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Zaborowska M, Wyszkowska J, Borowik A, Kucharski J. Bisphenols-A Threat to the Natural Environment. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:6500. [PMID: 37834637 PMCID: PMC10573430 DOI: 10.3390/ma16196500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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Negative public sentiment built up around bisphenol A (BPA) follows growing awareness of the frequency of this chemical compound in the environment. The increase in air, water, and soil contamination by BPA has also generated the need to replace it with less toxic analogs, such as Bisphenol F (BPF) and Bisphenol S (BPS). However, due to the structural similarity of BPF and BPS to BPA, questions arise about the safety of their usage. The toxicity of BPA, BPF, and BPS towards humans and animals has been fairly well understood. The biodegradability potential of microorganisms towards each of these bisphenols is also widely recognized. However, the scale of their inhibitory pressure on soil microbiomes and soil enzyme activity has not been estimated. These parameters are extremely important in determining soil health, which in turn also influences plant growth and development. Therefore, in this manuscript, knowledge has been expanded and systematized regarding the differences in toxicity between BPA and its two analogs. In the context of the synthetic characterization of the effects of bisphenol permeation into the environment, the toxic impact of BPA, BPF, and BPS on the microbiological and biochemical parameters of soils was traced. The response of cultivated plants to their influence was also analyzed.
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- Magdalena Zaborowska
- Department of Soil Science and Microbiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 3, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Soil Science and Microbiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 3, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Soil Science and Microbiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 3, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Soil Science and Microbiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 3, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland
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Runda ME, de Kok NAW, Schmidt S. Rieske Oxygenases and Other Ferredoxin-Dependent Enzymes: Electron Transfer Principles and Catalytic Capabilities. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300078. [PMID: 36964978 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/27/2023]
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Enzymes that depend on sophisticated electron transfer via ferredoxins (Fds) exhibit outstanding catalytic capabilities, but despite decades of research, many of them are still not well understood or exploited for synthetic applications. This review aims to provide a general overview of the most important Fd-dependent enzymes and the electron transfer processes involved. While several examples are discussed, we focus in particular on the family of Rieske non-heme iron-dependent oxygenases (ROs). In addition to illustrating their electron transfer principles and catalytic potential, the current state of knowledge on structure-function relationships and the mode of interaction between the redox partner proteins is reviewed. Moreover, we highlight several key catalyzed transformations, but also take a deeper dive into their engineerability for biocatalytic applications. The overall findings from these case studies highlight the catalytic capabilities of these biocatalysts and could stimulate future interest in developing additional Fd-dependent enzyme classes for synthetic applications.
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- Michael E Runda
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands
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The α- and β-Subunit Boundary at the Stem of the Mushroom-Like α
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Cumene dioxygenase (CumDO) is an initial enzyme in the cumene degradation pathway of Pseudomonas fluorescens IP01 and is a Rieske non-heme iron oxygenase (RO) that comprises two electron transfer components (reductase [CumDO-R] and Rieske-type ferredoxin [CumDO-F]) and one catalytic component (α3β3-type oxygenase [CumDO-O]). Catalysis is triggered by electrons that are transferred from NAD(P)H to CumDO-O by CumDO-R and CumDO-F. To investigate the binding mode between CumDO-F and CumDO-O and to identify the key CumDO-O amino acid residues for binding, we simulated docking between the CumDO-O crystal structure and predicted model of CumDO-F and identified two potential binding sites: one is at the side-wise site and the other is at the top-wise site in mushroom-like CumDO-O. Then, we performed alanine mutagenesis of 16 surface amino acid residues at two potential binding sites. The results of reduction efficiency analyses using the purified components indicated that CumDO-F bound at the side-wise site of CumDO-O, and K117 of the α-subunit and R65 of the β-subunit were critical for the interaction. Moreover, these two positively charged residues are well conserved in α3β3-type oxygenase components of ROs whose electron donors are Rieske-type ferredoxins. Given that these residues were not conserved if the electron donors were different types of ferredoxins or reductases, the side-wise site of the mushroom-like structure is thought to be the common binding site between Rieske-type ferredoxin and α3β3-type oxygenase components in ROs. IMPORTANCE We clarified the critical amino acid residues of the oxygenase component (Oxy) of Rieske non-heme iron oxygenase (RO) for binding with Rieske-type ferredoxin (Fd). Our results showed that Rieske-type Fd-binding site is commonly located at the stem (side-wise site) of the mushroom-like α3β3 quaternary structure in many ROs. The resultant binding site was totally different from those reported at the top-wise site of the doughnut-like α3-type Oxy, although α3-type Oxys correspond to the cap (α3 subunit part) of the mushroom-like α3β3-type Oxys. Critical amino acid residues detected in this study were not conserved if the electron donors of Oxys were different types of Fds or reductases. Altogether, we can suggest that unique binding modes between Oxys and electron donors have evolved, depending on the nature of the electron donors, despite Oxy molecules having shared α3β3 quaternary structures.
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Melin F, Hellwig P. Redox Properties of the Membrane Proteins from the Respiratory Chain. Chem Rev 2020; 120:10244-10297. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Frederic Melin
- Chimie de la Matière Complexe UMR 7140, Laboratoire de Bioelectrochimie et Spectroscopie, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France
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- Chimie de la Matière Complexe UMR 7140, Laboratoire de Bioelectrochimie et Spectroscopie, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France
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Carrillo-Campos J. Estructura y función de las oxigenasas tipo Rieske/mononuclear. TIP REVISTA ESPECIALIZADA EN CIENCIAS QUÍMICO-BIOLÓGICAS 2019. [DOI: 10.22201/fesz.23958723e.2019.0.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Las oxigenasas Rieske/mononuclear son un grupo de metaloenzimas que catalizan la oxidación de una variedad de compuestos, destaca su participación en la degradación de compuestos xenobióticos contaminantes; estas enzimas también participan en la biosíntesis de algunos compuestos de interés comercial. Poseen una amplia especificidad por el sustrato, convirtiéndolas en un grupo de enzimas con un alto potencial de aplicación en procesos biotecnológicos que hasta el momento no ha sido explotado. La presente revisión aborda aspectos generales acerca de la función y estructura de este importante grupo de enzimas.
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Biodegradation of Tetralin: Genomics, Gene Function and Regulation. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10050339. [PMID: 31064110 PMCID: PMC6563040 DOI: 10.3390/genes10050339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Tetralin (1,2,3,4-tetrahydonaphthalene) is a recalcitrant compound that consists of an aromatic and an alicyclic ring. It is found in crude oils, produced industrially from naphthalene or anthracene, and widely used as an organic solvent. Its toxicity is due to the alteration of biological membranes by its hydrophobic character and to the formation of toxic hydroperoxides. Two unrelated bacteria, Sphingopyxis granuli strain TFA and Rhodococcus sp. strain TFB were isolated from the same niche as able to grow on tetralin as the sole source of carbon and energy. In this review, we provide an overview of current knowledge on tetralin catabolism at biochemical, genetic and regulatory levels in both strains. Although they share the same biodegradation strategy and enzymatic activities, no evidences of horizontal gene transfer between both bacteria have been found. Moreover, the regulatory elements that control the expression of the gene clusters are completely different in each strain. A special consideration is given to the complex regulation discovered in TFA since three regulatory systems, one of them involving an unprecedented communication between the catabolic pathway and the regulatory elements, act together at transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels to optimize tetralin biodegradation gene expression to the environmental conditions.
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Ren L, Jia Y, Zhang R, Lin Z, Zhen Z, Hu H, Yan Y. Insight Into Metabolic Versatility of an Aromatic Compounds-Degrading Arthrobacter sp. YC-RL1. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2438. [PMID: 30364317 PMCID: PMC6193132 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The genus Arthrobacter is ubiquitously distributed in different natural environments. Many xenobiotic-degrading Arthrobacter strains have been isolated and described; however, few have been systematically characterized with regard to multiple interrelated metabolic pathways and the genes that encode them. In this study, the biodegradability of seven aromatic compounds by Arthrobacter sp. YC-RL1 was investigated. Strain YC-RL1 could efficiently degrade p-xylene (PX), naphthalene, phenanthrene, biphenyl, p-nitrophenol (PNP), and bisphenol A (BPA) under both separated and mixed conditions. Based on the detected metabolic intermediates, metabolic pathways of naphthalene, biphenyl, PNP, and BPA were proposed, which indicated that strain YC-RL1 harbors systematic metabolic pathways toward aromatic compounds. Further, genomic analysis uncovered part of genes involved in the proposed pathways. Both intradiol and extradiol ring-cleavage dioxygenase genes were identified in the genome of strain YC-RL1. Meanwhile, gene clusters predicted to encode the degradation of biphenyl (bph), para-substituted phenols (npd) and protocatechuate (pca) were identified, and bphA1A2BCD was proposed to be a novel biphenyl-degrading gene cluster. The complete metabolic pathway of biphenyl was deduced via intermediates and functional gene analysis (bph and pca gene clusters). One of the these genes encoding ring-cleavage dioxygenase in bph gene cluster, a predicted 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase (BphC) gene, was cloned and its activity was confirmed by heterologous expression. This work systematically illuminated the metabolic versatility of aromatic compounds in strain YC-RL1 via the combination of metabolites identification, genomics analysis and laboratory experiments. These results suggested that strain YC-RL1 might be a promising candidate for the bioremediation of aromatic compounds pollution sites.
