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Prioretti L, D’Ermo G, Infossi P, Kpebe A, Lebrun R, Bauzan M, Lojou E, Guigliarelli B, Giudici-Orticoni MT, Guiral M. Carbon Fixation in the Chemolithoautotrophic Bacterium Aquifex aeolicus Involves Two Low-Potential Ferredoxins as Partners of the PFOR and OGOR Enzymes. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:life13030627. [PMID: 36983784 PMCID: PMC10052474 DOI: 10.3390/life13030627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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Aquifex aeolicus is a microaerophilic hydrogen- and sulfur -oxidizing bacterium that assimilates CO2 via the reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle (rTCA). Key enzymes of this pathway are pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PFOR) and 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (OGOR), which are responsible, respectively, for the reductive carboxylation of acetyl-CoA to pyruvate and of succinyl-CoA to 2-oxoglutarate, two energetically unfavorable reactions that require a strong reduction potential. We have confirmed, by biochemistry and proteomics, that A. aeolicus possesses a pentameric version of these enzyme complexes ((αβγδε)2) and that they are highly abundant in the cell. In addition, we have purified and characterized, from the soluble fraction of A. aeolicus, two low redox potential and oxygen-stable [4Fe-4S] ferredoxins (Fd6 and Fd7, E0 = −440 and −460 mV, respectively) and shown that they can physically interact and exchange electrons with both PFOR and OGOR, suggesting that they could be the physiological electron donors of the system in vivo. Shotgun proteomics indicated that all the enzymes assumed to be involved in the rTCA cycle are produced in the A. aeolicus cells. A number of additional enzymes, previously suggested to be part of a putative partial Wood-Ljungdahl pathway used for the synthesis of serine and glycine from CO2 were identified by mass spectrometry, but their abundance in the cell seems to be much lower than that of the rTCA cycle. Their possible involvement in carbon assimilation is discussed.
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- Laura Prioretti
- CNRS, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Aix Marseille Université, IMM, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Aix Marseille Université, IMM, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Aix Marseille Université, IMM, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Aix Marseille Université, IMM, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IMM, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IMM, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Aix Marseille Université, IMM, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Aix Marseille Université, IMM, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Aix Marseille Université, IMM, 13009 Marseille, France
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Kubas A, Maszota P. Theoretical Insights into the Unique Ligation of [Fe
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- Adam Kubas
- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44/52 01‐224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44/52 01‐224 Warsaw Poland
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Zanello P. The competition between chemistry and biology in assembling iron–sulfur derivatives. Molecular structures and electrochemistry. Part V. {[Fe4S4](SCysγ)4} proteins. Coord Chem Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The competition between chemistry and biology in assembling iron-sulfur derivatives. Molecular structures and electrochemistry. Part IV. {[Fe3S4](SγCys)3} proteins. Inorganica Chim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2016.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lauterbach L, Gee LB, Pelmenschikov V, Jenney FE, Kamali S, Yoda Y, Adams MWW, Cramer SP. Characterization of the [3Fe-4S](0/1+) cluster from the D14C variant of Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin via combined NRVS and DFT analyses. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:7215-9. [PMID: 27063792 PMCID: PMC4940129 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04760a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The D14C variant of Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin provides an extraordinary framework to investigate a [3Fe-4S] cluster at two oxidation levels and compare the results to its physiologic [4Fe-4S] counterpart in the very same protein. Our spectroscopic and computational study reveals vibrational property changes related to the electronic and structural aspects of both Fe-S clusters.
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- Lars Lauterbach
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA and Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Georgia Campus, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Suwanee, GA 30024, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA and Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN 37388, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Bruska MK, Stiebritz MT, Reiher M. Binding of Reactive Oxygen Species at Fe-S Cubane Clusters. Chemistry 2015; 21:19081-9. [PMID: 26585994 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in the biochemistry of the cell and occur in degenerative processes as well as in signal transduction. Iron-sulfur proteins are particularly oxygen-sensitive and their inorganic cofactors frequently undergo ROS-induced decomposition reactions. As experimental knowledge about these processes is still incomplete we present here a quantum chemical study of the relative energetics for the binding of the most relevant ROS to [Fe4S4] clusters. We find that cubane clusters with one uncoordinated Fe atom (as found, for instance, in aconitase) bind all oxygen derivatives considered, whereas activation of triplet O2 to singlet O2 is required for binding to valence-saturated iron centers in these clusters. The radicals NO and OH feature the most exothermic binding energies to Fe atoms. Direct sulfoxidation of coordinating cysteine residues is only possible by OH or H2O2 as attacking agents. The thermodynamic picture of ROS binding to iron-sulfur clusters established here can serve as a starting point for studying reactivity-modulating effects of the cluster-embedding protein environment on ROS-induced decomposition of iron-sulfur proteins.
