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Eme L, Tamarit D, Caceres EF, Stairs CW, De Anda V, Schön ME, Seitz KW, Dombrowski N, Lewis WH, Homa F, Saw JH, Lombard J, Nunoura T, Li WJ, Hua ZS, Chen LX, Banfield JF, John ES, Reysenbach AL, Stott MB, Schramm A, Kjeldsen KU, Teske AP, Baker BJ, Ettema TJG. Inference and reconstruction of the heimdallarchaeial ancestry of eukaryotes. Nature 2023; 618:992-999. [PMID: 37316666 PMCID: PMC10307638 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06186-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
In the ongoing debates about eukaryogenesis-the series of evolutionary events leading to the emergence of the eukaryotic cell from prokaryotic ancestors-members of the Asgard archaea play a key part as the closest archaeal relatives of eukaryotes1. However, the nature and phylogenetic identity of the last common ancestor of Asgard archaea and eukaryotes remain unresolved2-4. Here we analyse distinct phylogenetic marker datasets of an expanded genomic sampling of Asgard archaea and evaluate competing evolutionary scenarios using state-of-the-art phylogenomic approaches. We find that eukaryotes are placed, with high confidence, as a well-nested clade within Asgard archaea and as a sister lineage to Hodarchaeales, a newly proposed order within Heimdallarchaeia. Using sophisticated gene tree and species tree reconciliation approaches, we show that analogous to the evolution of eukaryotic genomes, genome evolution in Asgard archaea involved significantly more gene duplication and fewer gene loss events compared with other archaea. Finally, we infer that the last common ancestor of Asgard archaea was probably a thermophilic chemolithotroph and that the lineage from which eukaryotes evolved adapted to mesophilic conditions and acquired the genetic potential to support a heterotrophic lifestyle. Our work provides key insights into the prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition and a platform for better understanding the emergence of cellular complexity in eukaryotic cells.
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- Laura Eme
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Laboratoire Écologie, Systématique, Évolution, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
- Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Marine Science, Marine Science Institute, University of Texas Austin, Port Aransas, TX, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Marine Science, Marine Science Institute, University of Texas Austin, Port Aransas, TX, USA
- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Marine Science, Marine Science Institute, University of Texas Austin, Port Aransas, TX, USA
- Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, AB Den Burg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience (CeBN), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, PR China
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Section for Microbiology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Section for Microbiology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Marine Science Institute, University of Texas Austin, Port Aransas, TX, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Osei MK, Mirzaei S, Bogetti X, Castro E, Rahman MA, Saxena S, Hernández Sánchez R. Synthesis of Square Planar Cu
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Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202209529. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Manasseh Kusi Osei
- Department of Chemistry Rice University 6100 Main St. Houston TX 77005 USA
- Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh 219 Parkman Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh 219 Parkman Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh 219 Parkman Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh 219 Parkman Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh 219 Parkman Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh 219 Parkman Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Rice University 6100 Main St. Houston TX 77005 USA
- Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh 219 Parkman Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA
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Osei MK, Mirzaei S, Bogetti X, Castro E, Rahman MA, Saxena S, Hernandez Sanchez R. Synthesis of Square Planar Cu4 Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202209529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Manasseh Kusi Osei
- University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry 219 Parkman Ave 15260 Pittsburgh UNITED STATES
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- University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry 219 Parkman Avenue 15260 Pittsburgh UNITED STATES
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- University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry 219 Parkman Ave 15260 Pittsburgh UNITED STATES
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- University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry 219 Parkman Ave 15260 Pittsburgh UNITED STATES
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- University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry 219 Parkman Ave 15260 Pittsburgh UNITED STATES
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- University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry 219 Parkman Ave 15260 Pittsburgh UNITED STATES
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- Rice University Wiess School of Natural Sciences Chemistry 6100 Main St. 77005 Houston UNITED STATES
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Guo J, Fisher OS. Orchestrating copper binding: structure and variations on the cupredoxin fold. J Biol Inorg Chem 2022; 27:529-540. [PMID: 35994119 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-022-01955-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
A large number of copper binding proteins coordinate metal ions using a shared three-dimensional fold called the cupredoxin domain. This domain was originally identified in Type 1 "blue copper" centers but has since proven to be a common domain architecture within an increasingly large and diverse group of copper binding domains. The cupredoxin fold has a number of qualities that make it ideal for coordinating Cu ions for purposes including electron transfer, enzyme catalysis, assembly of other copper sites, and copper sequestration. The structural core does not undergo major conformational changes upon metal binding, but variations within the coordination environment of the metal site confer a range of Cu-binding affinities, reduction potentials, and spectroscopic properties. Here, we discuss these proteins from a structural perspective, examining how variations within the overall cupredoxin fold and metal binding sites are linked to distinct spectroscopic properties and biological functions. Expanding far beyond the blue copper proteins, cupredoxin domains are used by a growing number of proteins and enzymes as a means of binding copper ions, with many more likely remaining to be identified.