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- Lei Ren
- Agricultural College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.,Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Agricultural College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.,Shenzhen Research Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, China
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- Agricultural College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.,Faculty of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Agricultural College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Agricultural College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Crystallization has been a bottleneck in the X-ray crystallography of proteins. Although many techniques have been developed to overcome this obstacle, the impurities caused by chemical reactions during crystallization have not been sufficiently considered. Oxidation of proteins, which can lead to poor reproducibility of the crystallization, is a prominent example. Protein oxidization in the crystallization droplet causes inter-molecular disulfide bridge formation, formation of oxidation film, and precipitation of proteins. These changes by oxidation are typically irreversible. The best approach for preventing protein oxidization during crystallization is anaerobic crystallization. Here we review the anaerobic crystallization of proteins, which was originally developed to trap a reaction intermediate of the enzyme in the crystal. We also summarize representative anaerobic crystallizations from our laboratory and the general setup of anaerobic crystallization.
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- Miki Senda
- Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan
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- Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan.
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Kumari A, Singh D, Ramaswamy S, Ramanathan G. Structural and functional studies of ferredoxin and oxygenase components of 3-nitrotoluene dioxygenase from Diaphorobacter sp. strain DS2. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0176398. [PMID: 28448625 PMCID: PMC5407579 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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3-nitrotoluene dioxygenase (3NTDO) from Diaphorobacter sp. strain DS2 catalyses the conversion of 3-nitrotoluene (3NT) into a mixture of 3- and 4-methylcatechols with release of nitrite. We report here, X-ray crystal structures of oxygenase and ferredoxin components of 3NTDO at 2.9 Å and 2.4 Å, respectively. The residues responsible for nitrite release in 3NTDO were further probed by four single and two double mutations in the catalytic site of α-subunit of the dioxygenase. Modification of Val 350 to Phe, Ile 204 to Ala, and Asn258 to Val by site directed mutagenesis resulted in inactive enzymes revealing the importance of these residues in catalysis. Docking studies of meta nitrotoluene to the active site of 3NTDO suggested possible orientations of binding that favor the formation of 3-methylcatechol (3MC) over 4-methylcatechol energetically. The electron transfer pathway from ferredoxin subunit to the active site of the oxygenase subunit is also proposed.
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- Archana Kumari
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Center for Biological Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Birrell JA, Laurich C, Reijerse EJ, Ogata H, Lubitz W. Importance of Hydrogen Bonding in Fine Tuning the [2Fe-2S] Cluster Redox Potential of HydC from Thermotoga maritima. Biochemistry 2016; 55:4344-55. [PMID: 27396836 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Iron-sulfur clusters form one of the largest and most diverse classes of enzyme cofactors in nature. They may serve as structural factors, form electron transfer chains between active sites and external redox partners, or form components of enzyme active sites. Their specific role is a consequence of the cluster type and the surrounding protein environment. The relative effects of these factors are not completely understood, and it is not yet possible to predict the properties of iron-sulfur clusters based on amino acid sequences or rationally tune their properties to generate proteins with new desirable functions. Here, we generate mutations in a [2Fe-2S] cluster protein, the TmHydC subunit of the trimeric [FeFe]-hydrogenase from Thermotoga maritima, to study the factors that affect its redox potential. Saturation mutagenesis of Val131 was used to tune the redox potential over a 135 mV range and revealed that cluster redox potential and electronic properties correlate with amino acid hydrophobicity and the ability to form hydrogen bonds to the cluster. Proline scanning mutagenesis between pairs of ligating cysteines was used to remove backbone amide hydrogen bonds to the cluster and decrease the redox potential by up to 132 mV, without large structural changes in most cases. However, substitution of Gly83 with proline caused a change of HydC to a [4Fe-4S] cluster protein with a redox potential of -526 mV. Together, these results confirm the importance of hydrogen bonding in tuning cluster redox potentials and demonstrate the versatility of iron-sulfur cluster protein folds at binding different types of clusters.
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- James A Birrell
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Hayashi S, Sano T, Suyama K, Itoh K. 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)- and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T)-degrading gene cluster in the soybean root-nodulating bacterium Bradyrhizobium elkanii USDA94. Microbiol Res 2016; 188-189:62-71. [PMID: 27296963 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2016.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Herbicides 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)- and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T)-degrading Bradyrhizobium strains possess tfdAα and/or cadABC as degrading genes. It has been reported that root-nodulating bacteria belonging to Bradyrhizobium elkanii also have tfdAα and cadA like genes but lack the ability to degrade these herbicides and that the cadA genes in 2,4-D-degrading and non-degrading Bradyrhizobium are phylogenetically different. In this study, we identified cadRABCK in the genome of a type strain of soybean root-nodulating B. elkanii USDA94 and demonstrated that the strain could degrade the herbicides when cadABCK was forcibly expressed. cadABCK-cloned Escherichia coli also showed the degrading ability. Because co-spiked phenoxyacetic acid (PAA) could induce the degradation of 2,4-D in B. elkanii USDA94, the lack of degrading ability in this strain was supposed to be due to the low inducing potential of the herbicides for the degrading gene cluster. On the other hand, tfdAα from B. elkanii USDA94 showed little potential to degrade the herbicides, but it did for 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid and PAA. The 2,4-D-degrading ability of the cad cluster and the inducing ability of PAA were confirmed by preparing cadA deletion mutant. This is the first study to demonstrate that the cad cluster in the typical root-nodulating bacterium indeed have the potential to degrade the herbicides, suggesting that degrading genes for anthropogenic compounds could be found in ordinary non-degrading bacteria.
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- Shohei Hayashi
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan.
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Kowalska JK, Hahn AW, Albers A, Schiewer CE, Bjornsson R, Lima FA, Meyer F, DeBeer S. X-ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopic Studies of [L2Fe2S2](n) Model Complexes: Implications for the Experimental Evaluation of Redox States in Iron-Sulfur Clusters. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:4485-97. [PMID: 27097289 PMCID: PMC5108557 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Herein, a systematic study of [L2Fe2S2](n) model complexes (where L = bis(benzimidazolato) and n = 2-, 3-, 4-) has been carried out using iron and sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption (XAS) and iron Kβ and valence-to-core X-ray emission spectroscopies (XES). These data are used as a test set to evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of X-ray core level spectroscopies in assessing redox changes in iron-sulfur clusters. The results are correlated to density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the spectra in order to further support the quantitative information that can be extracted from the experimental data. It is demonstrated that due to canceling effects of covalency and spin state, the information that can be extracted from Fe Kβ XES mainlines is limited. However, a careful analysis of the Fe K-edge XAS data shows that localized valence vs delocalized valence species may be differentiated on the basis of the pre-edge and K-edge energies. These findings are then applied to existing literature Fe K-edge XAS data on the iron protein, P-cluster, and FeMoco sites of nitrogenase. The ability to assess the extent of delocalization in the iron protein vs the P-cluster is highlighted. In addition, possible charge states for FeMoco on the basis of Fe K-edge XAS data are discussed. This study provides an important reference for future X-ray spectroscopic studies of iron-sulfur clusters.
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- Joanna K Kowalska
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen , Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen , Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen , Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Ledesma-García L, Sánchez-Azqueta A, Medina M, Reyes-Ramírez F, Santero E. Redox proteins of hydroxylating bacterial dioxygenases establish a regulatory cascade that prevents gratuitous induction of tetralin biodegradation genes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:23848. [PMID: 27030382 PMCID: PMC4814904 DOI: 10.1038/srep23848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Bacterial dioxygenase systems are multicomponent enzymes that catalyze the initial degradation of many environmentally hazardous compounds. In Sphingopyxis granuli strain TFA tetralin dioxygenase hydroxylates tetralin, an organic contaminant. It consists of a ferredoxin reductase (ThnA4), a ferredoxin (ThnA3) and a oxygenase (ThnA1/ThnA2), forming a NAD(P)H–ThnA4–ThnA3–ThnA1/ThnA2 electron transport chain. ThnA3 has also a regulatory function since it prevents expression of tetralin degradation genes (thn) in the presence of non-metabolizable substrates of the catabolic pathway. This role is of physiological relevance since avoids gratuitous and wasteful production of catabolic enzymes. Our hypothesis for thn regulation implies that ThnA3 exerts its action by diverting electrons towards the regulator ThnY, an iron-sulfur flavoprotein that together with the transcriptional activator ThnR is necessary for thn gene expression. Here we analyze electron transfer among ThnA4, ThnA3 and ThnY by using stopped-flow spectrophotometry and determination of midpoint reduction potentials. Our results indicate that when accumulated in its reduced form ThnA3 is able to fully reduce ThnY. In addition, we have reproduced in vitro the regulatory circuit in the proposed physiological direction, NAD(P)H–ThnA4–ThnA3–ThnY. ThnA3 represents an unprecedented way of communication between a catabolic pathway and its regulatory system to prevent gratuitous induction.