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- Marta K Bruska
- ETH Zürich, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich (Switzerland)
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- ETH Zürich, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich (Switzerland)
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- ETH Zürich, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich (Switzerland).
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The F420-Reducing [NiFe]-Hydrogenase Complex from Methanothermobacter marburgensis, the First X-ray Structure of a Group 3 Family Member. J Mol Biol 2014; 426:2813-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Revised: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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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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Terada T, Hirabayashi K, Liu D, Nakamura T, Wakimoto T, Matsumoto T, Tatsumi K. [3:1] Site-Differentiated [4Fe–4S] Clusters Having One Carboxylate and Three Thiolates. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:11997-2004. [DOI: 10.1021/ic4017596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tamaki Terada
- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, ‡Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), and §Research Center
for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, ‡Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), and §Research Center
for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, ‡Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), and §Research Center
for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, ‡Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), and §Research Center
for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, ‡Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), and §Research Center
for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, ‡Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), and §Research Center
for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, ‡Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), and §Research Center
for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Martic M, Jakab-Simon IN, Haahr LT, Hagen WR, Christensen HEM. Heterometallic [AgFe(3)S (4)] ferredoxin variants: synthesis, characterization, and the first crystal structure of an engineered heterometallic iron-sulfur protein. J Biol Inorg Chem 2013; 18:261-276. [PMID: 23296387 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-012-0971-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Heterometallic [AgFe(3)S(4)] iron-sulfur clusters assembled in wild-type Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin and two variants, D14C and D14H, are characterized. The crystal structure of the [AgFe(3)S(4)] D14C variant shows that the silver(I) ion is indeed part of the cluster and is coordinated to the thiolate group of residue 14. Cyclic voltammetry shows one redox pair with a reduction potential of +220 mV versus the standard hydrogen electrode which is assigned to the [AgFe(3)S(4)](2+/+) couple. The oxidized form of the [AgFe(3)S(4)] D14C variant is stable in the presence of dioxygen, whereas the oxidized forms of the [AgFe(3)S(4)] wild type and D14H variants convert to the [Fe(3)S(4)] ferredoxin form. The monovalent d (10) silver(I) ion stabilizes the [Fe(3)S(4)](+/0) cluster fragment, as opposed to divalent d (10) metal ions, resulting in more than 0.4 V difference in reduction potentials between the silver(I) and, e.g., zinc(II) heterometallic [MFe(3)S(4)] ferredoxins. The trend in reduction potentials for the variants containing the [AgFe(3)S(4)] cluster is wild type ≤ D14C < D14H and shows the same trend as reported for the variants containing the [Fe(3)S(4)] cluster, but is different from the D14C < D14H < wild type trend reported for the [Fe(4)S(4)] ferredoxin. The similarity in the reduction potential trend for the variants containing the heterometallic [AgFe(3)S(4)] cluster and the [Fe(3)S(4)] cluster can be rationalized in terms of the electrostatic influence of the residue 14 side chains, rather than the dissociation constant of this residue, as is the case for [Fe(4)S(4)] ferredoxins. The trends in reduction potentials are in line with there being no electronic coupling between the silver(I) ion and the Fe(3)S(4) fragment.
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- Maja Martic
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC, Delft, The Netherlands
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Mitra D, Pelmenschikov V, Guo Y, Case DA, Wang H, Dong W, Tan ML, Ichiye T, Jenney FE, Adams MWW, Yoda Y, Zhao J, Cramer SP. Dynamics of the [4Fe-4S] cluster in Pyrococcus furiosus D14C ferredoxin via nuclear resonance vibrational and resonance Raman spectroscopies, force field simulations, and density functional theory calculations. Biochemistry 2011; 50:5220-35. [PMID: 21500788 DOI: 10.1021/bi200046p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have used (57)Fe nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) to study oxidized and reduced forms of the [4Fe-4S] cluster in the D14C variant ferredoxin from Pyrococcus furiosus (Pf D14C Fd). To assist the normal-mode assignments, we conducted NRVS with D14C ferredoxin samples with (36)S substituted into the [4Fe-4S] cluster bridging sulfide positions, and a model compound without ligand side chains, (Ph(4)P)(2)[Fe(4)S(4)Cl(4)]. Several distinct regions of NRVS intensity are identified, ranging from "protein" and torsional modes below 100 cm(-1), through bending and breathing modes near 150 cm(-1), to strong bands from Fe-S stretching modes between 250 and ∼400 cm(-1). The oxidized ferredoxin samples were also investigated by resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy. We found good agreement between NRVS and RR frequencies, but because of different selection rules, the intensities vary dramatically between the two types of spectra. The (57)Fe partial vibrational densities of states for the oxidized samples were interpreted by normal-mode analysis with optimization of Urey-Bradley force fields for local models of the [4Fe-4S] clusters. Full protein model calculations were also conducted using a supplemented CHARMM force field, and these calculations revealed low-frequency modes that may be relevant to electron transfer with Pf Fd partners. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations complemented these empirical analyses, and DFT was used to estimate the reorganization energy associated with the [Fe(4)S(4)](2+/+) redox cycle. Overall, the NRVS technique demonstrates great promise for the observation and quantitative interpretation of the dynamical properties of Fe-S proteins.