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- Jing Guo
- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
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Bogetti X, Hasanbasri Z, Hunter HR, Saxena S. An optimal acquisition scheme for Q-band EPR distance measurements using Cu 2+-based protein labels. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:14727-14739. [PMID: 35574729 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01032a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Recent advances in site-directed Cu2+ labeling of proteins and nucleic acids have added an attractive new methodology to measure the structure-function relationship in biomolecules. Despite the promise, accessing the higher sensitivity of Q-band Double Electron Electron Resonance (DEER) has been challenging for Cu2+ labels designed for proteins. Q-band DEER experiments on this label typically require many measurements at different magnetic fields, since the pulses can excite only a few orientations at a given magnetic field. Herein, we analyze such orientational effects through simulations and show that three DEER measurements, at strategically selected magnetic fields, are generally sufficient to acquire an orientational-averaged DEER time trace for this spin label at Q-band. The modeling results are experimentally verified on Cu2+ labeled human glutathione S-transferase (hGSTA1-1). The DEER distance distribution measured at the Q-band shows good agreement with the distance distribution sampled by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and X-band experiments. The concordance of MD sampled distances and experimentally measured distances adds growing evidence that MD simulations can accurately predict distances for the Cu2+ labels, which remains a key bottleneck for the commonly used nitroxide label. In all, this minimal collection scheme reduces data collection time by as much as six-fold and is generally applicable to many octahedrally coordinated Cu2+ systems. Furthermore, the concepts presented here may be applied to other metals and pulsed EPR experiments.
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- Xiaowei Bogetti
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Ishida K, Tsukamoto Y, Horitani M, Ogawa T, Tanaka Y. Biochemical properties of CumA multicopper oxidase from plant pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2021; 85:1995-2002. [PMID: 34244699 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbab123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Multicopper oxidases have a wide range of substrate specificity to be involved in various physiological reactions. Pseudomonas syringae, a plant pathogenic bacterium, has a multicopper oxidase, CumA. Multicopper oxidases have ability to degrade plant cell wall component, lignin. Once P. syringae enter apoplast and colonize, they start to disrupt plant immunity. Therefore, deeper understanding of multicopper oxidases from plant pathogens, help to invent measures to prevent invasion into plant cell, which bring agricultural benefits. Several biochemical studies have reported lower activity of CumA compared with other multicopper oxidase called CotA. However, the mechanisms underlying the difference in activity have not yet been revealed. In order to acquire insight into them, we conducted a biophysical characterization of PsCumA. Our results show that PsCumA has weak type I copper EPR signal, which is essential for oxidation activity. We propose that difference in the coordination of copper ions may decrease reaction frequency.
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- Konan Ishida
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QE, UK
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- Department of Earth Science, Graduate school of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan.,Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277-8564, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, Saga University, Honjo-machi, 840-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.,Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277-8564, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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Zeiner CA, Purvine SO, Zink E, Wu S, Paša-Tolić L, Chaput DL, Santelli CM, Hansel CM. Mechanisms of Manganese(II) Oxidation by Filamentous Ascomycete Fungi Vary With Species and Time as a Function of Secretome Composition. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:610497. [PMID: 33643238 PMCID: PMC7902709 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.610497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Manganese (Mn) oxides are among the strongest oxidants and sorbents in the environment, and Mn(II) oxidation to Mn(III/IV) (hydr)oxides includes both abiotic and microbially-mediated processes. While white-rot Basidiomycete fungi oxidize Mn(II) using laccases and manganese peroxidases in association with lignocellulose degradation, the mechanisms by which filamentous Ascomycete fungi oxidize Mn(II) and a physiological role for Mn(II) oxidation in these organisms remain poorly understood. Here we use a combination of chemical and in-gel assays and bulk mass spectrometry to demonstrate secretome-based Mn(II) oxidation in three phylogenetically diverse Ascomycetes that is mechanistically distinct from hyphal-associated Mn(II) oxidation on solid substrates. We show that Mn(II) oxidative capacity of these fungi is dictated by species-specific secreted enzymes and varies with secretome age, and we reveal the presence of both Cu-based and FAD-based Mn(II) oxidation mechanisms in all 3 species, demonstrating mechanistic redundancy. Specifically, we identify candidate Mn(II)-oxidizing enzymes as tyrosinase and glyoxal oxidase in Stagonospora sp. SRC1lsM3a, bilirubin oxidase in Stagonospora sp. and Paraconiothyrium sporulosum AP3s5-JAC2a, and GMC oxidoreductase in all 3 species, including Pyrenochaeta sp. DS3sAY3a. The diversity of the candidate Mn(II)-oxidizing enzymes identified in this study suggests that the ability of fungal secretomes to oxidize Mn(II) may be more widespread than previously thought.
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- Carolyn A Zeiner
- Department of Biology, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
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- Biological Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
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- Biosciences, Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
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Zhang L, Bill E, Kroneck PMH, Einsle O. Histidine-Gated Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer to the CuA Site of Nitrous Oxide Reductase. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 143:830-838. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c10057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Lin Zhang
- Institut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Koebke KJ, Alfaro VS, Pinter TBJ, Deb A, Lehnert N, Tard C, Penner-Hahn JE, Pecoraro VL. Traversing the Red-Green-Blue Color Spectrum in Rationally Designed Cupredoxins. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:15282-15294. [PMID: 32786767 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Blue copper proteins have a constrained Cu(II) geometry that has proven difficult to recapitulate outside native cupredoxin folds. Previous work has successfully designed green copper proteins which could be tuned blue using exogenous ligands, but the question of how one can create a self-contained blue copper site within a de novo scaffold, especially one removed from a cupredoxin fold, remained. We have recently reported a red copper protein site within a three helical bundle scaffold which we later revisited and determined to be a nitrosocyanin mimic, with a CuHis2CysGlu binding site. We now report efforts to rationally design this construct toward either green or blue copper chromophores using mutation strategies that have proven successful in native cupredoxins. By rotating the metal binding site, we created a de novo green copper protein. This in turn was converted to a blue copper protein by removing an axial methionine. Following this rational sequence, we have successfully created red, green, and blue copper proteins within an alpha helical fold, enabling comparisons for the first time of their structure and function disconnected from the overall cupredoxin fold.
