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Imhoff JF, Kyndt JA, Meyer TE. Genomic Comparison, Phylogeny and Taxonomic Reevaluation of the Ectothiorhodospiraceae and Description of Halorhodospiraceae fam. nov. and Halochlorospira gen. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:295. [PMID: 35208750 PMCID: PMC8877833 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10020295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The Ectothiorhodospiraceae family represents purple sulfur bacteria of the Gammaproteobacteria found primarily in alkaline soda lakes of moderate to extremely high salinity. The main microscopically visible characteristic separating them from the Chromatiaceae is the excretion of the intermediate elemental sulfur formed during oxidation of sulfide prior to complete oxidation to sulfate rather than storing it in the periplasm. We present a comparative study of 38 genomes of all species of phototrophic Ectothiorhodospiraceae. We also include a comparison with those chemotrophic bacteria that have been assigned to the family previously and critically reevaluate this assignment. The data demonstrate the separation of Halorhodospira species in a major phylogenetic branch distant from other Ectothiorhodospiraceae and support their separation into a new family, for which the name Halorhodospiraceae fam. nov. is proposed. In addition, the green-colored, bacteriochlorophyll-containing species Halorhodospira halochloris and Halorhodospira abdelmalekii were transferred to the new genus Halochlorospira gen. nov. of this family. The data also enable classification of several so far unclassified isolates and support the separation of Ectothiorhodospira shaposhnikovii and Ect. vacuolata as well as Ect. mobilis and Ect. marismortui as distinct species.
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- Johannes F. Imhoff
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- College of Science and Technology, Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE 68005, USA;
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA;
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Kawakami T, Yu LJ, Liang T, Okazaki K, Madigan MT, Kimura Y, Wang-Otomo ZY. Crystal structure of a photosynthetic LH1-RC in complex with its electron donor HiPIP. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1104. [PMID: 33597527 PMCID: PMC7889895 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21397-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Photosynthetic electron transfers occur through multiple components ranging from small soluble proteins to large integral membrane protein complexes. Co-crystallization of a bacterial photosynthetic electron transfer complex that employs weak hydrophobic interactions was achieved by using high-molar-ratio mixtures of a soluble donor protein (high-potential iron-sulfur protein, HiPIP) with a membrane-embedded acceptor protein (reaction center, RC) at acidic pH. The structure of the co-complex offers a snapshot of a transient bioenergetic event and revealed a molecular basis for thermodynamically unfavorable interprotein electron tunneling. HiPIP binds to the surface of the tetraheme cytochrome subunit in the light-harvesting (LH1) complex-associated RC in close proximity to the low-potential heme-1 group. The binding interface between the two proteins is primarily formed by uncharged residues and is characterized by hydrophobic features. This co-crystal structure provides a model for the detailed study of long-range trans-protein electron tunneling pathways in biological systems. The high potential iron-sulfur (HiPIP) proteins are direct electron donors to the light-harvesting-reaction center complexes (LH1-RC) in photosynthetic β- and γ-Proteobacteria. Here, the authors present the 2.9 Å crystal structure of the HiPIP-bound LH1-RC complex from the thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum and discuss mechanistic implications for the electron transfer pathway.
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
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- Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan.
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Ohno H, Takeda K, Niwa S, Tsujinaka T, Hanazono Y, Hirano Y, Miki K. Crystallographic characterization of the high-potential iron-sulfur protein in the oxidized state at 0.8 Å resolution. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0178183. [PMID: 28542634 PMCID: PMC5439954 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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High-potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) is a soluble electron carrier protein of photosynthetic bacteria with an Fe4S4 cluster. Although structural changes accompanying the electron transfer are important for understanding of the functional mechanism, the changes have not been clarified in sufficient detail. We previously reported the high-resolution crystal structures of HiPIP from a thermophilic purple bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum in the reduced state. In order to perform a detailed comparison between the structures in different redox states, the oxidized structure should also be revealed at high resolution. Therefore, in the present study we performed a crystallographic analysis of oxidized HiPIP and a structural comparison with the reduced form at a high resolution of 0.8 Å. The comparison highlighted small but significant contraction in the iron-sulfur cluster. The changes in Fe-S bond lengths were similar to that predicted by theoretical calculation, although some discrepancies were also found. Almost distances between the sulfur atoms of the iron-sulfur cluster and the protein environment are elongated upon the oxidation. Positional changes of hydrogen atoms in the protein environment, such as on the amide-hydrogen of Cys75 in the proximity of the iron-sulfur cluster, were also observed in the accurate analyses. None of the water molecules exhibited significant changes in position or anisotropy of atomic displacement parameter between the two states, while the orientations of some water molecules were different.