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- Devrani Mitra
- Department of Applied Science, University of California , Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Crystal structures of the all-cysteinyl-coordinated D14C variant of Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin: [4Fe–4S] ↔ [3Fe–4S] cluster conversion. J Biol Inorg Chem 2011; 16:763-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-011-0778-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kondo T, Nomata J, Fujita Y, Itoh S. EPR study of 1Asp-3Cys ligated 4Fe-4S iron-sulfur cluster in NB-protein (BchN-BchB) of a dark-operative protochlorophyllide reductase complex. FEBS Lett 2010; 585:214-8. [PMID: 21126521 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 11/23/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Dark-operative protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase, a nitrogenase-like enzyme, contains two [4Fe-4S] clusters, one in the L-protein ((BchL)(2)) and the other in the NB-protein ((BchN-BchB)(2)). The reduced NB-cluster in the NB-protein, which is ligated by 1Asp/3Cys residues, showed a broad S=3/2 electron paramagnetic resonance signal that is rather rare in [4Fe-4S] clusters. A 4Cys-ligated NB-cluster in the mutated variant BchB-D36C protein, in which the Asp36 was replaced by a Cys, gave a rhombic normal S=1/2 signal and lost the catalytic activity. The results suggest that Asp36 contributes to the low redox potential necessary to reduce protochlorophyllide.
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- Toru Kondo
- Division of Material Science (Physics), Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
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Baran P, Boca R, Chakraborty I, Giapintzakis J, Herchel R, Huang Q, McGrady JE, Raptis RG, Sanakis YO, Simopouloso A. Synthesis, characterization, and study of octanuclear iron-oxo clusters containing a redox-active Fe4O4-cubane core. Inorg Chem 2007; 47:645-55. [PMID: 18078337 DOI: 10.1021/ic7020337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A one-pot synthetic procedure yields the octanuclear Fe(III) complexes Fe(8)(micro(4-)O)(4)(micro-pz(*))(12)X(40, where X = Cl and pz(*) = pyrazolate anion (pz = C(3)H(3)N(2)-) (1), 4-Cl-pz (2), and 4-Me-pz (3) or X = Br and pz(*) = pz (4). The crystal structures of complexes 1-4, determined by X-ray diffraction, show an Fe(4)O(4)-cubane core encapsulated in a shell composed of four interwoven Fe(micro-pz(*))(3)X units. Complexes 1-4 have been characterized by 1H NMR, infrared, and Raman spectroscopies. Mössbauer spectroscopic analysis distinguishes the cubane and outer Fe(III) centers by their different isomer shift and quadrupole splitting values. Electrochemical analyses by cyclic voltammetry show four consecutive, closely spaced, reversible reduction processes for each of the four complexes. Magnetic susceptibility studies, corroborated by density functional theory calculations, reveal weak antiferromagnetic coupling among the four cubane Fe centers and strong antiferromagnetic coupling between cubane and outer Fe atoms of 1. The structural similarity between the antiferromagnetic Fe(8)(micro(4-)O)(4) core of 1-4 and the antiferromagnetic units contained in the minerals ferrihydrite and maghemite is demonstrated by X-ray and Mössbauer data.
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- Peter Baran
- Department of Chemistry and the Institute of Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3346, USA
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Bol E, Broers NJ, Hagen WR. A steady-state and pre-steady-state kinetics study of the tungstoenzyme formaldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Pyrococcus furiosus. J Biol Inorg Chem 2007; 13:75-84. [PMID: 17899221 PMCID: PMC2099461 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-007-0301-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Accepted: 09/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Formaldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Pyrococcus furiosus is a homotetrameric protein with one tungstodipterin and one [4Fe–4S] cubane per 69-kDa subunit. The enzyme kinetics have been studied under steady-state conditions at 80 °C and pre-steady state conditions at 50 °C, in the latter case via monitoring of the relatively weak (ε ≈ 2 mM−1 cm−1) optical spectrum of the tungsten cofactor. The steady-state data are consistent with a substrate substituted-enzyme mechanism for three substrates (formaldehyde plus two ferredoxin molecules). The KM value for free formaldehyde (21 μM) with ferredoxin as an electron acceptor is approximately 3 times lower than the value measured when benzyl viologen is used as an acceptor. The KM of ferredoxin (14 μM) is an order of magnitude less than previously reported values. An explanation for this discrepancy may be the fact that high concentrations of substrate are inhibitory and denaturing to the enzyme. Pre-steady-state difference spectra reveal peak shifts and a lack of isosbestic points, an indication that several processes happen in the first seconds of the reaction. Two fast processes (kobs1 = 4.7 s−1, kobs2 = 1.9 s−1) are interpreted as oxidation of the substrate followed by rearrangement of the active site. Alternatively, these processes could be the entry/binding of the substrate followed by its oxidation. The release of the product and the electron shuffling over the tungsten and iron–sulfur center in the absence of an external electron acceptor are slower (kobs3 = 6.10 × 10−2 s−1, kobs4 = 2.18 × 10−2 s−1). On the basis of these results in combination with results from previous electron paramagnetic resonance studies an activation route plus catalytic redox cycle is proposed.