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- Karl J Koebke
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- LCM, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, IP Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Abstract
Copper is a redox-active transition metal ion required for the function of many essential human proteins. For biosynthesis of proteins coordinating copper, the metal may bind before, during or after folding of the polypeptide. If the metal binds to unfolded or partially folded structures of the protein, such coordination may modulate the folding reaction. The molecular understanding of how copper is incorporated into proteins requires descriptions of chemical, thermodynamic, kinetic and structural parameters involved in the formation of protein-metal complexes. Because free copper ions are toxic, living systems have elaborate copper-transport systems that include particular proteins that facilitate efficient and specific delivery of copper ions to target proteins. Therefore, these pathways become an integral part of copper protein folding in vivo. This review summarizes biophysical-molecular in vitro work assessing the role of copper in folding and stability of copper-binding proteins as well as protein-protein copper exchange reactions between human copper transport proteins. We also describe some recent findings about the participation of copper ions and copper proteins in protein misfolding and aggregation reactions in vitro.
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Bennett SP, Soriano-Laguna MJ, Bradley JM, Svistunenko DA, Richardson DJ, Gates AJ, Le Brun NE. NosL is a dedicated copper chaperone for assembly of the Cu Z center of nitrous oxide reductase. Chem Sci 2019; 10:4985-4993. [PMID: 31183047 PMCID: PMC6530538 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc01053j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nitrous oxide reductase (N2OR) is the terminal enzyme of the denitrification pathway of soil bacteria that reduces the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) to dinitrogen. In addition to a binuclear CuA site that functions in electron transfer, the active site of N2OR features a unique tetranuclear copper cluster bridged by inorganic sulfide, termed CuZ. In copper-limited environments, N2OR fails to function, resulting in truncation of denitrification and rising levels of N2O released by cells to the atmosphere, presenting a major environmental challenge. Here we report studies of nosL from Paracoccus denitrificans, which is part of the nos gene cluster, and encodes a putative copper binding protein. A Paracoccus denitrificans ΔnosL mutant strain had no denitrification phenotype under copper-sufficient conditions but failed to reduce N2O under copper-limited conditions. N2OR isolated from ΔnosL cells was found to be deficient in copper and to exhibit attenuated activity. UV-visible absorbance spectroscopy revealed that bands due to the CuA center were unaffected, while those corresponding to the CuZ center were significantly reduced in intensity. In vitro studies of a soluble form of NosL without its predicted membrane anchor showed that it binds one Cu(i) ion per protein with attomolar affinity, but does not bind Cu(ii). Together, the data demonstrate that NosL is a copper-binding protein specifically required for assembly of the CuZ center of N2OR, and thus represents the first characterised assembly factor for the CuZ active site of this key environmental enzyme, which is globally responsible for the destruction of a potent greenhouse gas.
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- Sophie P Bennett
- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry , School of Chemistry , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK .
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry , School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK .
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry , School of Chemistry , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK .
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- School of Biological Sciences , University of Essex , Wivenhoe Park , Colchester CO4 3SQ , UK
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry , School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK .
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry , School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK .
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry , School of Chemistry , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK .
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Ross MO, Fisher OS, Morgada MN, Krzyaniak MD, Wasielewski MR, Vila AJ, Hoffman BM, Rosenzweig AC. Formation and Electronic Structure of an Atypical Cu A Site. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:4678-4686. [PMID: 30807125 PMCID: PMC6953997 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PmoD, a recently discovered protein from methane-oxidizing bacteria, forms a homodimer with a dicopper CuA center at the dimer interface. Although the optical and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic signatures of the PmoD CuA bear similarities to those of canonical CuA sites, there are also some puzzling differences. Here we have characterized the rapid formation (seconds) and slow decay (hours) of this homodimeric CuA site to two mononuclear Cu2+ sites, as well as its electronic and geometric structure, using stopped-flow optical and advanced paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies. PmoD CuA formation occurs rapidly and involves a short-lived intermediate with a λmax of 360 nm. Unlike other CuA sites, the PmoD CuA is unstable, decaying to two type 2 Cu2+ centers. Surprisingly, NMR data indicate that the PmoD CuA has a pure σu* ground state rather than the typical equilibrium between σu* and πu of all other CuA proteins. EPR, ENDOR, ESEEM, and HYSCORE data indicate the presence of two histidine and two cysteine ligands coordinating the CuA core in a highly symmetrical fashion. This report significantly expands the diversity and understanding of known CuA sites.
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- Matthew O. Ross
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR, CONICET-UNR), Ocampo y Esmeralda, S2002LRK Rosario, Argentina
- Área Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002LRK Rosario, Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR, CONICET-UNR), Ocampo y Esmeralda, S2002LRK Rosario, Argentina
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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Muthuraman G, Ramu AG, Cho YH, McAdam EJ, Moon IS. Electrochemically generated bimetallic reductive mediator Cu 1+[Ni 2+(CN) 4] 1- for the degradation of CF 4 to ethanol by electro-scrubbing. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2018; 36:1043-1048. [PMID: 30303040 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x18804642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Remediation of electronic gas CF4 using commercially available technologies results in another kind of greenhouse gas and corrosive side products. This investigation aimed to develop CF4 removal at room temperature with formation of useful product by attempting an electrogenerated Cu1+[Ni2+(CN)4]1- mediator. The initial electrolysis of the bimetallic complex at the anodized Ti cathode demonstrated Cu1+[Ni2+(CN)4]1- formation, which was confirmed by additional electron spin resonance results. The degradation of CF4 followed mediated electrochemical reduction by electrogenerated Cu1+[Ni2+(CN)4]1-. The removal efficiency of CF4 of 95% was achieved by this electroscrubbing process at room temperature. The spectral results of online and offline Fourier transform infrared analyzer, either in gas or in solution phase, demonstrated that the product formed during the removal of CF4 by electrogenerated Cu1+[Ni2+(CN)4]1- by electroscrubbing was ethanol (CH3CH2OH), with a small amount of trifluoroethane (CF3CH3) intermediate.