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- Laura Ledesma-García
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, and Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, and Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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The competition between chemistry and biology in assembling iron–sulfur derivatives. Molecular structures and electrochemistry. Part III. {[Fe2S2](Cys)3(X)} (X=Asp, Arg, His) and {[Fe2S2](Cys)2(His)2} proteins. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Reesbeck ME, Rodriguez MM, Brennessel WW, Mercado BQ, Vinyard D, Holland PL. Oxidized and reduced [2Fe-2S] clusters from an iron(I) synthon. J Biol Inorg Chem 2015; 20:875-83. [PMID: 26044124 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-015-1272-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Synthetic [2Fe-2S] clusters are often used to elucidate ligand effects on the reduction potentials and spectroscopy of natural electron-transfer sites, which can have anionic Cys ligands or neutral His ligands. Current synthetic routes to [2Fe-2S] clusters are limited in their feasibility with a range of supporting ligands. Here, we report a new synthetic route to synthetic [2Fe-2S] clusters, through oxidation of an iron(I) source with elemental sulfur. This method yields a neutral diketiminate-supported [2Fe-2S] cluster in the diiron(III)-oxidized form. The oxidized [2Fe-2S] cluster can be reduced to a mixed valent iron(II)-iron(III) compound. Both the diferric and reduced mixed valent clusters are characterized using X-ray crystallography, Mössbauer spectroscopy, EPR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The reduced compound is particularly interesting because its X-ray crystal structure shows a difference in Fe-S bond lengths to one of the iron atoms, consistent with valence localization. The valence localization is also evident from Mössbauer spectroscopy.
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- Megan E Reesbeck
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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Barragan AM, Crofts AR, Schulten K, Solov'yov IA. Identification of ubiquinol binding motifs at the Qo-site of the cytochrome bc1 complex. J Phys Chem B 2014; 119:433-47. [PMID: 25372183 PMCID: PMC4297238 DOI: 10.1021/jp510022w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Enzymes of the bc1 complex family power
the biosphere through their central role in respiration and photosynthesis.
These enzymes couple the oxidation of quinol molecules by cytochrome c to the transfer of protons across the membrane, to generate
a proton-motive force that drives ATP synthesis. Key for the function
of the bc1 complex is the initial redox
process that involves a bifurcated electron transfer in which the
two electrons from a quinol substrate are passed to different electron
acceptors in the bc1 complex. The electron
transfer is coupled to proton transfer. The overall mechanism of quinol
oxidation by the bc1 complex is well enough
characterized to allow exploration at the atomistic level, but details
are still highly controversial. The controversy stems from the uncertain
binding motifs of quinol at the so-called Qo active site of the bc1 complex.
Here we employ a combination of classical all atom molecular dynamics
and quantum chemical calculations to reveal the binding modes of quinol
at the Qo-site of the bc1 complex from Rhodobacter capsulatus. The calculations suggest a novel configuration of amino acid residues
responsible for quinol binding and support a mechanism for proton-coupled
electron transfer from quinol to iron–sulfur cluster through
a bridging hydrogen bond from histidine that stabilizes the reaction
complex.
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- Angela M Barragan
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1110 W. Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Acheson JF, Bailey LJ, Elsen NL, Fox BG. Structural basis for biomolecular recognition in overlapping binding sites in a diiron enzyme system. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5009. [PMID: 25248368 PMCID: PMC4200526 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Productive biomolecular recognition requires exquisite control of affinity and specificity. Accordingly, nature has devised many strategies to achieve proper binding interactions. Bacterial multicomponent monooxygenases provide a fascinating example, where a diiron hydroxylase must reversibly interact with both ferredoxin and catalytic effector in order to achieve electron transfer and O2 activation during catalysis. Because these two accessory proteins have distinct structures, and because the hydroxylase-effector complex covers the entire surface closest to the hydroxylase diiron centre, how ferredoxin binds to the hydroxylase has been unclear. Here we present high-resolution structures of toluene 4-monooxygenase hydroxylase complexed with its electron transfer ferredoxin and compare them with the hydroxylase-effector structure. These structures reveal that ferredoxin or effector protein binding produce different arrangements of conserved residues and customized interfaces on the hydroxylase in order to achieve different aspects of catalysis.
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- Justin F Acheson
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry Addition, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry Addition, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry Addition, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry Addition, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Karagas NE, Jones CN, Osborn DJ, Dzierlenga AL, Oyala P, Konkle ME, Whitney EM, David Britt R, Hunsicker-Wang LM. The reduction rates of DEPC-modified mutant Thermus thermophilus Rieske proteins differ when there is a negative charge proximal to the cluster. J Biol Inorg Chem 2014; 19:1121-35. [PMID: 24916128 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-014-1167-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rieske and Rieske-type proteins are electron transport proteins involved in key biological processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and detoxification. They have a [2Fe-2S] cluster ligated by two cysteines and two histidines. A series of mutations, L135E, L135R, L135A, and Y158F, of the Rieske protein from Thermus thermophilus has been produced which probe the effects of the neighboring residues, in the second sphere, on the dynamics of cluster reduction and the reactivity of the ligating histidines. These properties were probed using titrations and modifications with diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEPC) at various pH values monitored using UV-Visible and circular dichroism spectrophotometry. These results, along with results from EPR studies, provide information on ligating histidine modification and rate of reduction of each of the mutant proteins. L135R, L135A, and Y158F react with DEPC similarly to wild type, resulting in modified protein with a reduced [2Fe-2S] cluster in <90 min, whereas L135E requires >15 h under the same conditions. Thus, the negative charge slows down the rate of reduction and provides an explanation as to why negatively charged residues are rarely, if ever, found in the equivalent position of other Rieske and Rieske-type proteins.
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- Nicholas E Karagas
- Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX, 78212, USA
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Zhang T, Zhang A, Bell SG, Wong LL, Zhou W. The structure of a novel electron-transfer ferredoxin from Rhodopseudomonas palustris HaA2 which contains a histidine residue in its iron-sulfur cluster-binding motif. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D: BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2014; 70:1453-64. [PMID: 24816113 DOI: 10.1107/s139900471400474x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Rhodopseudomonas palustris HaA2 contains a gene, RPB3630, encoding a ferredoxin, HaPuxC, with an atypical CXXHXXC(X)nCP iron-sulfur cluster-binding motif. The ferredoxin gene is associated with a cytochrome P450 (CYP) monooxygenase-encoding gene, CYP194A3, an arrangement which is conserved in several strains of bacteria. Similar ferredoxin genes are found in other bacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, where they are also associated with CYP genes. The crystal structure of HaPuxC has been solved at 2.3 Å resolution. The overall fold of this [3Fe-4S] cluster-containing ferredoxin is similar to other [3Fe-4S] and [4Fe-4S] species, with the loop around the iron-sulfur cluster more closely resembling those of [3Fe-4S] ferredoxins. The side chain of His17 from the cluster-binding motif in HaPuxC points away from the vacant site of the cluster and interacts with Glu61 and one of the sulfide ions of the cluster. This is the first cytochrome P450 electron-transfer partner of this type to be structurally characterized and will provide a better understanding of the electron-transfer processes between these ferredoxins and their CYP enzymes.
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- Ting Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, England
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Liu J, Chakraborty S, Hosseinzadeh P, Yu Y, Tian S, Petrik I, Bhagi A, Lu Y. Metalloproteins containing cytochrome, iron-sulfur, or copper redox centers. Chem Rev 2014; 114:4366-469. [PMID: 24758379 PMCID: PMC4002152 DOI: 10.1021/cr400479b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 549] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Jing Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Iwasaki T, Fukazawa R, Miyajima-Nakano Y, Baldansuren A, Matsushita S, Lin MT, Gennis RB, Hasegawa K, Kumasaka T, Dikanov SA. Dissection of hydrogen bond interaction network around an iron-sulfur cluster by site-specific isotope labeling of hyperthermophilic archaeal Rieske-type ferredoxin. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:19731-8. [PMID: 23145461 DOI: 10.1021/ja308049u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The electronic structure and geometry of redox-active metal cofactors in proteins are tuned by the pattern of hydrogen bonding with the backbone peptide matrix. In this study we developed a method for selective amino acid labeling of a hyperthermophilic archaeal metalloprotein with engineered Escherichia coli auxotroph strains, and we applied this to resolve the hydrogen bond interactions with the reduced Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] cluster by two-dimensional pulsed electron spin resonance technique. Because deep electron spin-echo envelope modulation of two histidine (14)N(δ) ligands of the cluster decreased non-coordinating (15)N signal intensities via the cross-suppression effect, an inverse labeling strategy was employed in which (14)N amino acid-labeled archaeal Rieske-type ferredoxin samples were examined in an (15)N-protein background. This has directly identified Lys45 N(α) as providing the major pathway for the transfer of unpaired electron spin density from the reduced cluster by a "through-bond" mechanism. All other backbone peptide nitrogens interact more weakly with the reduced cluster. The extension of this approach will allow visualizing the three-dimensional landscape of preferred pathways for the transfer of unpaired spin density from a paramagnetic metal center onto the protein frame, and will discriminate specific interactions by a "through-bond" mechanism from interactions which are "through-space" in various metalloproteins.
