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Schweitzer-Stenner R. Probing the versatility of cytochrome c by spectroscopic means: A Laudatio on resonance Raman spectroscopy. J Inorg Biochem 2024; 259:112641. [PMID: 38901065 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112641] [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: 05/06/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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Over the last 50 years resonance Raman spectroscopy has become an invaluable tool for the exploration of chromophores in biological macromolecules. Among them, heme proteins and metal complexes have attracted considerable attention. This interest results from the fact that resonance Raman spectroscopy probes the vibrational dynamics of these chromophores without direct interference from the surrounding. However, the indirect influence via through-bond and through-space chromophore-protein interactions can be conveniently probed and analyzed. This review article illustrates this point by focusing on class 1 cytochrome c, a comparatively simple heme protein generally known as electron carrier in mitochondria. The article demonstrates how through selective excitation of resonance Raman active modes information about the ligation, the redox state and the spin state of the heme iron can be obtained from band positions in the Raman spectra. The investigation of intensities and depolarization ratios emerged as tools for the analysis of in-plane and out-of-plane deformations of the heme macrocycle. The article further shows how resonance Raman spectroscopy was used to characterize partially unfolded states of oxidized cytochrome c. Finally, it describes its use for exploring structural changes due to the protein's binding to anionic surfaces like cardiolipin containing membranes.
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Yang Q, Li G, Xu W, Qu H, Hameed MS, Quan J, Zhang J, Sun Z, Li H. pH-Stimulated Response Gating for Mimic Cytochrome C Transport on Biomimetic Asymmetric Nanochannels. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:6284-6289. [PMID: 38259057 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c18011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Proteins are vital components in cells, biological tissues, and organs, playing a pivotal role in growth and developmental processes in living organisms. Cytochrome C (Cyt C) is a class of heme proteins found in almost all life and is involved in cellular energy metabolic processes such as respiration, mainly as electron carriers or terminal reductases. It binds cardiolipin in the inner mitochondrial membrane, leading to apoptosis. It is a challenge to design a simple and effective artificial system to mimic the complex Cyt C biological transport process. In this paper, an asymmetric biomimetic pH-driven protein gate is described by introducing arginine (Arg) at one end of an hourglass-shaped nanochannel. The nanochannel shows a sensitive protonation-driven protein gate that can be "off" at pH = 7 and "on" at pH = 2. Further studies show that differences in the binding of Arg and Cyt C at different levels of protonation lead to different switching behaviors within the nanochannels, which in turn lead to different surface charges within the nanochannels. It can be used for detecting Cyt C and as an excellent and robust gate for developing integrated circuits and nanoelectronic logic devices.
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- Qinglin Yang
- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Hanjiang Normal University, Shiyan 442000, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, P. R. China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Preparation of Gum Arabic-Maltose-Pea Protein Isolate Complexes for 1-Octacosanol Microcapsule: Improved Storage Stability, Sustained Release in the Gastrointestinal Tract, and Its Effect on the Lipid Metabolism of High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity Mice. Foods 2022; 12:foods12010112. [PMID: 36613328 PMCID: PMC9818909 DOI: 10.3390/foods12010112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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1-Octacosanol (Octa) is a natural compound with several beneficial properties. However, its poor water solubility and metabolism in the digestive tract reduce its efficacy. The Octa-GA-Malt-PPI microcapsule was prepared as follows: gum Arabic (GA):maltose (Malt):pea protein isolate (PPI) = 2:1:2; core:shell = 1:7.5; emulsification temperature 70 °C; pH 9.0. An in vitro simulated gastrointestinal tract was used to analyze the digestion behavior. C57BL/6 mice were selected to establish an obesity model induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) to evaluate the effect of Octa monomer and the microcapsule. The diffusivity in water and storage stability of Octa improved after encapsulation. The microcapsule was ascribed to electrostatic interactions, hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobic interactions. The sustained release of Octa from the microcapsule was observed in a simulated gastrointestinal tract. Compared with Octa monomer, the microcapsule was more effective in alleviating the symptoms of weight gain, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia induced by HFD in mice. In conclusion, the construction of microcapsule structure can improve the dispersibility and stability of Octa in water, achieve sustained release of Octa in the gastrointestinal tract, and improve its efficiency in alleviating the effects of HFD on the body.