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- G Muthuraman
- 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Republic of Korea
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- 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Republic of Korea
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- 2 Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- 3 Cranfield Water Science Institute, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
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- 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Republic of Korea
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Koebke KJ, Ruckthong L, Meagher JL, Mathieu E, Harland J, Deb A, Lehnert N, Policar C, Tard C, Penner-Hahn JE, Stuckey JA, Pecoraro VL. Clarifying the Copper Coordination Environment in a de Novo Designed Red Copper Protein. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:12291-12302. [PMID: 30226758 PMCID: PMC6183058 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cupredoxins are copper-dependent electron-transfer proteins that can be categorized as blue, purple, green, and red depending on the spectroscopic properties of the Cu(II) bound forms. Interestingly, despite significantly different first coordination spheres and nuclearity, all cupredoxins share a common Greek Key β-sheet fold. We have previously reported the design of a red copper protein within a completely distinct three-helical bundle protein, α3DChC2. (1) While this design demonstrated that a β-barrel fold was not requisite to recapitulate the properties of a native cupredoxin center, the parent peptide α3D was not sufficiently stable to allow further study through additional mutations. Here we present the design of an elongated protein GRANDα3D (GRα3D) with Δ Gu = -11.4 kcal/mol compared to the original design's -5.1 kcal/mol. Diffraction quality crystals were grown of GRα3D (a first for an α3D peptide) and solved to a resolution of 1.34 Å. Examination of this structure suggested that Glu41 might interact with the Cu in our previously reported red copper protein. The previous bis(histidine)(cysteine) site (GRα3DChC2) was designed into this new scaffold and a series of variant constructs were made to explore this hypothesis. Mutation studies around Glu41 not only prove the proposed interaction, but also enabled tuning of the constructs' hyperfine coupling constant from 160 to 127 × 10-4 cm-1. X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis is consistent with these hyperfine coupling differences being the result of variant 4p mixing related to coordination geometry changes. These studies not only prove that an Glu41-Cu interaction leads to the α3DChC2 construct's red copper protein like spectral properties, but also exemplify the exact control one can have in a de novo construct to tune the properties of an electron-transfer Cu site.
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- Karl J. Koebke
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- LCM, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Muthuraman G, Ramu A, Cho Y, McAdam E, Moon I. Sustainable degradation of carbon tetrafluoride to non-corrosive useful products by incorporating reduced electron mediator within electro-scrubbing. J IND ENG CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2018.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kroneck PMH. Walking the seven lines: binuclear copper A in cytochrome c oxidase and nitrous oxide reductase. J Biol Inorg Chem 2017; 23:27-39. [PMID: 29218634 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-017-1510-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The enzymes nitrous oxide reductase (N2OR) and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) are constituents of important biological processes. N2OR is the terminal reductase in a respiratory chain converting N2O to N2 in denitrifying bacteria; COX is the terminal oxidase of the aerobic respiratory chain of certain bacteria and eukaryotic organisms transforming O2 to H2O accompanied by proton pumping. Different spectroscopies including magnetic resonance techniques, were applied to show that N2OR has a mixed-valent Cys-bridged [Cu1.5+(CyS)2Cu1.5+] copper site, and that such a binuclear center, called CuA, does also exist in COX. A sequence motif shared between the CuA center of N2OR and the subunit II of COX raises the issue of a putative evolutionary relationship of the two enzymes. The suggestion of a binuclear CuA in COX, with one unpaired electron delocalized between two equivalent Cu nuclei, was difficult to accept originally, even though regarded as a clever solution to many experimental observations. This minireview in honor of Helmut Sigel traces several of the critical steps forward in understanding the nature of CuA in N2OR and COX, and discusses its unique electronic features to some extent including the contributions made by the development of methodology and the discovery of a novel multi-copper enzyme. Left: X-band (9.130 GHz) and C-band (4.530 GHz, 1st harmonic display of experimental spectrum) EPR spectra of bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase, recorded at 20K. Right: Ribbon presentation of the CuA domain in cytochrome c oxidase and nitrous oxide reductase.
