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Jiang T, Wan G, Zhang H, Gyawali YP, Underbakke ES, Feng C. Mapping the Intersubunit Interdomain FMN-Heme Interactions in Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase by Targeted Quantitative Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry. Biochemistry 2024; 63:1395-1411. [PMID: 38747545 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
Abstract
Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in mammals is a family of multidomain proteins in which interdomain electron transfer (IET) is controlled by domain-domain interactions. Calmodulin (CaM) binds to the canonical CaM-binding site in the linker region between the FMN and heme domains of NOS and allows tethered FMN domain motions, enabling an intersubunit FMN-heme IET in the output state for NO production. Our previous cross-linking mass spectrometric (XL MS) results demonstrated site-specific protein dynamics in the CaM-responsive regions of rat neuronal NOS (nNOS) reductase construct, a monomeric protein [Jiang et al., Biochemistry, 2023, 62, 2232-2237]. In this work, we have extended our combined approach of XL MS structural mapping and AlphaFold structural prediction to examine the homodimeric nNOS oxygenase/FMN (oxyFMN) construct, an established model of the NOS output state. We employed parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) based quantitative XL MS (qXL MS) to assess the CaM-induced changes in interdomain dynamics and interactions. Intersubunit cross-links were identified by mapping the cross-links onto top AlphaFold structural models, which was complemented by comparing their relative abundances in the cross-linked dimeric and monomeric bands. Furthermore, contrasting the CaM-free and CaM-bound nNOS samples shows that CaM enables the formation of the intersubunit FMN-heme docking complex and that CaM binding induces extensive, allosteric conformational changes across the NOS regions. Moreover, the observed cross-links sites specifically respond to changes in ionic strength. This indicates that interdomain salt bridges are responsible for stabilizing and orienting the output state for efficient FMN-heme IET. Taken together, our targeted qXL MS results have revealed that CaM and ionic strength modulate specific dynamic changes in the CaM/FMN/heme complexes, particularly in the context of intersubunit interdomain FMN-heme interactions.
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- Ting Jiang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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Khan S, Ansari A, Brachi M, Das D, El Housseini W, Minteer S, Miller AF. Structure, dynamics, and redox reactivity of an all-purpose flavodoxin. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:107122. [PMID: 38417793 PMCID: PMC10979112 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024] Open
Abstract
The flavodoxin of Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA009 (Rp9Fld) supplies highly reducing equivalents to crucial enzymes such as hydrogenase, especially when the organism is iron-restricted. By acquiring those electrons from photodriven electron flow via the bifurcating electron transfer flavoprotein, Rp9Fld provides solar power to vital metabolic processes. To understand Rp9Fld's ability to work with diverse partners, we solved its crystal structure. We observed the canonical flavodoxin (Fld) fold and features common to other long-chain Flds but not all the surface loops thought to recognize partner proteins. Moreover, some of the loops display alternative structures and dynamics. To advance studies of protein-protein associations and conformational consequences, we assigned the 19F NMR signals of all five tyrosines (Tyrs). Our electrochemical measurements show that incorporation of 3-19F-Tyr in place of Tyr has only a modest effect on Rp9Fld's redox properties even though Tyrs flank the flavin on both sides. Meanwhile, the 19F probes demonstrate the expected paramagnetic effect, with signals from nearby Tyrs becoming broadened beyond detection when the flavin semiquinone is formed. However, the temperature dependencies of chemical shifts and linewidths reveal dynamics affecting loops close to the flavin and regions that bind to partners in a variety of systems. These coincide with patterns of amino acid type conservation but not retention of specific residues, arguing against detailed specificity with respect to partners. We propose that the loops surrounding the flavin adopt altered conformations upon binding to partners and may even participate actively in electron transfer.