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- Emile Bol
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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Couture MMJ, Martin VJJ, Mohn WW, Eltis LD. Characterization of DitA3, the [Fe3S4] ferredoxin of an aromatic ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase from a diterpenoid-degrading microorganism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2006; 1764:1462-9. [PMID: 16952485 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2006] [Revised: 06/23/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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DitA3, a small soluble ferredoxin, is a component of a ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase involved in the microbial degradation of the diterpenoid, dehydroabietic acid. The anaerobic purification of a heterologously expressed his-tagged DitA3 yielded 20 mg of apparently homogeneous recombinant protein, rcDitA3, per liter of cell culture. Each mole of purified rcDitA3 contained 2.9 equivalents of iron and 4.2 equivalents of sulfur, indicating the presence of a single [Fe(3)S(4)] cluster. This conclusion was corroborated by UV-Visible absorption (epsilon(412)=13.4 mM(-1) cm(-1)) and EPR (g(x,y)=2.00 and g(z)=2.02) spectroscopies. The reduction potential of rcDitA3, determined using a highly oriented parallel graphite (HOPG) electrode, was -177.0+/-0.5 mV vs. the standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) (20 mM MOPS, 80 mM KCl, pH 7.0, 22 degrees C). This potential is similar to those of small, soluble Rieske-type ferredoxin components of aromatic-ring dihydroxylating dioxygenases. In contrast to these Rieske-type ferredoxins, DitA3 appears to exist as a dimer in solution. The dimeric ferredoxin may be more stable or may increase the catalytic efficiency of the dioxygenase by delivering the two reducing equivalents required for turnover of the oxygenase.
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- Manon M-J Couture
- Department of Biochemistry, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4.
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Davis BK. Molecular evolution before the origin of species. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 79:77-133. [PMID: 12225777 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(02)00012-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Amino acids at conserved sites in the residue sequence of 10 ancient proteins, from 844 phylogenetically diverse sources, were used to specify their time of origin in the interval before species divergence from the last common ancestor (LCA). The order of amino acid addition to the genetic code, based on biosynthesis path length and other molecular evidence, provided a reference for evaluating the 'code age' of each residue profile examined. Significantly earlier estimates were obtained for conserved amino acid residues in these proteins than non-conserved residues. Evidence from the primary structure of 'fossil' proteins thus corroborated the biosynthetic order of amino acid addition to the code.Low potential ferredoxin (Fdxn) had the earliest residue profile among the proteins in this study. A phylogenetic tree for 82 prokaryote Fdxn sequences was rooted midway between bacteria and archaea branches. LCA Fdxn had a 23-residue antecedent whose residue profile matched mid-expansion phase codon assignments and included an amide residue. It contained a highly acidic N-terminal region and a non-charged C-terminal region, with all four cysteine residues. This small protein apparently anchored a [4Fe-4S] cluster, ligated by C-terminal cysteines, to a positively charged mineral surface, consistent with mediating e(-) transfer in a primordial surface system before cells appeared. Its negatively charged N-terminal 'attachment site' was highly mutable during evolution of ancestral Fdxn for Bacteria and Archaea, consistent with a loss of function after cell formation. An initial glutamate to lysine substitution may link 'attachment site' removal to early post-expansion phase entry of basic amino acids to the code. As proteins evidently anchored non-charged amide residues initially, surface attachment of cofactors and other functional groups emerges as a general function of pre-cell proteins.A phylogenetic tree of 107 proteolipid (PL) helix-1 sequences from H(+)-ATPase of bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes had its root between prokaryote branches. LCA PL h1 residue profile optimally fit a late expansion phase codon array. Sequence repeats in transmembrane PL helices h1 and h2 indicated formation of the archetypal PL hairpin structure involved successive tandem duplications, initiated within the gene for an 11-residue (or 4-residue) hydrophobic peptide. Ancestral PL h1 lacked acidic residues, in a fundamental departure from the prototype pre-cell protein. By this stage, proteins with a hydrophobic domain had evolved. Its non-polar, late expansion phase residue profile point to ancestral PL being a component of an early permeable cell membrane. Other indicators of cell formation about this stage of code evolution include phospholipid biosynthesis path length, FtsZ residue profile, and late entry of basic amino acids into the genetic code. Estimates based on conserved residues in prokaryote cell septation protein, FtsZ, and proteins involved with synthesis, transcription and replication of DNA revealed FtsZ, ribonucleotide reductase, RNA polymerase core subunits and 5'-->3' flap exonuclease, FEN-1, originated soon after cells putatively evolved. While reverse transcriptase and topoisomerase I, Topo I, appeared late in the pre-divergence era, when the genetic code was essentially complete. The transition from RNA genes to a DNA genome seemingly proceeded via formation of a DNA-RNA heteroduplex. These results suggest formation of DNA awaited evolution of a catalyst with a hydrophobic domain, capable of sequestering radical bearing intermediates in its synthesis from ribonucleotide precursors. Late formation of topology altering protein, Topo I, further suggests consolidation of genes into chromosomes followed synthesis of comparatively thermostable DNA strands.