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- Peter M H Kroneck
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
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Kremennaya MA, Soldatov MA, Budnyk AP, Lastovina TA, Soldatov AV. Theoretical and experimental study of mononuclear Cu(II) acetate-bipyridine complex. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476616070076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Chakraborty S, Polen MJ, Chacón KN, Wilson TD, Yu Y, Reed J, Nilges MJ, Blackburn NJ, Lu Y. Binuclear Cu(A) Formation in Biosynthetic Models of Cu(A) in Azurin Proceeds via a Novel Cu(Cys)2His Mononuclear Copper Intermediate. Biochemistry 2016; 54:6071-81. [PMID: 26352296 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cu(A) is a binuclear electron transfer (ET) center found in cytochrome c oxidases (CcOs), nitrous oxide reductases (N₂ORs), and nitric oxide reductase (NOR). In these proteins, the Cu(A) centers facilitate efficient ET (kET > 10⁴s⁻¹) under low thermodynamic driving forces (10-90 mV). While the structure and functional properties of Cu(A) are well understood, a detailed mechanism of the incorporation of copper into the protein and the identity of the intermediates formed during the Cu(A) maturation process are still lacking. Previous studies of the Cu(A) assembly mechanism in vitro using a biosynthetic model Cu(A) center in azurin (Cu(A)Az) identified a novel intermediate X (Ix) during reconstitution of the binuclear site. However, because of the instability of Ix and the coexistence of other Cu centers, such as Cu(A)' and type 1 copper centers, the identity of this intermediate could not be established. Here, we report the mechanism of Cu(A) assembly using variants of Glu114XCuAAz (X = Gly, Ala, Leu, or Gln), the backbone carbonyl of which acts as a ligand to the Cu(A) site, with a major focus on characterization of the novel intermediate Ix. We show that Cu(A) assembly in these variants proceeds through several types of Cu centers, such as mononuclear red type 2 Cu, the novel intermediate Ix, and blue type 1 Cu. Our results show that the backbone flexibility of the Glu114 residue is an important factor in determining the rates of T2Cu → Ix formation, suggesting that Cu(A) formation is facilitated by swinging of the ligand loop, which internalizes the T2Cu capture complex to the protein interior. The kinetic data further suggest that the nature of the Glu114 side chain influences the time scales on which these intermediates are formed, the wavelengths of the absorption peaks, and how cleanly one intermediate is converted to another. Through careful understanding of these mechanisms and optimization of the conditions, we have obtained Ix in ∼80-85% population in these variants, which allowed us to employ ultraviolet-visible, electron paramagnetic resonance, and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopic techniques to identify the Ix as a mononuclear Cu(Cys)(2)(His) complex. Because some of the intermediates have been proposed to be involved in the assembly of native Cu(A), these results shed light on the structural features of the important intermediates and mechanism of Cu(A) formation.
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- Saumen Chakraborty
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health & Sciences University , Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health & Sciences University , Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Ji M, Tan L, Jen-Jacobson L, Saxena S. Insights into copper coordination in the EcoRI-DNA complex by ESR spectroscopy. Mol Phys 2014; 112:3173-3182. [PMID: 25750461 PMCID: PMC4350447 DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2014.934313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The EcoRI restriction endonuclease requires one divalent metal ion in each of two symmetrical and identical catalytic sites to catalyse double-strand DNA cleavage. Recently, we showed that Cu2+ binds outside the catalytic sites to a pair of new sites at H114 in each sub-unit, and inhibits Mg2+ -catalysed DNA cleavage. In order to provide more detailed structural information on this new metal ion binding site, we performed W-band (~94 GHz) and X-band (~9.5 GHz) electron spin resonance spectroscopic measurements on the EcoRI-DNA-(Cu2+ )2 complex. Cu2+ binding results in two distinct components with different gzz and Azz values. X-band electron spin echo envelope modulation results indicate that both components arise from a Cu2+ coordinated to histidine. This observation is further confirmed by the hyperfine sub-level correlation results. W-band electron nuclear double resonance spectra provide evidence for equatorial coordination of water molecules to the Cu2+ ions.
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- Ming Ji
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Moving Fe2+ from ferritin ion channels to catalytic OH centers depends on conserved protein cage carboxylates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:7925-30. [PMID: 24843174 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318417111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Ferritin biominerals are protein-caged metabolic iron concentrates used for iron-protein cofactors and oxidant protection (Fe(2+) and O2 sequestration). Fe(2+) passage through ion channels in the protein cages, like membrane ion channels, required for ferritin biomineral synthesis, is followed by Fe(2+) substrate movement to ferritin enzyme (Fox) sites. Fe(2+) and O2 substrates are coupled via a diferric peroxo (DFP) intermediate, λmax 650 nm, which decays to [Fe(3+)-O-Fe(3+)] precursors of caged ferritin biominerals. Structural studies show multiple conformations for conserved, carboxylate residues E136 and E57, which are between ferritin ion channel exits and enzymatic sites, suggesting functional connections. Here we show that E136 and E57 are required for ferritin enzyme activity and thus are functional links between ferritin ion channels and enzymatic sites. DFP formation (Kcat and kcat/Km), DFP decay, and protein-caged hydrated ferric oxide accumulation decreased in ferritin E57A and E136A; saturation required higher Fe(2+) concentrations. Divalent cations (both ion channel and intracage binding) selectively inhibit ferritin enzyme activity (block Fe(2+) access), Mn(2+) << Co(2+) < Cu(2+) < Zn(2+), reflecting metal ion-protein binding stabilities. Fe(2+)-Cys126 binding in ferritin ion channels, observed as Cu(2+)-S-Cys126 charge-transfer bands in ferritin E130D UV-vis spectra and resistance to Cu(2+) inhibition in ferritin C126S, was unpredicted. Identifying E57 and E136 links in Fe(2+) movement from ferritin ion channels to ferritin enzyme sites completes a bucket brigade that moves external Fe(2+) into ferritin enzymatic sites. The results clarify Fe(2+) transport within ferritin and model molecular links between membrane ion channels and cytoplasmic destinations.