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- Sharique Khan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Department of Chemistry, Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Masood M, Singh P, Hariss D, Khan F, Yameen D, Siraj S, Islam A, Dohare R, Mahfuzul Haque M. Nitric oxide as a double-edged sword in pulmonary viral infections: Mechanistic insights and potential therapeutic implications. Gene 2024; 899:148148. [PMID: 38191100 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
Abstract
In the face of the global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), researchers are tirelessly exploring novel therapeutic approaches to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its associated complications. Nitric oxide (NO) has appeared as a multifaceted signaling mediator with diverse and often contrasting biological activities. Its intricate biochemistry renders it a crucial regulator of cardiovascular and pulmonary functions, immunity, and neurotransmission. Perturbations in NO production, whether excessive or insufficient, contribute to the pathogenesis of various diseases, encompassing cardiovascular disease, pulmonary hypertension, asthma, diabetes, and cancer. Recent investigations have unveiled the potential of NO donors to impede SARS-CoV- 2 replication, while inhaled NO demonstrates promise as a therapeutic avenue for improving oxygenation in COVID-19-related hypoxic pulmonary conditions. Interestingly, NO's association with the inflammatory response in asthma suggests a potential protective role against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Furthermore, compelling evidence indicates the benefits of inhaled NO in optimizing ventilation-perfusion ratios and mitigating the need for mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients. In this review, we delve into the molecular targets of NO, its utility as a diagnostic marker, the mechanisms underlying its action in COVID-19, and the potential of inhaled NO as a therapeutic intervention against viral infections. The topmost significant pathway, gene ontology (GO)-biological process (BP), GO-molecular function (MF) and GO-cellular compartment (CC) terms associated with Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS)1, NOS2, NOS3 were arginine biosynthesis (p-value = 1.15 x 10-9) regulation of guanylate cyclase activity (p-value = 7.5 x 10-12), arginine binding (p-value = 2.62 x 10-11), vesicle membrane (p-value = 3.93 x 10-8). Transcriptomics analysis further validates the significant presence of NOS1, NOS2, NOS3 in independent COVID-19 and pulmonary hypertension cohorts with respect to controls. This review investigates NO's molecular targets, diagnostic potentials, and therapeutic role in COVID-19, employing bioinformatics to identify key pathways and NOS isoforms' significance.
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- Mohammad Masood
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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Singh S, Gyawali YP, Jiang T, Bukowski GS, Zheng H, Zhang H, Owopetu R, Thielges MC, Feng C. Probing calmodulin-NO synthase interactions via site-specific infrared spectroscopy: an introductory investigation. J Biol Inorg Chem 2024; 29:243-250. [PMID: 38580821 PMCID: PMC11181464 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-024-02046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
Abstract
Calmodulin (CaM) binds to a linker between the oxygenase and reductase domains of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) to regulate the functional conformational dynamics. Specific residues on the interdomain interface guide the domain-domain docking to facilitate the electron transfer in NOS. Notably, the docking interface between CaM and the heme-containing oxygenase domain of NOS is isoform specific, which is only beginning to be investigated. Toward advancing understanding of the distinct CaM-NOS docking interactions by infrared spectroscopy, we introduced a cyano-group as frequency-resolved vibrational probe into CaM individually and when associated with full-length and a bi-domain oxygenase/FMN construct of the inducible NOS isoform (iNOS). Site-specific, selective labeling with p-cyano-L-phenylalanine (CNF) by amber suppression of CaM bound to the iNOS has been accomplished by protein coexpression due to the instability of recombinant iNOS protein alone. We introduced CNF at residue 108, which is at the putative CaM-heme (NOS) docking interface. CNF was also introduced at residue 29, which is distant from the docking interface. FT IR data show that the 108 site is sensitive to CaM-NOS complex formation, while insensitivity to its association with the iNOS protein or peptide was observed for the 29 site. Moreover, narrowing of the IR bands at residue 108 suggests the C≡N probe experiences a more limited distribution of environments, indicating side chain restriction apparent for the complex with iNOS. This initial work sets the stage for residue-specific characterizations of structural dynamics of the docked states of NOS proteins.