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- Brian K Davis
- Research Foundation of Southern California, Inc., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Yoon KS, Bobst C, Hemann CF, Hille R, Tabita FR. Spectroscopic and functional properties of novel 2[4Fe-4S] cluster-containing ferredoxins from the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:44027-36. [PMID: 11568186 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107852200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Two distinct ferredoxins, Fd I and Fd II, were isolated and purified to homogeneity from photoautotrophically grown Chlorobium tepidum, a moderately thermophilic green sulfur bacterium that assimilates carbon dioxide by the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle. Both ferredoxins serve a crucial role as electron donors for reductive carboxylation, catalyzed by a key enzyme of this pathway, pyruvate synthase/pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase. The reduction potentials of Fd I and Fd II were determined by cyclic voltammetry to be -514 and -584 mV, respectively, which are more electronegative than any previously studied Fds in which two [4Fe-4S] clusters display a single transition. Further spectroscopic studies indicated that the CD spectrum of oxidized Fd I closely resembled that of Fd II; however, both spectra appeared to be unique relative to ferredoxins studied previously. Double integration of the EPR signal of the two Fds yielded approximately approximately 2.0 spins per molecule, compatible with the idea that C. tepidum Fd I and Fd II accept 2 electrons upon reduction. These results suggest that the C. tepidum Fd I and Fd II polypeptides each contain two bound [4Fe-4S] clusters. C. tepidum Fd I and Fd II are novel 2[4Fe-4S] Fds, which were shown previously to function as biological electron donors or acceptors for C. tepidum pyruvate synthase/pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase (Yoon, K.-S., Hille, R., Hemann, C. F., and Tabita, F. R. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 29772-29778). Kinetic measurements indicated that Fd I had approximately 2.3-fold higher affinity than Fd II. The results of amino acid sequence alignments, molecular modeling, oxidation-reduction potentials, and spectral properties strongly indicate that the C. tepidum Fds are chimeras of both clostridial-type and chromatium-type Fds, suggesting that the two Fds are likely intermediates in the evolutional development of 2[4Fe-4S] clusters compared with the well described clostridial and chromatium types.
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- K S Yoon
- Department of Microbiology, Plant Molecular Biology/Biotechnology Program, Protein Research Group, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1292, USA
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Zhao T, Cruz F, Ferry JG. Iron-sulfur flavoprotein (Isf) from Methanosarcina thermophila is the prototype of a widely distributed family. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:6225-33. [PMID: 11591665 PMCID: PMC100102 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.21.6225-6233.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A total of 35 homologs of the iron-sulfur flavoprotein (Isf) from Methanosarcina thermophila were identified in databases. All three domains were represented, and multiple homologs were present in several species. An unusually compact cysteine motif ligating the 4Fe-4S cluster in Isf is conserved in all of the homologs except two, in which either an aspartate or a histidine has replaced the second cysteine in the motif. A phylogenetic analysis of Isf homologs identified four subgroups, two of which were supported by bootstrap data. Three homologs from metabolically and phylogenetically diverse species in the Bacteria and Archaea domains (Af3 from Archaeoglobus fulgidus, Cd1 from Clostridium difficile, and Mj2 from Methanococcus jannaschii) were overproduced in Escherichia coli. Each homolog purified as a homodimer, and the UV-visible absorption spectra were nearly identical to that of Isf. After reconstitution with iron, sulfide, and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) the homologs contained six to eight nonheme iron atoms and 1.6 to 1.7 FMN molecules per dimer, suggesting that two 4Fe-4S or 3Fe-4S clusters and two FMN cofactors were bound to each dimer, which is consistent with Isf data. Homologs Af3 and Mj2 were reduced by CO in reactions catalyzed by cell extract of acetate-grown M. thermophila, but Cd1 was not. Homologs Af3 and Mj2 were reduced by CO in reactions catalyzed by A. fulgidus and M. jannaschii cell extracts. Cell extract of Clostridium thermoaceticum catalyzed CO reduction of Cd1. Our database sequence analyses and biochemical characterizations indicate that Isf is the prototype of a family of iron-sulfur flavoproteins that occur in members of all three domains.
