, K., Miyatake, Y., Young, D. A., Marrs, B. L. and Matsubara, H. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 12889-12895). Substitution of Cys59 to Ser yielded an almost fully active product, while that of Cys54 did not. Gradual deletions and deletion-substitution of the 8 residues between Cys41 and Cys50 also yielded active products. Second, three of the modified FdxN proteins were subjected to purification. Only the GA protein, whose 8 residues between positions 42 and 49 were replaced by the Gly-Ala sequence, was purified. The GA protein and the authentic FdxN showed similar optical properties. The two clusters in the former had Em values of -490 and -430 mV, while those in the latter had an identical value of -490 mV, when determined by EPR analysis. It was concluded that: 1) Cys59 is not a ligand to [4Fe-4S] clusters but is important for structural integrity, 2) the residues between positions 42 and 49 may form a "loop-out" from a structure analogous to the Peptococcus aerogenes ferredoxin, and 3) the loop-out region does not have functional significance in nitrogen fixation but may be responsible for maintaining the highly negative redox potential of one of the two clusters.
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- K Saeki
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560
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Holm RH, Kennepohl P, Solomon EI. Structural and Functional Aspects of Metal Sites in Biology. Chem Rev 1996; 96:2239-2314. [PMID: 11848828 DOI: 10.1021/cr9500390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1850] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Richard H. Holm
- Departments of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Laplaza CE, Johnson MJA, Peters JC, Odom AL, Kim E, Cummins CC, George GN, Pickering IJ. Dinitrogen Cleavage by Three-Coordinate Molybdenum(III) Complexes: Mechanistic and Structural Data1. J Am Chem Soc 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ja960574x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 335] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Catalina E. Laplaza
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69, Stanford, California 94309-0210
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69, Stanford, California 94309-0210
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69, Stanford, California 94309-0210
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69, Stanford, California 94309-0210
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69, Stanford, California 94309-0210
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69, Stanford, California 94309-0210
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69, Stanford, California 94309-0210
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69, Stanford, California 94309-0210
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▪ Abstract Dioxygenases are nonheme iron-containing enzymes important in the biosynthesis of plant signaling compounds such as abscisic acid, gibberellins, and ethylene and also of secondary metabolites, notably flavonoids and alkaloids. Plant dioxygenases fall into two classes: lipoxygenases and 2-oxoacid-dependent dioxygenases. The latter catalyze hydroxylation, epoxidation, and desaturation reactions; some enzymes catalyze more than one type of reaction in successive steps in a biosynthetic pathway. This review highlights recent discoveries on both enzyme groups, particularly in relation to gibberellin biosynthesis, in vivo activity of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase, and molecular structure/function relationships. Similarities between the roles of monooxygenases and dioxygenases are also discussed.
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- Andy G. Prescott
- Department of Applied Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom, Department of Agricultural Botany, Plant Science Laboratories, The University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AS, United Kingdom
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Shen B, Jollie DR, Diller TC, Stout CD, Stephens PJ, Burgess BK. Site-directed mutagenesis of Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I: cysteine ligation of the [4Fe-4S] cluster with protein rearrangement is preferred over serine ligation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:10064-8. [PMID: 7479727 PMCID: PMC40736 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.22.10064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The [4Fe-4S] cluster of Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I receives three of its four ligands from a Cys-Xaa-Xaa-Cys-Xaa-Xaa-Cys sequence at positions 39-45 while the fourth ligand, Cys20, is provided by a distal portion of the sequence. Previously we reported that the site-directed mutation of Cys20 to Ala (C20A protein) resulted in the formation of a new [4Fe-4S] cluster that obtained its fourth ligand from Cys24, a free cysteine in the native structure. That ligand exchange required significant protein rearrangement. Here we report the conversion of Cys20 to Ser (C20S protein), which gives the protein the opportunity either to retain the native structure and use the Ser20 O gamma as a ligand or to rearrange and use Cys24. X-ray crystallography demonstrates that the cluster does not use the Ser20 O gamma as a ligand; rather it rearranges to use Cys24. In the C20S protein the [4Fe-4S] cluster has altered stability and redox properties relative to either C20A or the native protein.