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- Toshio Iwasaki
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan.
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Kallas T. Cytochrome b 6 f Complex at the Heart of Energy Transduction and Redox Signaling. PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1579-0_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Iron-sulfur world in aerobic and hyperthermoacidophilic archaea Sulfolobus. ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2010; 2010. [PMID: 20885930 PMCID: PMC2946596 DOI: 10.1155/2010/842639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The general importance of the Fe-S cluster prosthetic groups in biology is primarily attributable to specific features of iron and sulfur chemistry, and the assembly and interplay of the Fe-S cluster core with the surrounding protein is the key to in-depth understanding of the underlying mechanisms. In the aerobic and thermoacidophilic archaea, zinc-containing ferredoxin is abundant in the cytoplasm, functioning as a key electron carrier, and many Fe-S enzymes are produced to participate in the central metabolic and energetic pathways. De novo formation of intracellular Fe-S clusters does not occur spontaneously but most likely requires the operation of a SufBCD complex of the SUF machinery, which is the only Fe-S cluster biosynthesis system conserved in these archaea. In this paper, a brief introduction to the buildup and maintenance of the intracellular Fe-S world in aerobic and hyperthermoacidophilic crenarchaeotes, mainly Sulfolobus, is given in the biochemical, genetic, and evolutionary context.
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Kounosu A, Hasegawa K, Iwasaki T, Kumasaka T. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of hyperthermophilic archaeal Rieske-type ferredoxin (ARF) from Sulfolobus solfataricus P1. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2010; 66:842-5. [PMID: 20606288 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309110019263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Accepted: 05/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The hyperthermophilic archaeal Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin (ARF) from Sulfolobus solfataricus P1 contains a low-potential Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] cluster that has served as a tractable model for ligand-substitution studies on this protein family. Recombinant ARF harbouring a pET30a vector-derived N-terminal extension region plus a hexahistidine tag has been heterologously overproduced in Escherichia coli, purified and crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using 0.05 M sodium acetate, 0.05 M HEPES, 2 M ammonium sulfate pH 5.5. The crystals diffracted to 1.85 A resolution and belonged to the tetragonal space group P4(3)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 60.72, c = 83.31 A. The asymmetric unit contains one protein molecule.
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- Asako Kounosu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
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Substrate specificity and structural characteristics of the novel Rieske nonheme iron aromatic ring-hydroxylating oxygenases NidAB and NidA3B3 from Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1. mBio 2010; 1. [PMID: 20714442 PMCID: PMC2921158 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00135-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2010] [Accepted: 05/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Rieske nonheme iron aromatic ring-hydroxylating oxygenases (RHOs) NidAB and NidA3B3 from Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 have been implicated in the initial oxidation of high-molecular-weight (HMW) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), forming cis-dihydrodiols. To clarify how these two RHOs are functionally different with respect to the degradation of HMW PAHs, we investigated their substrate specificities to 13 representative aromatic substrates (toluene, m-xylene, phthalate, biphenyl, naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene, carbazole, and dibenzothiophene) by enzyme reconstitution studies of Escherichia coli. Both Nid systems were identified to be compatible with type V electron transport chain (ETC) components, consisting of a [3Fe-4S]-type ferredoxin and a glutathione reductase (GR)-type reductase. Metabolite profiles indicated that the Nid systems oxidize a wide range of aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, producing various isomeric dihydrodiol and phenolic compounds. NidAB and NidA3B3 showed the highest conversion rates for pyrene and fluoranthene, respectively, with high product regiospecificity, whereas other aromatic substrates were converted at relatively low regiospecificity. Structural characteristics of the active sites of the Nid systems were investigated and compared to those of other RHOs. The NidAB and NidA3B3 systems showed the largest substrate-binding pockets in the active sites, which satisfies spatial requirements for accepting HMW PAHs. Spatially conserved aromatic amino acids, Phe-Phe-Phe, in the substrate-binding pockets of the Nid systems appeared to play an important role in keeping aromatic substrates within the reactive distance from the iron atom, which allows each oxygen to attack the neighboring carbons.
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Duval S, Santini JM, Nitschke W, Hille R, Schoepp-Cothenet B. The small subunit AroB of arsenite oxidase: lessons on the [2Fe-2S] Rieske protein superfamily. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:20442-51. [PMID: 20421651 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.113811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Here, we describe the characterization of the [2Fe-2S] clusters of arsenite oxidases from Rhizobium sp. NT-26 and Ralstonia sp. 22. Both reduced Rieske proteins feature EPR signals similar to their homologs from Rieske-cyt b complexes, with g values at 2.027, 1.88, and 1.77. Redox titrations in a range of pH values showed that both [2Fe-2S] centers have constant E(m) values up to pH 8 at approximately +210 mV. Above this pH value, the E(m) values of both centers are pH-dependent, similar to what is observed for the Rieske-cyt b complexes. The redox properties of these two proteins, together with the low E(m) value (+160 mV) of the Alcaligenes faecalis arsenite oxidase Rieske (confirmed herein), are in line with the structural determinants observed in the primary sequences, which have previously been deduced from the study of Rieske-cyt b complexes. Since the published E(m) value of the Chloroflexus aurantiacus Rieske (+100 mV) is in conflict with this sequence analysis, we re-analyzed membrane samples of this organism and obtain a new value (+200 mV). Arsenite oxidase activity was affected by quinols and quinol analogs, which is similar to what is found with the Rieske-cyt b complexes. Together, these results show that the Rieske protein of arsenite oxidase shares numerous properties with its counterpart in the Rieske-cyt b complex. However, two cysteine residues, strictly conserved in the Rieske-cyt b-Rieske and considered to be crucial for its function, are not conserved in the arsenite oxidase counterpart. We discuss the role of these residues.
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- Simon Duval
- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UPR 9036, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, CNRS, F-13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Peng RH, Xiong AS, Xue Y, Fu XY, Gao F, Zhao W, Tian YS, Yao QH. A profile of ring-hydroxylating oxygenases that degrade aromatic pollutants. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2010; 206:65-94. [PMID: 20652669 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6260-7_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Numerous aromatic compounds are pollutants to which exposure exists or is possible, and are of concern because they are mutagenic, carcinogenic, or display other toxic characteristics. Depending on the types of dioxygenation reactions of which microorganisms are capable, they utilize ring-hydroxylating oxygenases (RHOs) to initiate the degradation and detoxification of such aromatic compound pollutants. Gene families encoding for RHOs appear to be most common in bacteria. Oxygenases are important in degrading both natural and synthetic aromatic compounds and are particularly important for their role in degrading toxic pollutants; for this reason, it is useful for environmental scientists and others to understand more of their characteristics and capabilities. It is the purpose of this review to address RHOs and to describe much of their known character, starting with a review as to how RHOs are classified. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis has revealed that all RHOs are, in some measure, related, presumably by divergent evolution from a common ancestor, and this is reflected in how they are classified. After we describe RHO classification schemes, we address the relationship between RHO structure and function. Structural differences affect substrate specificity and product formation. In the alpha subunit of the known terminal oxygenase of RHOs, there is a catalytic domain with a mononuclear iron center that serves as a substrate-binding site and a Rieske domain that retains a [2Fe-2S] cluster that acts as an entity of electron transfer for the mononuclear iron center. Oxygen activation and substrate dihydroxylation occurring at the catalytic domain are dependent on the binding of substrate at the active site and the redox state of the Rieske center. The electron transfer from NADH to the catalytic pocket of RHO and catalyzing mechanism of RHOs is depicted in our review and is based on the results of recent studies. Electron transfer involving the RHO system typically involves four steps: NADH-ferredoxin reductase receives two electrons from NADH; ferredoxin binds with NADH-ferredoxin reductase and accepts electron from it; the reduced ferredoxin dissociates from NADH-ferredoxin reductase and shuttles the electron to the Rieske domain of the terminal oxygenase; the Rieske cluster donates electrons to O2 through the mononuclear iron. On the basis of crystal structure studies, it has been proposed that the broad specificity of the RHOs results from the large size and specific topology of its hydrophobic substrate-binding pocket. Several amino acids that determine the substrate specificity and enantioselectivity of RHOs have been identified through sequence comparison and site-directed mutagenesis at the active site. Exploiting the crystal structure data and the available active site information, engineered RHO enzymes have been and can be designed to improve their capacity to degrade environmental pollutants. Such attempts to enhance degradation capabilities of RHOs have been made. Dioxygenases have been modified to improve the degradation capacities toward PCBs, PAHs, dioxins, and some other aromatic hydrocarbons. We hope that the results of this review and future research on enhancing RHOs will promote their expanded usage and effectiveness for successfully degrading environmental aromatic pollutants.