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- Hiraku Ohno
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Dai Y, Zhen J, Zhang X, Zhong Y, Liu S, Sun Z, Guo Y, Wu Q. Analysis of the complex formation, interaction and electron transfer pathway between the "open" conformation of NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase and aromatase. Steroids 2015; 101:116-24. [PMID: 26087061 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2015.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2015] [Revised: 05/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The complex structure of human aromatase (CYP19) and the open form of ΔTGEE mutant NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (mCPR) was constructed using template-based protein alignment method. Dynamic simulation of formed complex was performed on NAMD 2.9, in which CHARMm all 27_prot_lipid_na force field and an explicit TIP3P water solvent model were applied. The result showed mCPR in its open conformation could steadily combine with aromatase from the proximal face. Data analysis indicates hydrogen bonds and four salt bridges on the binding surface enhance the interaction between the two protein molecules. Amino acid, Lys108 plays a key role in aromatase activity through the formation of a salt bridge with Asp147 and two hydrogen bonds with Asp147 and Gln150 in mCPR. The optimal pathway for the first electron transfer from CPR to aromatase was revealed and calculated using HARLEM software. The rates for solvent mediated and non-solvent mediated electron transfer from FMNH2 to heme were determined as 1.04×10(6)s(-)(1) and 4.86×10(5)s(-)(1) respectively, which indicates the solvent water can facilitate the electron transfer from FMNH2 to heme. This study presents a novel strategy for the study of the protein-protein interactions based on the template-based protein alignment, which may help new aromtase development targeting the electron transfer between mCPR and aromatase.
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- Yuejie Dai
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, NJ 08901, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, NJ 08901, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, NJ 08901, USA; Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, NJ 08901, USA
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Lieutaud C, Alric J, Bauzan M, Nitschke W, Schoepp-Cothenet B. Study of the high-potential iron sulfur protein in Halorhodospira halophila confirms that it is distinct from cytochrome c as electron carrier. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:3260-5. [PMID: 15728382 PMCID: PMC552902 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0407768102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2004] [Accepted: 01/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The role of high-potential iron sulfur protein (HiPIP) in donating electrons to the photosynthetic reaction center in the halophilic gamma-proteobacterium Halorhodospira halophila was studied by EPR and time-resolved optical spectroscopy. A tight complex between HiPIP and the reaction center was observed. The EPR spectrum of HiPIP in this complex was drastically different from that of the purified protein and provides an analytical tool for the detection and characterization of the complexed form in samples ranging from whole cells to partially purified protein. The bound HiPIP was identified as iso-HiPIP II. Its Em value at pH 7 in the form bound to the reaction center was approximately 100 mV higher (+140 +/- 20 mV) than that of the purified protein. EPR on oriented samples showed HiPIP II to be bound in a well defined geometry, indicating the presence of specific protein-protein interactions at the docking site. At moderately reducing conditions, the bound HiPIP II donates electrons to the cytochrome subunit bound to the reaction center with a half-time of < or =11 micros. This donation reaction was analyzed by using Marcus's outer-sphere electron-transfer theory and compared with those observed in other HiPIP-containing purple bacteria. The results indicate substantial differences between the HiPIP- and the cytochrome c2-mediated re-reduction of the reaction center.
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- Clément Lieutaud
- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Unité Propre de Recherche 9036, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Manojkumar TK, Kim D, Kim KS. Theoretical studies on hydroquinone-benzene clusters. J Chem Phys 2005; 122:14305. [PMID: 15638657 DOI: 10.1063/1.1824893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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High-level ab initio calculations were carried out to evaluate the interaction between the hydroquinone and benzene molecules. The intermolecular interaction energy was calculated using the Møller-Plesset second-order perturbation theory at the complete basis set limit and also at the coupled cluster theory with single, double, and perturbatively triple excitations. The calculated binding energy is larger than the benzene dimer interaction energy. The T-shaped cluster (T-a) and the parallel conformation (P-a) are calculated to be nearly isoenergetic. Owing to the large energy gain in the attraction by electron correlation, the dispersion interaction is important for the attraction.