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- B Shen
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92717, USA
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The electronic structure of FeS centers in proteins and models a contribution to the understanding of their electron transfer properties. STRUCTURE AND BONDING 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/3-540-59105-2_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Jensen GM, Warshel A, Stephens PJ. Calculation of the redox potentials of iron-sulfur proteins: the 2-/3-couple of [Fe4S*4Cys4] clusters in Peptococcus aerogenes ferredoxin, Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I, and Chromatium vinosum high-potential iron protein. Biochemistry 1994; 33:10911-24. [PMID: 8086408 DOI: 10.1021/bi00202a010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Calculations of the redox potentials of the 2-/3-couples of [Fe4S*4Cys4] clusters in the iron-sulfur proteins Peptococcus aerogenes ferredoxin (PaFd), Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I (AvFdI) and Chromatium vinosum high potential iron protein (CvHiPIP) based on the Protein Dipoles Langevin Dipoles (PDLD) method are reported. The structures of these proteins have been determined by X-ray crystallography; in the case of PaFd the structure has recently been revised due to a change in the sequence close to Cluster II. The large differences between the potentials of the [Fe4S*4Cys4] clusters of PaFd and AvFdI and the potential of the [Fe4S*4Cys4] cluster of CvHiPIP are successfully modeled and originate principally in differences in the configuration of main-chain amide groups near the clusters. The small difference between the potentials of PaFd and AvFdI is also satisfactorily modeled in the case of Cluster I of PaFd. Solvent dipoles close to the cluster in PaFd are an important contributor to its higher potential. The two X-ray structures of PaFd yield similar results for Cluster I of PaFd. In contrast, the results for Cluster II differ substantially; for reasons not yet clear, the recently revised structure leads to results in worse agreement with experiment.
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- G M Jensen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089
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Townson SM, Hanson GR, Upcroft JA, Upcroft P. A purified ferredoxin from Giardia duodenalis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 220:439-46. [PMID: 8125101 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18641.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A ferredoxin has been purified to homogeneity from the ancient protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis. As far as we know, this is the first electron transport protein to be characterised from the organism. The ferredoxin exhibits absorption maxima at 296 and 406 nm with molar absorption coefficients of epsilon 296 = 16,650 +/- 240 M-1 cm-1 and epsilon 406 = 13,100 +/- 370 M-1 cm-1 respectively. The A406/A296 ratio ranged over 0.78-0.82. The molecular mass of the apoprotein calculated by mass spectrometry was 5730 +/- 100Da and the minimum molecular mass by amino acid analysis was 5926Da. There were four cysteine residues/molecule protein but no methionine, arginine, histidine or tyrosine. The absence of these latter residues is consistent with the amino acid content of most ferredoxins. The N-terminal amino acid sequence exhibited greatest similarity to Desulfovibrio gigas ferredoxin II and indicated the potential to coordinate an iron-sulfur cluster. There were 3.21 +/- 0.41 mol sulfide and 2.65 +/- 0.06 mol iron/mol protein. Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of this protein have indicated the presence of an iron-sulfur centre consistent with those of known ferredoxins. Ferredoxin serves as a biological electron acceptor from giardial pyruvate dehydrogenase with metronidazole as a terminal electron acceptor. Such a pathway may serve as a possible mechanism for the reductive activation of metronidazole in this parasite. A second ferredoxin has been purified to homogeneity, but at this stage there is insufficient material to fully characterise this protein. No other low-molecular-mass electron transport proteins have been identified in Giardia under the growth conditions described.
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- S M Townson
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Bancroft Center, Brisbane, Australia
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Blanchard L, Payan F, Qian M, Haser R, Noailly M, Bruschi M, Guerlesquin F. Intramolecular electron transfer in ferredoxin II from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Norway. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1144:125-33. [PMID: 8396440 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90165-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In order to elucidate the role of the two (4Fe-4S) clusters in ferredoxins and to determine whether an electron-transfer mechanism may occur between the clusters, the in vitro reduction of cytochrome c3 and cytochrome c553 by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Norway ferredoxin II was studied using spectrophotometric techniques. Ferredoxin II, covalently cross-linked with either cytochrome c3 or c553, is an obligate intermediate in cytochrome reduction by pyruvate dehydrogenase. Both titration of the complex formation under 1H-NMR spectroscopy and cross-linking experiments between ferredoxin II and either cytochrome c3 or cytochrome c553 gave a stoichiometric ratio of 1:1. Modelling the protein yielded differences between the charge distributions around the two (Fe-S) clusters. The fact that Cluster 2 is blocked in the electron-transfer domain facing the cytochrome interacting heme, indicates Cluster 1 receives electron from pyruvate dehydrogenase. Consecutively, cytochrome reduction occurs owing to an intramolecular electron exchange between the two clusters of the ferredoxin. The properties of two (Fe-S) cluster ferredoxins are compared to those of monocluster ferredoxins and discussed in evolutionary terms.