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- Ri-He Peng
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Agro-Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2901 Beidi Rd, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Baig MS, Manickam N. Homology modeling and docking studies of Comamonas testosteroni B-356 biphenyl-2,3-dioxygenase involved in degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls. Int J Biol Macromol 2009; 46:47-53. [PMID: 19879892 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2009] [Revised: 10/19/2009] [Accepted: 10/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Biphenyl dioxygenase is a microbial enzyme which catalyzes the stereospecific dioxygenation of aromatic rings of biphenyl congeners leading to their degradation. Hence, it has attracted the attention of researchers due to its ability to oxidize chlorinated biphenyls, which are one of the serious environmental contaminants. In the present study, the three-dimensional model of alpha-subunit of biphenyl dioxygenase (BphA) from Comamonas testosteroni B-356 has been constructed. The resulting model was further validated and used for docking studies with a class of chlorinated biphenyls such as biphenyl,3,3'-dichlorobiphenyl and 4,4'-dichlorobiphenyl. The kinetic parameters of these biphenyl compounds were well matched with the docking results in terms of conformational and distance constraints. The binding properties of these biphenyl compounds along with identification of critical active site residues could be used for further site-directed mutagenesis experiments in order to identify their role in activity and substrate specificity, ultimately leading to improved mutants for degradation of these toxic compounds.
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- M S Baig
- Environmental Biotechnology Division, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India
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Botelho HM, Leal SS, Veith A, Prosinecki V, Bauer C, Fröhlich R, Kletzin A, Gomes CM. Role of a novel disulfide bridge within the all-beta fold of soluble Rieske proteins. J Biol Inorg Chem 2009; 15:271-81. [PMID: 19862563 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-009-0596-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 10/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rieske proteins and Rieske ferredoxins are present in the three domains of life and are involved in a variety of cellular processes. Despite their functional diversity, these small Fe-S proteins contain a highly conserved all-beta fold, which harbors a [2Fe-2S] Rieske center. We have identified a novel subtype of Rieske ferredoxins present in hyperthermophilic archaea, in which a two-cysteine conserved SKTPCX((2-3))C motif is found at the C-terminus. We establish that in the Acidianus ambivalens representative, Rieske ferredoxin 2 (RFd2), these cysteines form a novel disulfide bond within the Rieske fold, which can be selectively broken under mild reducing conditions insufficient to reduce the [2Fe-2S] cluster or affect the secondary structure of the protein, as shown by visible circular dichroism, absorption, and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform IR spectroscopies. RFd2 presents all the EPR, visible absorption, and visible circular dichroism spectroscopic features of the [2Fe-2S] Rieske center. The cluster has a redox potential of +48 mV (25 degrees C and pH 7) and a pK (a) of 10.1 +/- 0.2. These shift to +77 mV and 8.9 +/- 0.3, respectively, upon reduction of the disulfide. RFd2 has a melting temperature near the boiling point of water (T(m) = 99 degrees C, pH 7.0), but it becomes destabilized upon disulfide reduction (DeltaT(m) = -9 degrees C, DeltaC(m) = -0.7 M guanidinium hydrochloride). This example illustrates how the incorporation of an additional structural element such as a disulfide bond in a highly conserved fold such as that of the Rieske domain may fine-tune the protein for a particular function or for increased stability.
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- Hugo M Botelho
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Iwasaki T, Samoilova RI, Kounosu A, Dikanov SA. Two-dimensional pulsed electron spin resonance characterization of 15N-labeled archaeal Rieske-type ferredoxin. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:3467-72. [PMID: 19804777 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.09.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2009] [Revised: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 09/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Two-dimensional electron spin-echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) analysis of the uniformly (15)N-labeled archaeal Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin (ARF) from Sulfolobus solfataricus P1 has been conducted in comparison with the previously characterized high-potential protein homologs. Major differences among these proteins were found in the hyperfine sublevel correlation (HYSCORE) lineshapes and intensities of the signals in the (++) quadrant, which are contributed from weakly coupled (non-coordinated) peptide nitrogens near the reduced clusters. They are less pronounced in the HYSCORE spectra of ARF than those of the high-potential protein homologs, and may account for the tuning of Rieske-type clusters in various redox systems.
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- Toshio Iwasaki
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan.
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Specific Interactions between the Ferredoxin and Terminal Oxygenase Components of a Class IIB Rieske Nonheme Iron Oxygenase, Carbazole 1,9a-Dioxygenase. J Mol Biol 2009; 392:436-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2009] [Revised: 07/07/2009] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kolling DRJ, Samoilova RI, Shubin AA, Crofts AR, Dikanov SA. Proton environment of reduced Rieske iron-sulfur cluster probed by two-dimensional ESEEM spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:653-67. [PMID: 19099453 PMCID: PMC2680161 DOI: 10.1021/jp806789x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The proton environment of the reduced [2Fe-2S] cluster in the water-soluble head domain of the Rieske iron-sulfur protein (ISF) from the cytochrome bc(1) complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides has been studied by orientation-selected X-band 2D ESEEM. The 2D spectra show multiple cross-peaks from protons, with considerable overlap. Samples in which (1)H(2)O water was replaced by (2)H(2)O were used to determine which of the observed peaks belong to exchangeable protons, likely involved in hydrogen bonds in the neighborhood of the cluster. By correlating the cross-peaks from 2D spectra recorded at different parts of the EPR spectrum, lines from nine distinct proton signals were identified. Assignment of the proton signals was based on a point-dipole model for interaction with electrons of Fe(III) and Fe(II) ions, using the high-resolution structure of ISF from Rb. sphaeroides. Analysis of experimental and calculated tensors has led us to conclude that even 2D spectra do not completely resolve all contributions from nearby protons. Particularly, the seven resolved signals from nonexchangeable protons could be produced by at least 13 protons. The contributions from exchangeable protons were resolved by difference spectra ((1)H(2)O minus (2)H(2)O), and assigned to two groups of protons with distinct anisotropic hyperfine values. The largest measured coupling exceeded any calculated value. This discrepancy could result from limitations of the point dipole approximation in dealing with the distribution of spin density over the sulfur atoms of the cluster and the cysteine ligands, or from differences between the structure in solution and the crystallographic structure. The approach demonstrated here provides a paradigm for a wide range of studies in which hydrogen-bonding interactions with metallic centers has a crucial role in understanding the function.
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- Derrick R. J. Kolling
- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 6300090, Russia
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- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Friemann R, Lee K, Brown EN, Gibson DT, Eklund H, Ramaswamy S. Structures of the multicomponent Rieske non-heme iron toluene 2,3-dioxygenase enzyme system. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2009; 65:24-33. [PMID: 19153463 PMCID: PMC2628974 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444908036524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Accepted: 11/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Bacterial Rieske non-heme iron oxygenases catalyze the initial hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbon substrates. The structures of all three components of one such system, the toluene 2,3-dioxygenase system, have now been determined. This system consists of a reductase, a ferredoxin and a terminal dioxygenase. The dioxygenase, which was cocrystallized with toluene, is a heterohexamer containing a catalytic and a structural subunit. The catalytic subunit contains a Rieske [2Fe-2S] cluster and mononuclear iron at the active site. This iron is not strongly bound and is easily removed during enzyme purification. The structures of the enzyme with and without mononuclear iron demonstrate that part of the structure is flexible in the absence of iron. The orientation of the toluene substrate in the active site is consistent with the regiospecificity of oxygen incorporation seen in the product formed. The ferredoxin is Rieske type and contains a [2Fe-2S] cluster close to the protein surface. The reductase belongs to the glutathione reductase family of flavoenzymes and consists of three domains: an FAD-binding domain, an NADH-binding domain and a C-terminal domain. A model for electron transfer from NADH via FAD in the reductase and the ferredoxin to the terminal active-site mononuclear iron of the dioxygenase is proposed.