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- T Zhao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-4500, USA
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Johnson KA, Brereton PS, Verhagen MF, Calzolai L, La Mar GN, Adams MW, Amster IJ. A gallium-substituted cubane-type cluster in Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:7935-6. [PMID: 11493079 DOI: 10.1021/ja0160795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- K A Johnson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- C Kim
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- T Iwasaki
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
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Jung YS, Bonagura CA, Tilley GJ, Gao-Sheridan HS, Armstrong FA, Stout CD, Burgess BK. Structure of C42D Azotobacter vinelandii FdI. A Cys-X-X-Asp-X-X-Cys motif ligates an air-stable [4Fe-4S]2+/+ cluster. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:36974-83. [PMID: 10961993 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004947200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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All naturally occurring ferredoxins that have Cys-X-X-Asp-X-X-Cys motifs contain [4Fe-4S](2+/+) clusters that can be easily and reversibly converted to [3Fe-4S](+/0) clusters. In contrast, ferredoxins with unmodified Cys-X-X-Cys-X-X-Cys motifs assemble [4Fe-4S](2+/+) clusters that cannot be easily interconverted with [3Fe-4S](+/0) clusters. In this study we changed the central cysteine of the Cys(39)-X-X-Cys(42)-X-X-Cys(45) of Azotobacter vinelandii FdI, which coordinates its [4Fe-4S](2+/+) cluster, into an aspartate. UV-visible, EPR, and CD spectroscopies, metal analysis, and x-ray crystallography show that, like native FdI, aerobically purified C42D FdI is a seven-iron protein retaining its [4Fe-4S](2+/+) cluster with monodentate aspartate ligation to one iron. Unlike known clusters of this type the reduced [4Fe-4S](+) cluster of C42D FdI exhibits only an S = 1/2 EPR with no higher spin signals detected. The cluster shows only a minor change in reduction potential relative to the native protein. All attempts to convert the cluster to a 3Fe cluster using conventional methods of oxygen or ferricyanide oxidation or thiol exchange were not successful. The cluster conversion was ultimately accomplished using a new electrochemical method. Hydrophobic and electrostatic interaction and the lack of Gly residues adjacent to the Asp ligand explain the remarkable stability of this cluster.
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- Y S Jung
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Leartsakulpanich U, Antonkine ML, Ferry JG. Site-specific mutational analysis of a novel cysteine motif proposed to ligate the 4Fe-4S cluster in the iron-sulfur flavoprotein of the thermophilic methanoarchaeon Methanosarcina thermophila. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:5309-16. [PMID: 10986231 PMCID: PMC110971 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.19.5309-5316.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Isf (iron-sulfur flavoprotein) from Methanosarcina thermophila has been produced in Escherichia coli as a dimer containing two 4Fe-4S clusters and two FMN (flavin mononucleotide) cofactors. The deduced sequence of Isf contains six cysteines (Cys 16, Cys 47, Cys 50, Cys 53, Cys 59, and Cys 180), four of which (Cys 47, Cys 50, Cys 53, and Cys 59) comprise a motif with high identity to a motif (CX(2)CX(2)CX(4-7)C) present in all homologous Isf sequences available in the databases. The spacing of the motif is highly compact and atypical of motifs coordinating known 4Fe-4S clusters; therefore, all six cysteines in Isf from M. thermophila were altered to either alanine or serine to obtain corroborating biochemical evidence that the motif coordinates the 4Fe-4S cluster and to further characterize properties of the cluster dependent on ligation. All except the C16S variant were produced in inclusion bodies and were void of iron-sulfur clusters and FMN. Reconstitution of the iron-sulfur cluster and FMN was attempted for each variant. The UV-visible spectra of all reconstituted variants indicated the presence of iron-sulfur clusters and FMN. The reduced C16A/S variants showed the same electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra as wild-type Isf, whereas the reduced C180A/S variants showed EPR spectra identical to those of one of the two 4Fe-4S species present in the wild-type Isf spectrum. Conversely, EPR spectra of the oxidized C50A and C59A variants showed g values characteristic of a 3Fe-4S cluster. The spectra of the C47A and C53A variants indicated a 4Fe-4S cluster with g values and linewidths different from those for the wild type. The combined results of this study support a role for the novel CX(2)CX(2)CX(4-7)C motif in ligating the 4Fe-4S clusters in Isf and Isf homologues.