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- L Blanchard
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, CNRS, Marseille, France
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Metalloenzymes effect a variety of important chemical transformations, often involving small molecule substrates or products such as molecular oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and water. A diverse array of ions or metal clusters is observed at the active-site cores, but living systems use basic recurring structures that have been modified or tuned for specific purposes. Inorganic chemists are actively involved in the elucidation of the structure, spectroscopy, and mechanism of action of these biological catalysts, in part through a synthetic modeling approach involving biomimetic studies.
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- K D Karlin
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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Barbas CF, Rosenblum JS, Lerner RA. Direct selection of antibodies that coordinate metals from semisynthetic combinatorial libraries. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:6385-9. [PMID: 8341642 PMCID: PMC46936 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.14.6385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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An iterative strategy for the selection of catalytic metalloantibodies is described. The first stage of this strategy is validated by the selection of semisynthetic antibodies that coordinate a variety of different metal ions and the metal oxide magnetite. These results have implications not only for the development of catalytic metalloantibodies but also for the development of reagents for magnetic resonance imaging, delivery of radioisotopes, and purification of recombinant proteins.
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- C F Barbas
- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Gaffney BJ, Silverstone HJ. Simulation of the EMR Spectra of High-Spin Iron in Proteins. EMR OF PARAMAGNETIC MOLECULES 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2892-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Fenton DE, Ōkawa H. Dalton perspectives. The emergence of trinuclear constellations at metallobiosites. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1039/dt9930001349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rees DC, Chan MK, Kim J. Structure and Function of Nitrogenase. ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0898-8838(08)60182-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Haavik J, Martínez A, Olafsdottir S, Mallet J, Flatmark T. The incorporation of divalent metal ions into recombinant human tyrosine hydroxylase apoenzymes studied by intrinsic fluorescence and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 210:23-31. [PMID: 1359966 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17386.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Three isoforms of human tyrosine hydroxylase were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity as the apoenzymes (metal-free). The apoenzymes exhibit typical tryptophan fluorescence emission spectra when excited at 250-300 nm. The emission maximum (342 nm) was not shifted by the addition of metal ions, but reconstitution of the apoenzymes with Fe(II) at pH 7-9 reduced the fluorescence intensity by about 35%, with an end point at 1.0 iron atom/enzyme subunit. The fluorescence intensity of purified bovine adrenal tyrosine hydroxylase, containing 0.78 mol tightly bound iron/mol subunit, was reduced by only 6% on addition of an excess amount of Fe(II). Other divalent metal ions [Zn(II), Co(II), Mn(II), Cu(II) and Ni(II)] also reduced the fluorescence intensity of the human enzyme by 12-30% when added in stoichiometric amounts. The binding of Co(II) at pH 7.2 was also found to affect its 1H-NMR spectrum and this effect was reversed by lowering the pH to 6.1. The quenching of the intrinsic fluorescence of the human isoenzymes by Fe(II) was reversed by the addition of metal chelators. However, the addition of stoichiometric amounts of catecholamines, which are potent feedback inhibitors of tyrosine hydroxylase, to the iron-reconstituted enzyme, prevented the release of iron by the metal chelators. Fluorescence quenching, nuclear magnetic relaxation measurements and EPR spectroscopy all indicate that the reconstitution of an active holoenzyme from the isolated apoenzyme, with stoichiometric amounts of Fe(II) at neutral pH, occurs without a measurable change in the redox state of the metal. However, on addition of dopamine or suprastoichiometric amounts of iron, the enzyme-bound iron is oxidized to a high-spin Fe(III) (S = 5/2) form in an environment of nearly axial symmetry, thus providing an explanation for the inhibitory action of the catecholamines.
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- J Haavik
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Bergen, Norway
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Metal ions have a role in a variety of important functions in proteins including protein folding, assembly, stability, conformational change, and catalysis. The presence or absence of a given metal ion is crucial to the conformation or activity of over one third of all proteins. Recent developments have been made in the understanding and design of metal-binding sites in proteins, an important and rapidly advancing area of protein engineering.
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- J A Tainer
- Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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