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- Swapnil Singh
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
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Gyawali YP, Jiang T, Yang J, Zheng H, Liu R, Zhang H, Feng C. Differential superoxide production in phosphorylated neuronal nitric oxide synthase mu and alpha variants. J Inorg Biochem 2024; 251:112454. [PMID: 38100901 PMCID: PMC10843652 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is regulated by phosphorylation in vivo, yet the underlying biochemical mechanisms remain unclear, primarily due to difficulty in obtaining milligram quantities of phosphorylated nNOS protein; detailed spectroscopic and rapid kinetics investigations require purified protein samples at a concentration in the range of hundreds microM. Moreover, the functional diversity of the nNOS isoform is linked to its splice variants. Also of note is that determination of protein phosphorylation stoichiometry remains as a challenge. To address these issues, this study first expanded a recent genetic code expansion approach to produce phosphorylated rat nNOSμ and nNOSα holoproteins through site-specific incorporation of phosphoserine (pSer) at residues 1446 and 1412, respectively; this site is at the C-terminal tail region, a NOS-unique regulatory element. A quantitative mass spectrometric approach was then developed in-house to analyze unphosphorylated peptides in phosphatase-treated and -untreated phospho-nNOS proteins. The observed pSer-incorporation efficiency consistently exceeded 80%, showing high pSer-incorporation efficiency. Notably, EPR spin trapping results demonstrate that under l-arginine-depleted conditions, pSer1412 nNOSα presented a significant reduction in superoxide generation, whereas pSer1446 nNOSμ exhibited the opposite effect, compared to their unphosphorylated counterparts. This suggests that phosphorylation at the C-terminal tail has a regulatory effect on nNOS uncoupling that may differ between variant forms. Furthermore, the methodologies for incorporating pSer into large, complex protein and quantifying the percentage of phosphorylation in recombinant purified protein should be applicable to other protein systems.
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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Felker D, Lee K, Pospiech TH, Morishima Y, Zhang H, Lau M, Southworth DR, Osawa Y. Mapping interactions of calmodulin and neuronal NO synthase by crosslinking and mass spectrometry. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105464. [PMID: 37979917 PMCID: PMC10716779 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is a homodimeric cytochrome P450-like enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of L-arginine to nitric oxide in the presence of NADPH and molecular oxygen. The binding of calmodulin (CaM) to a linker region between the FAD/FMN-containing reductase domain, and the heme-containing oxygenase domain is needed for electron transfer reactions, reduction of the heme, and NO synthesis. Due to the dynamic nature of the reductase domain and low resolution of available full-length structures, the exact conformation of the CaM-bound active complex during heme reduction is still unresolved. Interestingly, hydrogen-deuterium exchange and mass spectrometry studies revealed interactions of the FMN domain and CaM with the oxygenase domain for iNOS, but not nNOS. This finding prompted us to utilize covalent crosslinking and mass spectrometry to clarify interactions of CaM with nNOS. Specifically, MS-cleavable bifunctional crosslinker disuccinimidyl dibutyric urea was used to identify thirteen unique crosslinks between CaM and nNOS as well as 61 crosslinks within the nNOS. The crosslinks provided evidence for CaM interaction with the oxygenase and reductase domain residues as well as interactions of the FMN domain with the oxygenase dimer. Cryo-EM studies, which gave a high-resolution model of the oxygenase domain, along with crosslink-guided docking provided a model of nNOS that brings the FMN within 15 Å of the heme in support for a more compact conformation than previously observed. These studies also point to the utility of covalent crosslinking and mass spectrometry in capturing transient dynamic conformations that may not be captured by hydrogen-deuterium exchange and mass spectrometry experiments.
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- Dana Felker
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Tumbic GW, Li J, Jiang T, Hossan MY, Feng C, Thielges MC. Interdomain Interactions Modulate the Active Site Dynamics of Human Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:6811-6819. [PMID: 36056879 PMCID: PMC10110350 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is a homodimeric flavohemoprotein responsible for catalyzing the oxidation of l-arginine (l-Arg) to citrulline and nitric oxide. Electrons are supplied for the reaction via interdomain electron transfer between an N-terminal heme-containing oxygenase domain and a FMN-containing (sub)domain of a C-terminal reductase domain. Extensive attention has focused on elucidating how conformational dynamics regulate electron transfer between the domains. Here we investigate the impact of the interdomain FMN-heme interaction on the heme active site dynamics of inducible NOS (iNOS). Steady state linear and time-resolved two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy was applied to probe a CO ligand at the heme within the oxygenase domain for full-length and truncated or mutated constructs of human iNOS. Whereas the linear IR spectra of the CO ligand were identical among the constructs, 2D IR spectroscopy revealed variation in the frequency dynamics. The wild-type constructs that can properly form the FMN/oxygenase docked state due to the presence of both the FMN and oxygenase domains showed slower dynamics than the oxygenase domain alone. Introduction of the mutation (E546N) predicted to perturb electrostatic interactions between the domains resulted in measured dynamics intermediate between those for the full-length and individual oxygenase domain, consistent with perturbation to the docked/undocked equilibrium. These results indicate that docking of the FMN domain to the oxygenase domain not only brings the FMN cofactor within electron transfer distance of the heme domain but also modulates the dynamics sensed by the CO ligand within the active site in a way expected to promote efficient electron transfer.