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- U Leartsakulpanich
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-4500, USA
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Saito A, Iwabuchi T, Harayama S. A novel phenanthrene dioxygenase from Nocardioides sp. Strain KP7: expression in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:2134-41. [PMID: 10735855 PMCID: PMC111261 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.8.2134-2141.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/1999] [Accepted: 01/18/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nocardioides sp. strain KP7 grows on phenanthrene but not on naphthalene. This organism degrades phenanthrene via 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate, o-phthalate, and protocatechuate. The genes responsible for the degradation of phenanthrene to o-phthalate (phd) were found by Southern hybridization to reside on the chromosome. A 10.6-kb DNA fragment containing eight phd genes was cloned and sequenced. The phdA, phdB, phdC, and phdD genes, which encode the alpha and beta subunits of the oxygenase component, a ferredoxin, and a ferredoxin reductase, respectively, of phenanthrene dioxygenase were identified. The gene cluster, phdAB, was located 8. 3 kb downstream of the previously characterized phdK gene, which encodes 2-carboxybenzaldehyde dehydrogenase. The phdCD gene cluster was located 2.9 kb downstream of the phdB gene. PhdA and PhdB exhibited moderate (less than 60%) sequence identity to the alpha and beta subunits of other ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases. The PhdC sequence showed features of a [3Fe-4S] or [4Fe-4S] type of ferredoxin, not of the [2Fe-2S] type of ferredoxin that has been found in most of the reported ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases. PhdD also showed moderate (less than 40%) sequence identity to known reductases. The phdABCD genes were expressed poorly in Escherichia coli, even when placed under the control of strong promoters. The introduction of a Shine-Dalgarno sequence upstream of each initiation codon of the phdABCD genes improved their expression in E. coli. E. coli cells carrying phdBCD or phdACD exhibited no phenanthrene-degrading activity, and those carrying phdABD or phdABC exhibited phenanthrene-degrading activity which was significantly less than that in cells carrying the phdABCD genes. It was thus concluded that all of the phdABCD genes are necessary for the efficient expression of phenanthrene-degrading activity. The genetic organization of the phd genes, the phylogenetically diverged positions of these genes, and an unusual type of ferredoxin component suggest phenanthrene dioxygenase in Nocardioides sp. strain KP7 to be a new class of aromatic ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases.
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- A Saito
- Marine Biotechnology Institute, Kamaishi Laboratories, Kamaishi, Iwate 026-0001, Japan
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Duderstadt RE, Brereton PS, Adams MW, Johnson MK. A pure S = 3/2 [Fe4S4]+ cluster in the A33Y variant of Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin. FEBS Lett 1999; 454:21-6. [PMID: 10413088 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00766-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The properties of the [4Fe-4S]2+/+ cluster in wild-type and the A33Y variant of Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin have been investigated by the combination of EPR, variable-temperature magnetic circular dichroism (VTMCD) and resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopies. The A33Y variant involves the replacement of an alanine whose alpha-C is less than 4 A from one of the cluster iron atoms by a tyrosine residue. Although the spectroscopic results give no indication of tyrosyl cluster ligation, the presence of a tyrosine residue in close proximity to the cluster results in a 38-mV decrease in the midpoint potential of the [4Fe-4S]2+/+ couple and has a marked effect on the ground state properties of the reduced cluster. The mixed spin [4Fe-4S]+ cluster in the wild-type protein, 80% S = 3/2 (E/D = 0.22, D = +3.3 cm(-1)) and 20% S = 1/2 (g = 2.10, 1.87, 1.80), is converted into a homogeneous S = 3/2 (E/D = 0.30, D = -0.7 cm(-1)) form in the A33Y variant. As the first example of a pure S = 3/2 [4Fe-4S]+ cluster in a ferredoxin, this variant affords the opportunity for detailed characterization of the excited electronic properties via VTMCD studies and demonstrates that the protein environment can play a crucial role in determining the ground state properties of [4Fe-4S]+ clusters.