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- T K Manojkumar
- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31, Hyojadong, Namgu, Pohang, 790-784 Korea
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Ciurli S, Musiani F. High potential iron-sulfur proteins and their role as soluble electron carriers in bacterial photosynthesis: tale of a discovery. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2005; 85:115-31. [PMID: 15977063 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-004-6556-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2001] [Accepted: 11/22/2001] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This review is an attempt to retrace the chronicle of the discovery of the role of high-potential iron-sulfur proteins (HiPIPs) as electron carriers in the photosynthetic chain of bacteria. Data and facts are presented through the magnifying lenses of the authors, using their best judgment to filter and elaborate on the many facets of the research carried out on this class of proteins over the years. The tale is divided into four main periods: the seeds, the blooming, the ripening, and the harvest, representing the times from the discovery of these proteins to the most recent advancements in the understanding of the relationship between their structure and their function.
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- Stefano Ciurli
- Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Agro-Environmental Science and Technology, University of Bologna Viale Giuseppe Fanin 40, 40127, Bologna, Italy.
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Nogi T, Hirano Y, Miki K. Structural and functional studies on the tetraheme cytochrome subunit and its electron donor proteins: the possible docking mechanisms during the electron transfer reaction. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2005; 85:87-99. [PMID: 15977061 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-004-2416-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2004] [Accepted: 08/30/2004] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) classified as the group II possess a peripheral cytochrome (Cyt) subunit, which serves as the electron mediator to the special-pair. In the cycle of the photosynthetic electron transfer reactions, the Cyt subunit accepts electrons from soluble electron carrier proteins, and re-reduces the photo-oxidized special-pair of the bacteriochlorophyll. Physiologically, high-potential cytochromes such as the cytochrome c2 and the high-potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) function as the electron donors to the Cyt subunit. Most of the Cyt subunits possess four heme c groups, and it was unclear which heme group first accepts the electron from the electron donor. The most distal heme to the special-pair, the heme-1, has a lower redox potential than the electron donors, which makes it difficult to understand the electron transfer mechanism mediated by the Cyt subunit. Extensive mutagenesis combined with kinetic studies has made a great contribution to our understanding of the molecular interaction mechanisms, and has demonstrated the importance of the region close to the heme-1 in the electron transfer. Moreover, crystallographic studies have elucidated two high-resolution three-dimensional structures for the RCs containing the Cyt subunit, the Blastochloris viridis and Thermochromatium tepidum RCs, as well as the structures of their electron donors. An examination of the structural data also suggested that the binding sites for both the cytochrome c2 and the HiPIP are located adjacent to the solvent-accessible edge of the heme-1. In addition, it is also indicated by the structural and biochemical data that the cytochrome c2 and the HiPIP dock with the Cyt subunit by c2 is recognized through electrostatic interactions while hydrophobic interactions are important in the HiPIP docking.
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- Terukazu Nogi
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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Alric J, Yoshida M, Nagashima KVP, Hienerwadel R, Parot P, Verméglio A, Chen SWW, Pellequer JL. Two distinct binding sites for high potential iron-sulfur protein and cytochrome c on the reaction center-bound cytochrome of Rubrivivax gelatinosus. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:32545-53. [PMID: 15155756 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401784200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The photosynthetic cyclic electron transfer of the purple bacterium Rubrivivax gelatinosus, involving the cytochrome bc(1) complex and the reaction center, can be carried out via two pathways. A high potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) acts as the in vivo periplasmic electron donor to the reaction center (RC)-bound cytochrome when cells are grown under anaerobic conditions in the light, while cytochrome c is the soluble electron carrier for cells grown under (8)aerobic conditions in the dark. A spontaneous reversion of R. gelatinosus C244, a defective mutant in synthesis of the RC-bound cytochrome by insertion of a Km(r) cassette leading to gene disruption with a slow growth rate, restores the normal photosynthetic growth. This revertant, designated C244-P1, lost the Km(r) cassette but synthesized a RC-bound cytochrome with an external 77-amino acid insertion derived from the cassette. We characterized the RC-bound cytochrome of this mutant by EPR, time-resolved optical spectroscopy, and structural analysis. We also investigated the in vivo electron transfer rates between the two soluble electron donors and this RC-bound cytochrome. Our results demonstrated that the C244-P1 RC-bound cytochrome is still able to receive electrons from HiPIP, but it is no longer reducible by cytochrome c(8). Combining these experimental and theoretical protein-protein docking results, we conclude that cytochrome c(8) and HiPIP bind the RC-bound cytochrome at two distinct but partially overlapping sites.
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- Jean Alric
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, UMR 6191 CNRS-Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique-Aix-Marseille II, 163 avenue de Luminy, Marseille 13288, France
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