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- Goran W Tumbic
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Taş Ozyurtseven B, Serin I, Nursal AF, Pehlivan S, Pehlivan M. Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) and eNOS Polymorphisms in multiple myeloma patients: a single center experience. BMC Oral Health 2021; 21:272. [PMID: 34006261 PMCID: PMC8130567 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-021-01634-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Multiple myeloma (MM) constitutes approximately 10% of hematological malignancies. Bisphosphonates have established themselves in solid organ metastasis and multiple myeloma lytic bone lesions by inhibiting osteoclast activation. Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) emerges as an important complication. Investigating host-based factors, and developing personal risk factors gain importance in the development mechanism of MRONJ. We aimed to reveal the different genotype polymorphisms, and clinical effects of eNOS in patients with a diagnosis of MRONJ in MM patients. Methods Medical records and blood samples were collected from 60 MRONJ patients with MM and 60 healthy controls. Inclusion criteria was having an exposed maxillofacial bone for more than eight weeks, a history of bisphosphonates, and no history of radiation therapy for the jaws. eNOS G894T and intron 4 VNTR were calculated by polymerase chain reaction and/or restriction fragment length polymorphism. Results eNOS G894T and VNTR genotypes and alleles were compared statistically with the healthy control group. There was no significant difference between the two groups. In comparison between G894T and clinical parameters, aphthous stomatitis was more common in TT genotype, while DMFT > 3 was more common in TG-GG genotype (p = 0.035, 0.023). Conclusions eNOS induces osteogenesis in bone metabolism, with its regulatory effects on bone remodeling and also NO induced angiogenesis takes place indirectly with its protective effect on endothelial functions. We see that these polymorphisms affecting the entire process of bone remodeling and angiogenesis, especially mucosal damage, which is the triggering factor of MRONJ pathology, have been revealed in the MM patient group. Considering the MRONJ initiating factors, it is necessary to emphasize the importance of our study results. It should be seen as an important step for new studies towards MRONJ and its treatment.
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- Betul Taş Ozyurtseven
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Department of Hematology, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Org. Nafiz GURMAN Cad. 34098 Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Zheng H, Li J, Feng C. An isoform-specific pivot modulates the electron transfer between the flavin mononucleotide and heme centers in inducible nitric oxide synthase. J Biol Inorg Chem 2020; 25:1097-1105. [PMID: 33057871 PMCID: PMC7669679 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-020-01824-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Intraprotein interdomain electron transfer (IET) between the flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and heme centers is an obligatory step in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzymes. An isoform-specific pivotal region near Leu406 in the heme domain of human inducible NOS (iNOS) was proposed to mediate the FMN-heme domain-domain alignment (J Inorg Biochem 153:186-196, 2015). The FMN-heme IET rate is a measure of the interdomain FMN/heme complex formation. In this work, the FMN-heme IET kinetics in the wild type (wt) human iNOS oxygenase/FMN (oxyFMN) construct were directly measured by laser flash photolysis with added synthetic peptide related to the pivotal region, in comparison with the wt construct alone. The IET rates were decreased by the iNOS HKL peptide in a dose-saturable fashion, and the inhibitory effect was abolished by a single L406 → E mutation in the peptide. A similar trend in change of the NO synthesis activity of wt iNOS holoenzyme by the peptides was observed. These data, along with the kinetics and modeling results for the L406T and L406F mutant oxyFMN proteins, indicated that the Leu406 residue modulates the FMN-heme IET through hydrophobic interactions. Moreover, the IET rates were analyzed for the wt iNOS oxyFMN protein in the presence of nNOS or eNOS-derived peptide related to the equivalent pivotal heme domain site. These results together indicate that the isoform-specific pivotal region at the heme domain specifically interacts with the conserved FMN domain surface, to facilitate proper interdomain docking for the FMN-heme IET in NOS.