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- Rosmarie Friemann
- Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Changwon National University, Changwon, Kyoungnam 641-773, Republic of Korea
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Thangudu RR, Manoharan M, Srinivasan N, Cadet F, Sowdhamini R, Offmann B. Analysis on conservation of disulphide bonds and their structural features in homologous protein domain families. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2008; 8:55. [PMID: 19111067 PMCID: PMC2628669 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-8-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2008] [Accepted: 12/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background Disulphide bridges are well known to play key roles in stability, folding and functions of proteins. Introduction or deletion of disulphides by site-directed mutagenesis have produced varying effects on stability and folding depending upon the protein and location of disulphide in the 3-D structure. Given the lack of complete understanding it is worthwhile to learn from an analysis of extent of conservation of disulphides in homologous proteins. We have also addressed the question of what structural interactions replaces a disulphide in a homologue in another homologue. Results Using a dataset involving 34,752 pairwise comparisons of homologous protein domains corresponding to 300 protein domain families of known 3-D structures, we provide a comprehensive analysis of extent of conservation of disulphide bridges and their structural features. We report that only 54% of all the disulphide bonds compared between the homologous pairs are conserved, even if, a small fraction of the non-conserved disulphides do include cytoplasmic proteins. Also, only about one fourth of the distinct disulphides are conserved in all the members in protein families. We note that while conservation of disulphide is common in many families, disulphide bond mutations are quite prevalent. Interestingly, we note that there is no clear relationship between sequence identity between two homologous proteins and disulphide bond conservation. Our analysis on structural features at the sites where cysteines forming disulphide in one homologue are replaced by non-Cys residues show that the elimination of a disulphide in a homologue need not always result in stabilizing interactions between equivalent residues. Conclusion We observe that in the homologous proteins, disulphide bonds are conserved only to a modest extent. Very interestingly, we note that extent of conservation of disulphide in homologous proteins is unrelated to the overall sequence identity between homologues. The non-conserved disulphides are often associated with variable structural features that were recruited to be associated with differentiation or specialisation of protein function.
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- Ratna R Thangudu
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Université de La Réunion, BP 7151, 15 avenue René Cassin, 97715 Saint Denis Messag Cedex 09, La Réunion, France.
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Infrared spectroscopic characterization of copper–polyhistidine from 1,800 to 50 cm−1: model systems for copper coordination. J Biol Inorg Chem 2008; 14:23-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-008-0421-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Accepted: 08/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Brown EN, Friemann R, Karlsson A, Parales JV, Couture MMJ, Eltis LD, Ramaswamy S. Determining Rieske cluster reduction potentials. J Biol Inorg Chem 2008; 13:1301-13. [PMID: 18719951 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-008-0413-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The Rieske iron-sulfur proteins have reduction potentials ranging from -150 to +400 mV. This enormous range of potentials was first proposed to be due to differing solvent exposure or even protein structure. However, the increasing number of available crystal structures for Rieske iron-sulfur proteins has shown this not to be the case. Colbert and colleagues proposed in 2000 that differences in the electrostatic environment, and not structural differences, of a Rieske proteins are responsible for the wide range of reduction potentials observed. Using computational simulation methods and the newly determined structure of Pseudomonas sp. NCIB 9816-4 naphthalene dioxygenase Rieske ferredoxin (NDO-F9816-4), we have developed a model to predict the reduction potential of Rieske proteins given only their crystal structure. The reduction potential of NDO-F9816-4, determined using a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite electrode, was -150+/-2 mV versus the standard hydrogen electrode. The predicted reduction potentials correlate well with experimentally determined potentials. Given this model, the effect of protein mutations can be evaluated. Our results suggest that the reduction potential of new proteins can be estimated with good confidence from 3D structures of proteins. The structure of NDO-F9816-4 is the most basic Rieske ferredoxin structure determined to date. Thus, the contributions of additional structural motifs and their effects on reduction potential can be compared with respect to this base structure.
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- Eric N Brown
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Levin EJ, Elsen NL, Seder KD, McCoy JG, Fox BG, Phillips GN. X-ray structure of a soluble Rieske-type ferredoxin from Mus musculus. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D: BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2008; 64:933-40. [PMID: 18703841 PMCID: PMC2631127 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444908021653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Accepted: 07/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The X-ray crystal structure of a soluble Rieske ferredoxin from M. musculus was solved at 2.07 Å resolution, revealing an iron–sulfur cluster-binding domain with similar architecture to the Rieske-type domains of bacterial aromatic dioxygenases. The ferredoxin was also shown to be capable of accepting electrons from both eukaryotic and prokaryotic oxidoreductases. The 2.07 Å resolution X-ray crystal structure of a soluble Rieske-type ferredoxin from Mus musculus encoded by the gene Mm.266515 is reported. Although they are present as covalent domains in eukaryotic membrane oxidase complexes, soluble Rieske-type ferredoxins have not previously been observed in eukaryotes. The overall structure of the mouse Rieske-type ferredoxin is typical of this class of iron–sulfur proteins and consists of a larger partial β-barrel domain and a smaller domain containing Cys57, His59, Cys80 and His83 that binds the [2Fe–2S] cluster. The S atoms of the cluster are hydrogen-bonded by six backbone amide N atoms in a pattern typical of membrane-bound high-potential eukaryotic respiratory Rieske ferredoxins. However, phylogenetic analysis suggested that the mouse Rieske-type ferredoxin was more closely related to bacterial Rieske-type ferredoxins. Correspondingly, the structure revealed an extended loop most similar to that seen in Rieske-type ferredoxin subunits of bacterial aromatic dioxygenases, including the positioning of an aromatic side chain (Tyr85) between this loop and the [2Fe–2S] cluster. The mouse Rieske-type ferredoxin was shown to be capable of accepting electrons from both eukaryotic and prokaryotic oxidoreductases, although it was unable to serve as an electron donor for a bacterial monooxygenase complex. The human homolog of mouse Rieske-type ferredoxin was also cloned and purified. It behaved identically to mouse Rieske-type ferredoxin in all biochemical characterizations but did not crystallize. Based on its high sequence identity, the structure of the human homolog is likely to be modeled well by the mouse Rieske-type ferredoxin structure.
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- Elena J Levin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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Ullmann GM, Kloppmann E, Essigke T, Krammer EM, Klingen AR, Becker T, Bombarda E. Investigating the mechanisms of photosynthetic proteins using continuum electrostatics. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2008; 97:33-53. [PMID: 18478354 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9306-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Computational methods based on continuum electrostatics are widely used in theoretical biochemistry to analyze the function of proteins. Continuum electrostatic methods in combination with quantum chemical and molecular mechanical methods can help to analyze even very complex biochemical systems. In this article, applications of these methods to proteins involved in photosynthesis are reviewed. After giving a short introduction to the basic concepts of the continuum electrostatic model based on the Poisson-Boltzmann equation, we describe the application of this approach to the docking of electron transfer proteins, to the comparison of isofunctional proteins, to the tuning of absorption spectra, to the analysis of the coupling of electron and proton transfer, to the analysis of the effect of membrane potentials on the energetics of membrane proteins, and to the kinetics of charge transfer reactions. Simulations as those reviewed in this article help to analyze molecular mechanisms on the basis of the structure of the protein, guide new experiments, and provide a better and deeper understanding of protein functions.
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- G Matthias Ullmann
- Structural Biology/Bioinformatics, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, BGI, Bayreuth 95447, Germany.
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Furukawa K, Fujihara H. Microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls: Biochemical and molecular features. J Biosci Bioeng 2008; 105:433-49. [PMID: 18558332 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.105.433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2007] [Accepted: 02/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Kensuke Furukawa
- Depatment of Food and Bioscience, Faculty of Food and Nutrition, Beppu University, Beppu, Ohita 874-8501, Japan.
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The Q-cycle reviewed: How well does a monomeric mechanism of the bc(1) complex account for the function of a dimeric complex? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2008; 1777:1001-19. [PMID: 18501698 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2008] [Revised: 03/26/2008] [Accepted: 04/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recent progress in understanding the Q-cycle mechanism of the bc(1) complex is reviewed. The data strongly support a mechanism in which the Q(o)-site operates through a reaction in which the first electron transfer from ubiquinol to the oxidized iron-sulfur protein is the rate-determining step for the overall process. The reaction involves a proton-coupled electron transfer down a hydrogen bond between the ubiquinol and a histidine ligand of the [2Fe-2S] cluster, in which the unfavorable protonic configuration contributes a substantial part of the activation barrier. The reaction is endergonic, and the products are an unstable ubisemiquinone at the Q(o)-site, and the reduced iron-sulfur protein, the extrinsic mobile domain of which is now free to dissociate and move away from the site to deliver an electron to cyt c(1) and liberate the H(+). When oxidation of the semiquinone is prevented, it participates in bypass reactions, including superoxide generation if O(2) is available. When the b-heme chain is available as an acceptor, the semiquinone is oxidized in a process in which the proton is passed to the glutamate of the conserved -PEWY- sequence, and the semiquinone anion passes its electron to heme b(L) to form the product ubiquinone. The rate is rapid compared to the limiting reaction, and would require movement of the semiquinone closer to heme b(L) to enhance the rate constant. The acceptor reactions at the Q(i)-site are still controversial, but likely involve a "two-electron gate" in which a stable semiquinone stores an electron. Possible mechanisms to explain the cyt b(150) phenomenon are discussed, and the information from pulsed-EPR studies about the structure of the intermediate state is reviewed. The mechanism discussed is applicable to a monomeric bc(1) complex. We discuss evidence in the literature that has been interpreted as shown that the dimeric structure participates in a more complicated mechanism involving electron transfer across the dimer interface. We show from myxothiazol titrations and mutational analysis of Tyr-199, which is at the interface between monomers, that no such inter-monomer electron transfer is detected at the level of the b(L) hemes. We show from analysis of strains with mutations at Asn-221 that there are coulombic interactions between the b-hemes in a monomer. The data can also be interpreted as showing similar coulombic interaction across the dimer interface, and we discuss mechanistic implications.