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Olloqui-Sariego JL, Pérez-Mejías G, Márquez I, Guerra-Castellano A, Calvente JJ, De la Rosa MA, Andreu R, Díaz-Moreno I. Electric field-induced functional changes in electrode-immobilized mutant species of human cytochrome c. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOENERGETICS 2022; 1863:148570. [PMID: 35643148 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Post-translational modifications and naturally occurring mutations of cytochrome c have been recognized as a regulatory mechanism to control its biology. In this work, we investigate the effect of such in vivo chemical modifications of human cytochrome c on its redox properties in the adsorbed state onto an electrode. In particular, tyrosines 48 and 97 have been replaced by the non-canonical amino acid p-carboxymethyl-L-phenylalanine (pCMF), thus mimicking tyrosine phosphorylation. Additionally, tyrosine 48 has been replaced by a histidine producing the natural Y48H pathogenic mutant. Thermodynamics and kinetics of the interfacial electron transfer of wild-type cytochrome c and herein produced variants, adsorbed electrostatically under different local interfacial electric fields, were determined by means of variable temperature cyclic film voltammetry. It is shown that non-native cytochrome c variants immobilized under a low interfacial electric field display redox thermodynamics and kinetics similar to those of wild-type cytochrome c. However, upon increasing the strength of the electric field, the redox thermodynamics and kinetics of the modified proteins markedly differ from those of the wild-type species. The mutations promote stabilization of the oxidized form and a significant increase in the activation enthalpy values that can be ascribed to a subtle distortion of the heme cofactor and/or difference of the amino acid rearrangements rather than to a coarse protein structural change. Overall, these results point to a combined effect of the single point mutations at positions 48 and 97 and the strength of electrostatic binding on the regulatory mechanism of mitochondrial membrane activity, when acting as a redox shuttle protein.
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- José Luis Olloqui-Sariego
- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González, 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, (Spain)
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- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González, 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain; Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, (Spain)
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, (Spain)
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- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González, 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, (Spain)
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- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González, 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, (Spain).
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Influence of heme c attachment on heme conformation and potential. J Biol Inorg Chem 2018; 23:1073-1083. [PMID: 30143872 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-018-1603-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
Heme c is characterized by its covalent attachment to a polypeptide. The attachment is typically to a CXXCH motif in which the two Cys form thioether bonds with the heme, "X" can be any amino acid other than Cys, and the His serves as a heme axial ligand. Some cytochromes c, however, contain heme attachment motifs with three or four intervening residues in a CX3CH or CX4CH motif. Here, the impacts of these variations in the heme attachment motif on heme ruffling and electronic structure are investigated by spectroscopically characterizing CX3CH and CX4CH variants of Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cytochrome c552. In addition, a novel CXCH variant is studied. 1H and 13C NMR, EPR, and resonance Raman spectra of the protein variants are analyzed to deduce the extent of ruffling using previously reported relationships between these spectral data and heme ruffling. In addition, the reduction potentials of these protein variants are measured using protein film voltammetry. The CXCH and CX4CH variants are found to have enhanced heme ruffling and lower reduction potentials. Implications of these results for the use of these noncanonical motifs in nature, and for the engineering of novel heme peptide structures, are discussed.
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Alvarez-Paggi D, Hannibal L, Castro MA, Oviedo-Rouco S, Demicheli V, Tórtora V, Tomasina F, Radi R, Murgida DH. Multifunctional Cytochrome c: Learning New Tricks from an Old Dog. Chem Rev 2017; 117:13382-13460. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Damián Alvarez-Paggi
- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química
Física and INQUIMAE (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, piso 1, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Department
of Pediatrics, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Mathildenstrasse 1, Freiburg 79106, Germany
- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química
Física and INQUIMAE (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, piso 1, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química
Física and INQUIMAE (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, piso 1, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av.
Gral. Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química
Física and INQUIMAE (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, piso 1, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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Scheidt WR, Li J, Sage JT. What Can Be Learned from Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy: Vibrational Dynamics and Hemes. Chem Rev 2017; 117:12532-12563. [PMID: 28921972 PMCID: PMC5639469 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
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Nuclear resonance
vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS; also known as
nuclear inelastic scattering, NIS) is a synchrotron-based method that
reveals the full spectrum of vibrational dynamics for Mössbauer
nuclei. Another major advantage, in addition to its completeness (no
arbitrary optical selection rules), is the unique selectivity of NRVS.
The basics of this recently developed technique are first introduced
with descriptions of the experimental requirements and data analysis
including the details of mode assignments. We discuss the use of NRVS
to probe 57Fe at the center of heme and heme protein derivatives
yielding the vibrational density of states for the iron. The application
to derivatives with diatomic ligands (O2, NO, CO, CN–) shows the strong capabilities of identifying mode
character. The availability of the complete vibrational spectrum of
iron allows the identification of modes not available by other techniques.
This permits the correlation of frequency with other physical properties.