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- Huayu Zheng
- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
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Zheng H, Li J, Feng C. Heat shock protein 90 enhances the electron transfer between the FMN and heme cofactors in neuronal nitric oxide synthase. FEBS Lett 2020; 594:2904-2913. [PMID: 32573772 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a key regulator of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in vivo. Despite its functional importance, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanism. Here, purified dimeric human Hsp90α was used to investigate whether (and if so, how) Hsp90 affects the FMN-heme interdomain electron transfer (IET) step in NOS. Hsp90α increases the IET rate for rat neuronal NOS (nNOS) in a dose-saturable manner, and a single charge-neutralization mutation at conserved Hsp90 K585 abolishes the effect. The kinetic results with added Ficoll 70, a crowder, further indicate that Hsp90 enhances the FMN-heme IET through specific association with nNOS. The Hsp90-nNOS docking models provide hints on the putative role of Hsp90 in constraining the available conformational space for the FMN domain motions.
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- Huayu Zheng
- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Tejero J. Negative surface charges in neuroglobin modulate the interaction with cytochrome c. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 523:567-572. [PMID: 31937411 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.12.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Neuroglobin is a heme protein present in the nervous system cells of mammals and other organisms. Although cytoprotective effects of neuroglobin on neuronal damage have been reported, the physiological mechanisms of neuroglobin function remain unknown. In recent years, a role for neuroglobin as a reductant for extramitochondrial cytochrome c has been proposed. According to this hypothesis, cytoplasmic neuroglobin can interact with cytochrome c released from the mitochondria and reduce its heme group to the ferrous state, thus preventing cytochrome c-dependent assembly of the apoptosome. The interaction of neuroglobin and cytochrome c has been studied by surface plasmon resonance techniques and molecular dynamics, however the empirical evidence on the specific residues of neuroglobin and cytochrome c involved in the interaction is scarce and indirect. This study analyzes the role of five negatively charged residues in the neuroglobin surface putatively involved in the interaction with cytochrome c - Glu60, Asp63, Asp73, Glu 87 and Glu151 - by site-directed mutagenesis. Characterization of the electron transfer between neuroglobin mutants and cytochrome c indicates that Asp73 is critical for the interaction, and Glu60, Asp63 and Glu87 also contribute to the neuroglobin-cytochrome c interaction. Based on the results, structures and binding surfaces for the neuroglobin-cytochrome c complex compatible with the experimental observations are proposed. These data can guide further studies on neuroglobin function and its involvement in cytochrome c signaling cascades.
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- Jesús Tejero
- Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA; Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
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Astashkin AV, Li J, Zheng H, Feng C. Positional Distributions of the Tethered Modules in Nitric Oxide Synthase: Monte Carlo Calculations and Pulsed EPR Measurements. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:7075-7086. [PMID: 31310526 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b05388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzyme consists of multiple domains connected by flexible random coil tethers. In a catalytic cycle, the NOS domains move within the limits determined by the length and flexibility of the interdomain tethers and form docking complexes with each other. This process represents a key component of the electron transport from the flavin adenine dinucleotide/reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate binding domain to the catalytic heme centers located in the oxygenase domain. Studying the conformational behavior of NOS is therefore imperative for a full understanding of the overall catalytic mechanism. In this work, we have investigated the equilibrium positional distributions of the NOS domains and the bound calmodulin (CaM) by using Monte Carlo calculations of the NOS conformations. As a main experimental reference, we have used the magnetic dipole interaction between a bifunctional spin label attached to T34C/S38C mutant CaM and the NOS heme centers, which was measured by pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance. In general, the calculations of the conformational distributions allow one to determine the range and statistics of positions occupied by the tethered protein domains, assess the crowding effect of the multiple domains on each other, evaluate the accessibility of various potential domain docking sites, and estimate the interaction energies required to achieve target populations of the docked states. In the particular application described here, we have established the specific mechanisms by which the bound CaM facilitates the flavin mononucleotide (FMN)/heme interdomain docking in NOS. We have also shown that the intersubunit FMN/heme domain docking and electron transfer in the homodimeric NOS protein are dictated by the existing structural makeup of the protein. Finally, from comparison of the calculated and experimental docking probabilities, the characteristic stabilization energies for the CaM/heme domain and the FMN domain/heme domain docking complexes have been estimated as -4.5kT and -10.5kT, respectively.