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Meyer J. Iron-sulfur protein folds, iron-sulfur chemistry, and evolution. J Biol Inorg Chem 2007; 13:157-70. [PMID: 17992543 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-007-0318-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2007] [Accepted: 10/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An inventory of unique local protein folds around Fe-S clusters has been derived from the analysis of protein structure databases. Nearly 50 such folds have been identified, and over 90% of them harbor low-potential [2Fe-2S](2+,+) or [4Fe-4S](2+,+) clusters. In contrast, high-potential Fe-S clusters, notwithstanding their structural diversity, occur in only three different protein folds. These observations suggest that the extant population of Fe-S protein folds has to a large extent been shaped in the reducing iron- and sulfur-rich environment that is believed to have predominated on this planet until approximately two billion years ago. High-potential active sites are then surmised to be rarer because they emerged later, in a more oxidizing biosphere, in conditions where iron and sulfide had become poorly available, Fe-S clusters were less stable, and in addition faced competition from heme iron and copper active sites. Among the low-potential Fe-S active sites, protein folds hosting [4Fe-4S](2+,+) clusters outnumber those with [2Fe-2S](2+,+) ones by a factor of 3 at least. This is in keeping with the higher chemical stability and versatility of the tetranuclear clusters, compared with the binuclear ones. It is therefore suggested that, at least while novel Fe-S sites are evolving within proteins, the intrinsic chemical stability of the inorganic moiety may be more important than the stabilizing effect of the polypeptide chain. The discovery rate of novel Fe-S-containing protein folds underwent a sharp increase around 1995, and has remained stable to this day. The current trend suggests that the mapping of the Fe-S fold space is not near completion, in agreement with predictions made for protein folds in general. Altogether, the data collected and analyzed here suggest that the extant structural landscape of Fe-S proteins has been shaped to a large extent by primeval geochemical conditions on one hand, and iron-sulfur chemistry on the other.
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- Jacques Meyer
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR5249, CEA-Grenoble, 38054, Grenoble, France.
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Senda M, Kishigami S, Kimura S, Fukuda M, Ishida T, Senda T. Molecular mechanism of the redox-dependent interaction between NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductase and Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin. J Mol Biol 2007; 373:382-400. [PMID: 17850818 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2007] [Revised: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 08/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The electron transfer system of the biphenyl dioxygenase BphA, which is derived from Acidovorax sp. (formally Pseudomonas sp.) strain KKS102, is composed of an FAD-containing NADH-ferredoxin reductase (BphA4) and a Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin (BphA3). Biochemical studies have suggested that the whole electron transfer process from NADH to BphA3 comprises three consecutive elementary electron-transfer reactions, in which BphA3 and BphA4 interact transiently in a redox-dependent manner. Initially, BphA4 receives two electrons from NADH. The reduced BphA4 then delivers one electron each to the [2Fe-2S] cluster of the two BphA3 molecules through redox-dependent transient interactions. The reduced BphA3 transports the electron to BphA1A2, a terminal oxygenase, to support the activation of dioxygen for biphenyl dihydroxylation. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the sequential reaction and the redox-dependent interaction between BphA3 and BphA4, we determined the crystal structures of the productive BphA3-BphA4 complex, and of free BphA3 and BphA4 in all the redox states occurring in the catalytic cycle. The crystal structures of these reaction intermediates demonstrated that each elementary electron transfer induces a series of redox-dependent conformational changes in BphA3 and BphA4, which regulate the interaction between them. In addition, the conformational changes induced by the preceding electron transfer seem to induce the next electron transfer. The interplay of electron transfer and induced conformational changes seems to be critical to the sequential electron-transfer reaction from NADH to BphA3.
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- Miki Senda
- Japan Biological Information Research Center, Japan Biological Informatics Consortium, 2-42 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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Kolling DJ, Brunzelle JS, Lhee S, Crofts AR, Nair SK. Atomic resolution structures of rieske iron-sulfur protein: role of hydrogen bonds in tuning the redox potential of iron-sulfur clusters. Structure 2007; 15:29-38. [PMID: 17223530 PMCID: PMC1868424 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2006] [Revised: 11/16/2006] [Accepted: 11/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The Rieske [2Fe-2S] iron-sulfur protein of cytochrome bc(1) functions as the initial electron acceptor in the rate-limiting step of the catalytic reaction. Prior studies have established roles for a number of conserved residues that hydrogen bond to ligands of the [2Fe-2S] cluster. We have constructed site-specific variants at two of these residues, measured their thermodynamic and functional properties, and determined atomic resolution X-ray crystal structures for the native protein at 1.2 A resolution and for five variants (Ser-154-->Ala, Ser-154-->Thr, Ser-154-->Cys, Tyr-156-->Phe, and Tyr-156-->Trp) to resolutions between 1.5 A and 1.1 A. These structures and complementary biophysical data provide a molecular framework for understanding the role hydrogen bonds to the cluster play in tuning thermodynamic properties, and hence the rate of this bioenergetic reaction. These studies provide a detailed structure-function dissection of the role of hydrogen bonds in tuning the redox potentials of [2Fe-2S] clusters.
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- Derrick J. Kolling
- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- Life Sciences Collaborative Access Team, Argonne National Labs, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
- *Correspondence concerning this manuscript should be sent to: Dr. Satish K. Nair, Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 USA, Telephone: (217) 333-2688; Facsimile: (217) 244-5858 Electronic Mail:
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Structural investigations of the ferredoxin and terminal oxygenase components of the biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase from Sphingobium yanoikuyae B1. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2007; 7:10. [PMID: 17349044 PMCID: PMC1847435 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-7-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2006] [Accepted: 03/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background The initial step involved in oxidative hydroxylation of monoaromatic and polyaromatic compounds by the microorganism Sphingobium yanoikuyae strain B1 (B1), previously known as Sphingomonas yanoikuyae strain B1 and Beijerinckia sp. strain B1, is performed by a set of multiple terminal Rieske non-heme iron oxygenases. These enzymes share a single electron donor system consisting of a reductase and a ferredoxin (BPDO-FB1). One of the terminal Rieske oxygenases, biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase (BPDO-OB1), is responsible for B1's ability to dihydroxylate large aromatic compounds, such as chrysene and benzo[a]pyrene. Results In this study, crystal structures of BPDO-OB1 in both native and biphenyl bound forms are described. Sequence and structural comparisons to other Rieske oxygenases show this enzyme to be most similar, with 43.5 % sequence identity, to naphthalene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain NCIB 9816-4. While structurally similar to naphthalene 1,2-dioxygenase, the active site entrance is significantly larger than the entrance for naphthalene 1,2-dioxygenase. Differences in active site residues also allow the binding of large aromatic substrates. There are no major structural changes observed upon binding of the substrate. BPDO-FB1 has large sequence identity to other bacterial Rieske ferredoxins whose structures are known and demonstrates a high structural homology; however, differences in side chain composition and conformation around the Rieske cluster binding site are noted. Conclusion This is the first structure of a Rieske oxygenase that oxidizes substrates with five aromatic rings to be reported. This ability to catalyze the oxidation of larger substrates is a result of both a larger entrance to the active site as well as the ability of the active site to accommodate larger substrates. While the biphenyl ferredoxin is structurally similar to other Rieske ferredoxins, there are distinct changes in the amino acids near the iron-sulfur cluster. Because this ferredoxin is used by multiple oxygenases present in the B1 organism, this ferredoxin-oxygenase system provides the structural platform to dissect the balance between promiscuity and selectivity in protein-protein electron transport systems.