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Liu J, Chakraborty S, Hosseinzadeh P, Yu Y, Tian S, Petrik I, Bhagi A, Lu Y. Metalloproteins containing cytochrome, iron-sulfur, or copper redox centers. Chem Rev 2014; 114:4366-469. [PMID: 24758379 PMCID: PMC4002152 DOI: 10.1021/cr400479b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 549] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Jing Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational
Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Lin Y, Wang J, Lu Y. Functional tuning and expanding of myoglobin by rational protein design. Sci China Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-014-5063-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Frankaer CG, Mossin S, Ståhl K, Harris P. Towards accurate structural characterization of metal centres in protein crystals: the structures of Ni and Cu T(6) bovine insulin derivatives. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2014; 70:110-22. [PMID: 24419384 PMCID: PMC3919263 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004713029040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using synchrotron radiation (SR), the crystal structures of T6 bovine insulin complexed with Ni(2+) and Cu(2+) were solved to 1.50 and 1.45 Å resolution, respectively. The level of detail around the metal centres in these structures was highly limited, and the coordination of water in Cu site II of the copper insulin derivative was deteriorated as a consequence of radiation damage. To provide more detail, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) was used to improve the information level about metal coordination in each derivative. The nickel derivative contains hexacoordinated Ni(2+) with trigonal symmetry, whereas the copper derivative contains tetragonally distorted hexacoordinated Cu(2+) as a result of the Jahn-Teller effect, with a significantly longer coordination distance for one of the three water molecules in the coordination sphere. That the copper centre is of type II was further confirmed by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). The coordination distances were refined from EXAFS with standard deviations within 0.01 Å. The insulin derivative containing Cu(2+) is sensitive towards photoreduction when exposed to SR. During the reduction of Cu(2+) to Cu(+), the coordination geometry of copper changes towards lower coordination numbers. Primary damage, i.e. photoreduction, was followed directly by XANES as a function of radiation dose, while secondary damage in the form of structural changes around the Cu atoms after exposure to different radiation doses was studied by crystallography using a laboratory diffractometer. Protection against photoreduction and subsequent radiation damage was carried out by solid embedment of Cu insulin in a saccharose matrix. At 100 K the photoreduction was suppressed by ∼15%, and it was suppressed by a further ∼30% on cooling the samples to 20 K.
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Paltrinieri L, Borsari M, Battistuzzi G, Sola M, Dennison C, de Groot BL, Corni S, Bortolotti CA. How the dynamics of the metal-binding loop region controls the acid transition in cupredoxins. Biochemistry 2013; 52:7397-404. [PMID: 24063705 DOI: 10.1021/bi400860n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Many reduced cupredoxins undergo a pH-dependent structural rearrangement, triggered by protonation of the His ligand belonging to the C-terminal hydrophobic loop, usually termed the acid transition. At variance with several members of the cupredoxin family, the acid transition is not observed for azurin (AZ). We have addressed this issue by performing molecular dynamics simulations of AZ and four mutants, in which the C-terminal loop has been replaced with those of other cupredoxins or with polyalanine loops. All of the loop mutants undergo the acid transition in the pH range of 4.4-5.5. The main differences between AZ and its loop mutants are the average value of the active site solvent accessible surface area and the extent of its fluctuations with time, together with an altered structure of the water layer around the copper center. Using functional mode analysis, we found that these variations arise from changes in nonbonding interactions in the second coordination sphere of the copper center, resulting from the loop mutation. Our results strengthen the view that the dynamics at the site relevant for function and its surroundings are crucial for protein activity and for metal-containing electron transferases.
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- Licia Paltrinieri
- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia , via Campi 183, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Ghosh MK, Basak P, Mazumdar S. Mechanism of copper incorporation in subunit II of cytochrome C oxidase from Thermus thermophilus: identification of intermediate species. Biochemistry 2013; 52:4620-35. [PMID: 23745508 DOI: 10.1021/bi400101g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Detailed spectroscopic and kinetic studies of incorporation of copper ion in the wild type (WT) and the D111AA (AA = K, N, or E) mutants of the metal ion binding site of the soluble fragment of subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase from Thermus thermophilus (TtCuA) showed the formation of at least two distinct intermediates. The global analyses of the multiwavelength kinetic results suggested a four-step reaction scheme involving two distinct intermediates in the pathway of incorporation of copper ions into the apoprotein forming the purple dinuclear CuA. An early intermediate similar to the red copper binding proteins was detected in the WT as well as in all the mutants. The second intermediate was a green copper species in the case of WT TtCuA. Mutation of Asp111, however, formed a second intermediate that is distinctly different from that formed in the case of the WT protein, suggesting that mutants follow pathways of copper ion incorporation different from that in the WT protein. The electrostatic interaction between Asp111 and the coordinating His114 possibly plays a subtle role in the mechanism of incorporation of metal ion into the protein. The overall Kd for WT TtCuA was found to be ~8 nM, which changed with mutation of the Asp111 residue. The activation and thermodynamic parameters were also determined from the temperature- and pH-dependent multiwavelength kinetics, and the results are discussed to unravel the role of Asp111 in the mechanism of formation of the dinuclear CuA center in cytochrome c oxidase.