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- R E Duderstadt
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA
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Martin VJ, Mohn WW. A novel aromatic-ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase from the diterpenoid-degrading bacterium Pseudomonas abietaniphila BKME-9. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:2675-82. [PMID: 10217753 PMCID: PMC93704 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2675-2682.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas abietaniphila BKME-9 is able to degrade dehydroabietic acid (DhA) via ring hydroxylation by a novel dioxygenase. The ditA1, ditA2, and ditA3 genes, which encode the alpha and beta subunits of the oxygenase and the ferredoxin of the diterpenoid dioxygenase, respectively, were isolated and sequenced. The ferredoxin gene is 9. 2 kb upstream of the oxygenase genes and 872 bp upstream of a putative meta ring cleavage dioxygenase gene, ditC. A Tn5 insertion in the alpha subunit gene, ditA1, resulted in the accumulation by the mutant strain BKME-941 of the pathway intermediate, 7-oxoDhA. Disruption of the ferredoxin gene, ditA3, in wild-type BKME-9 by mutant-allele exchange resulted in a strain (BKME-91) with a phenotype identical to that of the mutant strain BKME-941. Sequence analysis of the putative ferredoxin indicated that it is likely to be a [4Fe-4S]- or [3Fe-4S]-type ferredoxin and not a [2Fe-2S]-type ferredoxin, as found in all previously described ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases. Expression in Escherichia coli of ditA1A2A3, encoding the diterpenoid dioxygenase without its putative reductase component, resulted in a functional enzyme. The diterpenoid dioxygenase attacks 7-oxoDhA, and not DhA, at C-11 and C-12, producing 7-oxo-11, 12-dihydroxy-8,13-abietadien acid, which was identified by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance, UV-visible light, and high-resolution mass spectrometry. The organization of the genes encoding the various components of the diterpenoid dioxygenase, the phylogenetic distinctiveness of both the alpha subunit and the ferredoxin component, and the unusual Fe-S cluster of the ferredoxin all suggest that this enzyme belongs to a new class of aromatic ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases.
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- V J Martin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Pulp and Paper Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Hagedoorn PL, Driessen MC, van den Bosch M, Landa I, Hagen WR. Hyperthermophilic redox chemistry: a re-evaluation. FEBS Lett 1998; 440:311-4. [PMID: 9872393 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01466-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The redox chemistry of Pyrococcus furiosus rubredoxin and ferredoxin has been studied as a function of temperature in direct voltammetry and in EPR monitored bulk titrations. The Ems of both proteins, measured with direct voltammetry, have a normal (linear) temperature dependence and show no pH dependence. EPR monitoring is not a reliable method to determine the temperature dependence of the Em: upon rapid freezing the proteins take their conformation corresponding to the freezing point of the solution.
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- P L Hagedoorn
- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Netherlands.
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Fawcett SE, Davis D, Breton JL, Thomson AJ, Armstrong FA. Voltammetric studies of the reactions of iron-sulphur clusters ([3Fe-4S] or [M3Fe-4S]) formed in Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin. Biochem J 1998; 335 ( Pt 2):357-68. [PMID: 9761735 PMCID: PMC1219790 DOI: 10.1042/bj3350357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Reactions of the [3Fe-4S] cluster and various metallated [M3Fe-4S] adducts co-ordinated in the ferredoxin from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus have been studied by protein-film voltammetry, bulk-solution voltammetry, solution kinetics and magnetic CD (MCD). The [3Fe-4S] cluster exhibits two couples, [3Fe-4S]+/0 and [3Fe-4S]0/2-. Film voltammetry is possible over a wide pH range (2-8), revealing that the [3Fe-4S]+/0 couple shows a complex pH dependence with pKred1=2.8, pKox=4.9 and pKred2=6.7. From MCD, pKred1 corresponds with protonation of [3Fe-4S]0 to give a spectroscopically distinct species, as reported for ferredoxins from Azotobacter and Sulfolobus. The status of the disulphide/disulphydryl entity makes no significant difference to the data (given for the -S-S- form). Formation of the hyper-reduced [3Fe-4S]2- state is observed, requiring 3H+ for the overall 3e- reduction of [3Fe-4S]+, the change therefore being electroneutral. By comparison with the ferredoxin from Desulfovibrio africanus, uptake of Fe(II) and other M(II) by [3Fe-4S]0 to give [M3Fe-4S] clusters is slow (t1/2>10 min at room temperature, slower still if the protein is adsorbed on the electrode), whereas reaction with Tl(I) to produce [Tl3Fe-4S] is very rapid (t1/2<<1 s), suggesting that co-ordination of Tl does not require reorganization of the protein structure. Rates of formation of [3Fe-4S] from [M3Fe-4S] adducts increase sharply at high potentials, showing that metal release involves a labile 'super-oxidized' [M3Fe-4S]3+ state.
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- S E Fawcett
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK
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Several major advances in our understanding of the structure, function and properties of biological iron-sulfur clusters have occurred in the past year. These include a new structural type of cluster in the inappropriately named prismane protein, the establishment of redox-mediated [Fe2S2]2+ <--> [Fe4S4]2+ cluster conversions, and the characterization of valence-delocalized [Fe2S2]+ and all ferrous clusters with [Fe2S2]0, [Fe3S4]2- and [Fe4S4]0 cores. The emergence of novel types of redox, regulatory and enzymatic roles have also raised the possibility of iron-sulfur clusters mediating two electron redox processes, coupling proton and electron transfer, and catalyzing disulfide reduction and reductive cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine via sulfur-based cluster chemistry.
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- M K Johnson
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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