A significant example is the correlation we find between the Fe–Im
stretch in six-coordinate Fe(XO) hemes and the trans Fe–N(Im)
bond distance, not possible previously. NRVS also provides uniquely
quantitative insight into the dynamics of the iron. For example, it
provides a model-independent means of characterizing the strength
of iron coordination. Prediction of the temperature-dependent mean-squared
displacement from NRVS measurements yields a vibrational “baseline”
for Fe dynamics that can be compared with results from techniques
that probe longer time scales to yield quantitative insights into
additional dynamical processes.
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- W Robert Scheidt
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 United States
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- College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , YanQi Lake, HuaiRou District, Beijing 101408, China
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- Department of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University , 120 Forsyth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Bren KL. Going with the Electron Flow: Heme Electronic Structure and Electron Transfer in Cytochrome
c. Isr J Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201600021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kara L. Bren
- Department of Chemistry University of Rochester Rochester NY 14627-0216 USA
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Kleingardner JG, Bren KL. Biological significance and applications of heme c proteins and peptides. Acc Chem Res 2015; 48:1845-52. [PMID: 26083801 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Hemes are ubiquitous in biology and carry out a wide range of functions. The heme group is largely invariant across proteins with different functions, although there are a few variations seen in nature. The most common variant is heme c, which is formed by a post-translational modification in which heme is covalently linked to two Cys residues on the polypeptide via thioether bonds. In this Account, the influence of this covalent attachment on heme c properties and function is discussed, and examples of how covalent attachment has been used in selected applications are presented. Proteins that bind heme c are among the most well-characterized proteins in biochemistry. Most of these proteins are cytochromes c (cyts c) that serve as electron carriers in photosynthesis and respiration. Despite the intense study of cyts c, the functional significance of heme covalent attachment has remained elusive. One observation is that heme c reaches a lower reduction potential in nature than its noncovalently linked counterpart, heme b, when comparing proteins with the same axial ligands. Furthermore, covalent attachment is known to enhance protein stability and allow the heme to be relatively solvent exposed. However, an inorganic chemistry perspective on the effects of covalent attachment has been lacking. Spectroscopic measurements and computations on cyts c and model systems reveal a number of effects of covalent attachment on heme electronic structure and reactivity. One is that the predominant nonplanar ruffling distortion seen in heme c lowers heme reduction potential. Another is that covalent attachment influences the interaction of the heme iron with the proximal His ligand. Heme ruffling also has been shown to influence electronic coupling to redox partners and, therefore, electron transfer rates by altering the distribution of the orbital hole on the porphyrin in oxidized cyt c. Another consequence of heme covalent attachment is the strong vibrational coupling seen between the iron and the protein surface as revealed by nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy studies. Finally, heme covalent attachment is proposed to be an important feature supporting multiple roles of cyt c in programmed cell death (apoptosis). Heme covalent attachment is not only vital for the biological functions of cyt c but also provides a useful handle in a number of applications. For one, the engineering of heme c onto an exposed portion of a protein of interest has been shown to provide a visible affinity purification tag. In addition, peptides with covalently attached heme, known as microperoxidases, have been studied as model compounds and oxidation catalysts and, more recently, in applications for energy conversion and storage. The wealth of insight gained about heme c through fundamental studies of cyts c forms a basis for future efforts toward engineering natural and artificial cytochromes for a variety of applications.
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- Jesse G. Kleingardner
- Department
of Chemistry, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14618, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14618, United States
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Tozawa K, Ferguson SJ, Redfield C, Smith LJ. Comparison of the backbone dynamics of wild-type Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cytochrome c(552) and its b-type variant. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2015; 62:221-231. [PMID: 25953310 PMCID: PMC4451467 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-015-9938-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Cytochrome c552 from the thermophilic bacterium Hydrogenobacter thermophilus is a typical c-type cytochrome which binds heme covalently via two thioether bonds between the two heme vinyl groups and two cysteine thiol groups in a CXXCH sequence motif. This protein was converted to a b-type cytochrome by substitution of the two cysteine residues by alanines (Tomlinson and Ferguson in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97:5156-5160, 2000a). To probe the significance of the covalent attachment of the heme in the c-type protein, (15)N relaxation and hydrogen exchange studies have been performed for the wild-type and b-type proteins. The two variants share very similar backbone dynamic properties, both proteins showing high (15)N order parameters in the four main helices, with reduced values in an exposed loop region (residues 18-21), and at the C-terminal residue Lys80. Some subtle changes in chemical shift and hydrogen exchange protection are seen between the wild-type and b-type variant proteins, not only for residues at and neighbouring the mutation sites, but also for some residues in the heme binding pocket. Overall, the results suggest that the main role of the covalent linkages between the heme group and the protein chain must be to increase the stability of the protein.
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- Kaeko Tozawa
- />Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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- />Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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- />Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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- />Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR UK
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