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- Manas Kumar Ghosh
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research , Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India
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Shiga D, Funahashi Y, Masuda H, Kikuchi A, Noda M, Uchiyama S, Fukui K, Kanaori K, Tajima K, Takano Y, Nakamura H, Kamei M, Tanaka T. Creation of a Binuclear Purple Copper Site within a de Novo Coiled-Coil Protein. Biochemistry 2012; 51:7901-7. [DOI: 10.1021/bi3007884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Daigo Shiga
- Department
of Material Sciences,
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-chou, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department
of Material Sciences,
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-chou, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department
of Material Sciences,
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-chou, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control
and Homeostasis, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1 Takara-machi Kanazawa, Ishikawa
920-8641 Japan
- Biometal Science
Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1,
Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148,
Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyou-ku,
Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyou-ku,
Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Institute
for Protein Research, Osaka University,
3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871,
Japan
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- Institute
for Protein Research, Osaka University,
3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871,
Japan
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- Department
of Material Sciences,
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-chou, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department
of Material Sciences,
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-chou, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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Chacón KN, Blackburn NJ. Stable Cu(II) and Cu(I) mononuclear intermediates in the assembly of the CuA center of Thermus thermophilus cytochrome oxidase. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:16401-12. [PMID: 22946616 DOI: 10.1021/ja307276z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [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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CuA is a dinuclear mixed-valence center located in subunit 2 of the ba(3)-type cytochrome oxidase from Thermus thermophilus. The assembly of this site within the periplasmic membrane is believed to be mediated by the copper chaperones Sco and/or PCuAC, but the biological mechanisms are still poorly understood, thereby stimulating interest in the mechanisms of CuA formation from inorganic ions. The formulation of the CuA center as an electron-delocalized Cu(1.5)-Cu(1.5) system implicates both Cu(II) and Cu(I) states in the metalation process. In earlier work we showed that selenomethionine (SeM) substitution of the coordinated M160 residue provided a ligand-directed probe for studying the copper coordination environment via the Se XAS signal, which was particularly useful for interrogating the Cu(I) states where other spectroscopic probes are absent. In the present study we have investigated the formation of mixed-valence CuA and its M160SeM derivative by stopped-flow UV-vis, EPR, and XAS at both Cu and Se edges, while the formation of fully reduced di-Cu(I) CuA has been studied by XAS alone. Our results establish the presence of previously undetected mononuclear intermediates and show important differences from the metalation reactions of purple CuA azurin. XAS spectroscopy at Cu and Se edges has allowed us to extend mechanistic inferences to formation of the di-Cu(I) state which may be more relevant to biological CuA assembly. In particular, we find that T. thermophilus CuA assembles more rapidly than reported for other CuA systems and that the dominant intermediate along the pathway to mixed-valence is a new green species with λ(max) = 460 nm. This intermediate has been isolated in a homogeneous state and shown to be a mononuclear Cu(II)-(His)(Cys)(2) species with no observable Cu(II)-(Met) interaction. Reduction with dithionite generates its Cu(I) homologue which is again mononuclear but now shows a strong interaction with the Met160 thioether. The results are discussed within the framework of the "coupled distortion" model for Cu(II) thiolates and their relevance to biological metalation reactions of the CuA center.
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- Kelly N Chacón
- Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA
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In silico docking reveals possible Riluzole binding sites on Nav1.6 sodium channel: implications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis therapy. J Theor Biol 2012; 315:53-63. [PMID: 22995823 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Revised: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized mainly by a progressive loss of motor neurons. Glutamate excitotoxicity is likely the main cause of neuronal death, and Riluzole interferes with glutamate-mediated transmission. Thus, in such independent pathway, these effects may be partly due to inactivation of voltage-dependent sodium channels. Here we predict the structural model of the interaction and report the possible binding sites of Riluzole on Nav1.6 channel. The docked complexes were subjected to minimization and we further investigated the key interacting residues, binding free energies, pairing bridge determination, folding pattern, hydrogen bounding formation, hydrophobic contacts and flexibilities. Our results demonstrate that Riluzole interacts with the Nav1.6 channel, more specifically in the key residues TYR 1787, LEU 1843 and GLN 1799, suggesting possible cellular implications driven by these amino acids on Riluzole-Nav1.6 interaction, which may serve as an important output for a more specific and experimental drug design therapy against ALS.
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Liu Z, Kumari S, Zhang L, Zheng Y, Ware D. Characterization of miRNAs in response to short-term waterlogging in three inbred lines of Zea mays. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39786. [PMID: 22768123 PMCID: PMC3387268 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Waterlogging of plants leads to low oxygen levels (hypoxia) in the roots and causes a metabolic switch from aerobic respiration to anaerobic fermentation that results in rapid changes in gene transcription and protein synthesis. Our research seeks to characterize the microRNA-mediated gene regulatory networks associated with short-term waterlogging. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate many genes involved in growth, development and various biotic and abiotic stress responses. To characterize the involvement of miRNAs and their targets in response to short-term hypoxia conditions, a quantitative real time PCR (qRT-PCR) assay was used to quantify the expression of the 24 candidate mature miRNA signatures (22 known and 2 novel mature miRNAs, representing 66 miRNA loci) and their 92 predicted targets in three inbred Zea mays lines (waterlogging tolerant Hz32, mid-tolerant B73, and sensitive Mo17). Based on our studies, miR159, miR164, miR167, miR393, miR408 and miR528, which are mainly involved in root development and stress responses, were found to be key regulators in the post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms under short-term waterlogging conditions in three inbred lines. Further, computational approaches were used to predict the stress and development related cis-regulatory elements on the promoters of these miRNAs; and a probable miRNA-mediated gene regulatory network in response to short-term waterlogging stress was constructed. The differential expression patterns of miRNAs and their targets in these three inbred lines suggest that the miRNAs are active participants in the signal transduction at the early stage of hypoxia conditions via a gene regulatory network; and crosstalk occurs between different biochemical pathways.