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Yu CL, Liu W, Ferraro DJ, Brown EN, Parales JV, Ramaswamy S, Zylstra GJ, Gibson DT, Parales RE. Purification, characterization, and crystallization of the components of a biphenyl dioxygenase system from Sphingobium yanoikuyae B1. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 34:311-24. [PMID: 17211635 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-006-0199-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sphingobium yanoikuyae B1 initiates the catabolism of biphenyl by adding dioxygen to the aromatic nucleus to form (+)-cis-(2R, 3S)-dihydroxy-1-phenylcyclohexa-4,6-diene. The present study focuses on the biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase system, which catalyzes the dioxygenation reaction. This enzyme has been shown to have a broad substrate range, catalyzing the dioxygenation of not only biphenyl, but also three- and four-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Extracts prepared from biphenyl-grown B1 cells contained three protein components that were required for the oxidation of biphenyl. The genes encoding the three components (bphA4, bphA3 and bphA1f,A2f) were expressed in Escherichia coli. Biotransformations of biphenyl, naphthalene, phenanthrene, and benzo[a]pyrene as substrates using the recombinant E. coli strain resulted in the formation of the expected cis-dihydrodiol products previously shown to be produced by biphenyl-induced strain B1. The three protein components were purified to apparent homogeneity and characterized in detail. The reductase component (bphA4), designated reductase(BPH-B1), was a 43 kD monomer containing one mol FAD/mol reductase(BPH-B1). The ferredoxin component (bphA3), designated ferredoxin(BPH-B1), was a 12 kD monomer containing approximately 2 g-atoms each of iron and acid-labile sulfur. The oxygenase component (bphA1f,A2f), designated oxygenase(BPH-B1), was a 217 kD heterotrimer consisting of alpha and beta subunits (approximately 51 and 21 kD, respectively). The iron and acid-labile sulfur contents of oxygenase(BPH-B1) per alphabeta were 2.4 and 1.8 g-atom per mol, respectively. Reduced ferredoxin(BPH-B1) and oxygenase(BPH-B1) each gave EPR signals typical of Rieske [2Fe-2S] proteins. Crystals of reductase(BPH-B1), ferredoxin(BPH-B1) and oxygenase(BPH-B1 )diffracted to 2.5 A, 2.0 A and 1.75 A, respectively. The structures of the three proteins are currently being determined.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Microbiology and Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Ashikawa Y, Fujimoto Z, Noguchi H, Habe H, Omori T, Yamane H, Nojiri H. Electron Transfer Complex Formation between Oxygenase and Ferredoxin Components in Rieske Nonheme Iron Oxygenase System. Structure 2006; 14:1779-89. [PMID: 17161368 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2006] [Revised: 10/06/2006] [Accepted: 10/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Carbazole 1,9a-dioxygenase (CARDO), a member of the Rieske nonheme iron oxygenase system (ROS), consists of a terminal oxygenase (CARDO-O) and electron transfer components (ferredoxin [CARDO-F] and ferredoxin reductase [CARDO-R]). We determined the crystal structures of the nonreduced, reduced, and substrate-bound binary complexes of CARDO-O with its electron donor, CARDO-F, at 1.9, 1.8, and 2.0 A resolutions, respectively. These structures provide the first structure-based interpretation of intercomponent electron transfer between two Rieske [2Fe-2S] clusters of ferredoxin and oxygenase in ROS. Three molecules of CARDO-F bind to the subunit boundary of one CARDO-O trimeric molecule, and specific binding created by electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions with conformational changes suitably aligns the two Rieske clusters for electron transfer. Additionally, conformational changes upon binding carbazole resulted in the closure of a lid over the substrate-binding pocket, thereby seemingly trapping carbazole at the substrate-binding site.
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Iwasaki T, Kounosu A, Ohmori D, Kumasaka T. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of a hyperthermophilic Rieske protein variant (SDX-triple) with an engineered rubredoxin-like mononuclear iron site. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2006; 62:993-5. [PMID: 17012793 PMCID: PMC2225183 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309106034476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In place of the Rieske [2Fe-2S] cluster, an archetypal mononuclear iron site has rationally been designed into a hyperthermophilic archaeal Rieske [2Fe-2S] protein (sulredoxin) from Sulfolobus tokodaii by three residue replacements with reference to the Pyrococcus furiosus rubredoxin sequence. The resulting sulredoxin variant, SDX-triple (H44I/A45C/H64C), has been purified and crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using 65%(v/v) 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol, 0.025 M citric acid and 0.075 M sodium acetate trihydrate pH 4.3. The crystals diffract to 1.63 A resolution and belong to the triclinic space group P1, with unit-cell parameters a = 43.56, b = 76.54, c = 80.28 A, alpha = 88.12, beta = 78.82, gamma = 73.46 degrees. The asymmetric unit contains eight protein molecules.
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- Toshio Iwasaki
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
- Correspondence e-mail: ,
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Juntendo University, Inba, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Iwasaki T, Kounosu A, Kolling DRJ, Lhee S, Crofts AR, Dikanov SA, Uchiyama T, Kumasaka T, Ishikawa H, Kono M, Imai T, Urushiyama A. Resonance Raman characterization of archaeal and bacterial Rieske protein variants with modified hydrogen bond network around the [2Fe-2S] center. Protein Sci 2006; 15:2019-24. [PMID: 16877714 PMCID: PMC2242589 DOI: 10.1110/ps.052035406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The rate of quinol oxidation by cytochrome bc(1)/b(6)f complex is in part associated with the redox potential (E(m)) of its Rieske [2Fe-2S] center, for which an approximate correlation with the number of hydrogen bonds to the cluster has been proposed. Here we report comparative resonance Raman (RR) characterization of bacterial and archaeal high-potential Rieske proteins and their site-directed variants with a modified hydrogen bond network around the cluster. Major differences among their RR spectra appear to be associated in part with the presence or absence of Tyr-156 (in the Rhodobacter sphaeroides numbering) near one of the Cys ligands to the cluster. Elimination of the hydrogen bond between the terminal cysteinyl sulfur ligand (S(t)) and Tyr-Oeta (as with the Y156W variant, which has a modified histidine N(epsilon) pK(a,ox)) induces a small structural bias of the geometry of the cluster and the surrounding protein in the normal coordinate system, and significantly affects some Fe-S(b/t) stretching vibrations. This is not observed in the case of the hydrogen bond between the bridging sulfide ligand (S(b)) and Ser-Ogamma, which is weak and/or unfavorably oriented for extensive coupling with the Fe-S(b/t) stretching vibrations.
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- Toshio Iwasaki
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Tokyo, Japan.
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Keenan BG, Wood TK. Orthric Rieske dioxygenases for degrading mixtures of 2,4-dinitrotoluene/naphthalene and 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene/4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 73:827-38. [PMID: 16933133 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0538-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2006] [Revised: 06/06/2006] [Accepted: 06/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pollutants are frequently found as mixtures yet it is difficult to engineer enzymes with broad substrate ranges on aromatics. Inspired by the archetypal nitroarene dioxygenase, which shares its electron transport with a salicylate monooxygenase, we have created an innovative and general approach to expand the substrate range of dioxygenase enzymes in a single cell. We have developed here a series of novel, hybrid dioxygenase enzymes that function with a single ferredoxin reductase and ferredoxin that are used to transport two electrons from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide to the two independent terminal oxygenases. Each independent alpha-oxygenase may then be used simultaneously to create orthric enzymes that degrade mixtures of environmental pollutants. Specifically, we created a hybrid dioxygenase system consisting of naphthalene dioxygenase/dinitrotoluene dioxygenase to simultaneously degrade 2,4-dinitrotoluene and naphthalene (neither enzyme alone had significant activity on both compounds) and dinitrotoluene dioxygenase/nitrobenzene dioxygenase to simultaneously degrade the frequently encountered 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene reduction products 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene and 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene.
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- Brendan G Keenan
- Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843-3122, USA
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Nam JW, Noguchi H, Fujimoto Z, Mizuno H, Ashikawa Y, Abo M, Fushinobu S, Kobashi N, Wakagi T, Iwata K, Yoshida T, Habe H, Yamane H, Omori T, Nojiri H. Crystal structure of the ferredoxin component of carbazole 1,9a-dioxygenase of Pseudomonas resinovorans strain CA10, a novel Rieske non-heme iron oxygenase system. Proteins 2006; 58:779-89. [PMID: 15645447 DOI: 10.1002/prot.20374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The carbazole 1,9a-dioxygenase (CARDO) system of Pseudomonas resinovorans strain CA10 catalyzes the dioxygenation of carbazole; the 9aC carbon bonds to a nitrogen atom and its adjacent 1C carbon as the initial reaction in the mineralization pathway. The CARDO system is composed of ferredoxin reductase (CarAd), ferredoxin (CarAc), and terminal oxygenase (CarAa). CarAc acts as a mediator in the electron transfer from CarAd to CarAa. To understand the structural basis of the protein-protein interactions during electron transport in the CARDO system, the crystal structure of CarAc was determined at 1.9 A resolution by molecular replacement using the structure of BphF, the biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase ferredoxin from Burkholderia cepacia strain LB400 as a search model. CarAc is composed of three beta-sheets, and the structure can be divided into two domains, a cluster-binding domain and a basal domain. The Rieske [2Fe-2S] cluster is located at the tip of the cluster-binding domain, where it is exposed to solvent. While the overall folding of CarAc and BphF is strongly conserved, the properties of their surfaces are very different from each other. The structure of the cluster-binding domain of CarAc is more compact and protruding than that of BphF, and the distribution of electric charge on its molecular surface is very different. Such differences are thought to explain why these ferredoxins can act as electron mediators in respective electron transport chains composed of different-featured components.
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- Jeong-Won Nam
- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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