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- Zhijie Liu
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
- * E-mail: (YZ); (DW)
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
- United States Department of Agriculture – Agriculture Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- * E-mail: (YZ); (DW)
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Wilson TD, Savelieff MG, Nilges MJ, Marshall NM, Lu Y. Kinetics of Copper Incorporation into a Biosynthetic Purple CuA Azurin: Characterization of Red, Blue, and a New Intermediate Species. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:20778-92. [DOI: 10.1021/ja205281t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Tiffany D. Wilson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Siluvai GS, Mayfield M, Nilges MJ, Debeer George S, Blackburn NJ. Anatomy of a red copper center: spectroscopic identification and reactivity of the copper centers of Bacillus subtilis Sco and its Cys-to-Ala variants. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:5215-26. [PMID: 20232870 DOI: 10.1021/ja910759v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sco is a mononuclear red copper protein involved in the assembly of cytochrome c oxidase. It is spectroscopically similar to red copper nitrosocyanin, but unlike the latter, which has one copper cysteine thiolate, the former has two. In addition to the two cysteine ligands (C45 and C49), the wild-type (WT) protein from Bacillus subtilis (hereafter named BSco) has a histidine (H135) and an unknown endogenous protein oxygen ligand in a distorted tetragonal array. We have compared the properties of the WT protein to variants in which each of the two coordinating Cys residues has been individually mutated to Ala, using UV/visible, Cu and S K-edge X-ray absorption, electron paramagnetic resonance, and resonance Raman spectroscopies. Unlike the Cu(II) form of native Sco, the Cu(II) complexes of the Cys variants are unstable. The copper center of C49A undergoes autoreduction to the Cu(I) form, which is shown by extended X-ray absorption fine structure to be composed of a novel two-coordinate center with one Cys and one His ligand. C45A rearranges to a new stable Cu(II) species coordinated by C49, H135 and a second His ligand recruited from a previously uncoordinated protein side chain. The different chemistry exhibited by the Cys variants can be rationalized by whether a stable Cu(I) species can be formed by autoredox chemistry. For C49A, the remaining Cys and His residues are trans, which facilitates the formation of the highly stable two-coordinate Cu(I) species, while for C45A such a configuration cannot be attained. Resonance Raman spectroscopy of the WT protein indicates a net weak Cu-S bond strength at approximately 2.24 A corresponding to the two thiolate-copper bonds, whereas the single variant C45A shows a moderately strong Cu-S bond at approximately 2.16 A. S K-edge data give a total covalency of 28% for both Cu-S bonds in the WT protein. These data suggest an average covalency per Cu-S bond lower than that observed for nitrosocyanin and close to that expected for type-2 Cu(II)-thiolate systems. The data are discussed relative to the unique Cu-S characteristics of cupredoxins, from which it is concluded that Sco does not contain highly covalent Cu-S bonds of the type expected for long-range electron-transfer reactivity.
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- Gnana S Siluvai
- Department of Science & Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA
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Savelieff MG, Lu Y. CuA centers and their biosynthetic models in azurin. J Biol Inorg Chem 2010; 15:461-83. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-010-0625-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2009] [Accepted: 01/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Identification and classification of bcl genes and proteins of Bacillus cereus group organisms and their application in Bacillus anthracis detection and fingerprinting. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:7163-72. [PMID: 19767469 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01069-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The Bacillus cereus group includes three closely related species, B. anthracis, B. cereus, and B. thuringiensis, which form a highly homogeneous subdivision of the genus Bacillus. One of these species, B. anthracis, has been identified as one of the most probable bacterial biowarfare agents. Here, we evaluate the sequence and length polymorphisms of the Bacillus collagen-like protein bcl genes as a basis for B. anthracis detection and fingerprinting. Five genes, designated bclA to bclE, are present in B. anthracis strains. Examination of bclABCDE sequences identified polymorphisms in bclB alleles of the B. cereus group organisms. These sequence polymorphisms allowed specific detection of B. anthracis strains by PCR using both genomic DNA and purified Bacillus spores in reactions. By exploiting the length variation of the bcl alleles it was demonstrated that the combined bclABCDE PCR products generate markedly different fingerprints for the B. anthracis Ames and Sterne strains. Moreover, we predict that bclABCDE length polymorphism creates unique signatures for B. anthracis strains, which facilitates identification of strains with specificity and confidence. Thus, we present a new diagnostic concept for B. anthracis detection and fingerprinting, which can be used alone or in combination with previously established typing platforms.
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The C-terminal copper-binding loop in the beta-barrel fold of the cupredoxin azurin has been replaced with a range of sequences containing alanine, glycine, and valine residues to assess the importance of amino acid composition and the length of this region. The introduction of 2 and 4 alanines between the coordinating Cys, His, and Met results in loop structures matching those in naturally occurring proteins with the same loop lengths. A loop with 4 alanines between the Cys and His and 3 between the His and Met ligands has a structure identical to that of the WT protein, whose loop is the same length. Loop structure is dictated by length and not sequence allowing the properties of the main surface patch for interactions with partners, to which the loop is a major contributor, to be optimized. Loops with 2 amino acids between the ligands using glycine, alanine, and valine residues have been compared. An empirical relationship is found between copper site protection by the loop and reduction potential. A loop adorned with 4 methyl groups is sufficient to protect the copper ion, enabling most sequences to adequately perform this task. The mutant with 3 alanine residues between the ligands forms a strand-swapped dimer in the crystal structure, an arrangement that has not, to our knowledge, been seen previously for this family of proteins. Cupredoxins function as redox shuttles and are required to be monomeric; therefore, none have evolved with a metal-binding loop of this length.
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