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- Andrei V Astashkin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Arizona , Tucson , Arizona 85721 , United States
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Bignon E, Rizza S, Filomeni G, Papaleo E. Use of Computational Biochemistry for Elucidating Molecular Mechanisms of Nitric Oxide Synthase. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2019; 17:415-429. [PMID: 30996821 PMCID: PMC6451115 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an essential signaling molecule in the regulation of multiple cellular processes. It is endogenously synthesized by NO synthase (NOS) as the product of L-arginine oxidation to L-citrulline, requiring NADPH, molecular oxygen, and a pterin cofactor. Two NOS isoforms are constitutively present in cells, nNOS and eNOS, and a third is inducible (iNOS). Despite their biological relevance, the details of their complex structural features and reactivity mechanisms are still unclear. In this review, we summarized the contribution of computational biochemistry to research on NOS molecular mechanisms. We described in detail its use in studying aspects of structure, dynamics and reactivity. We also focus on the numerous outstanding questions in the field that could benefit from more extensive computational investigations.
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- Emmanuelle Bignon
- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress Group, Cell Stress and Survival Unit, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress Group, Cell Stress and Survival Unit, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.,Translational Disease Systems Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Molecular mechanism of metabolic NAD(P)H-dependent electron-transfer systems: The role of redox cofactors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2018; 1860:233-258. [PMID: 30419202 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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NAD(P)H-dependent electron-transfer (ET) systems require three functional components: a flavin-containing NAD(P)H-dehydrogenase, one-electron carrier and metal-containing redox center. In principle, these ET systems consist of one-, two- and three-components, and the electron flux from pyridine nucleotide cofactors, NADPH or NADH to final electron acceptor follows a linear pathway: NAD(P)H → flavin → one-electron carrier → metal containing redox center. In each step ET is primarily controlled by one- and two-electron midpoint reduction potentials of protein-bound redox cofactors in which the redox-linked conformational changes during the catalytic cycle are required for the domain-domain interactions. These interactions play an effective ET reactions in the multi-component ET systems. The microsomal and mitochondrial cytochrome P450 (cyt P450) ET systems, nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isozymes, cytochrome b5 (cyt b5) ET systems and methionine synthase (MS) ET system include a combination of multi-domain, and their organizations display similarities as well as differences in their components. However, these ET systems are sharing of a similar mechanism. More recent structural information obtained by X-ray and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) analysis provides more detail for the mechanisms associated with multi-domain ET systems. Therefore, this review summarizes the roles of redox cofactors in the metabolic ET systems on the basis of one-electron redox potentials. In final Section, evolutionary aspects of NAD(P)H-dependent multi-domain ET systems will be discussed.
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Li J, Zheng H, Wang W, Miao Y, Sheng Y, Feng C. Role of an isoform-specific residue at the calmodulin-heme (NO synthase) interface in the FMN - heme electron transfer. FEBS Lett 2018; 592:2425-2431. [PMID: 29904908 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The interface between calmodulin (CaM) and the NO synthase (NOS) heme domain is the least characterized interprotein interface that the NOS isoforms must traverse through during catalysis. Our previous molecular dynamics simulations predicted a salt bridge between K497 in human inducible NOS (iNOS) heme domain and D118(CaM). Herein, the FMN - heme interdomain electron transfer (IET) rate was found to be notably decreased by charge-reversal mutation, while the IET in the iNOS K497D mutant is significantly restored by the CaM D118K mutation. The results of wild-type protein with added synthetic peptides further demonstrate the critical nature of K497 relative to the rest of the peptide sequence in modulating the IET. These data provide definitive evidence supporting the regulatory role of the isoform-specific K497 residue.
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- Jinghui Li
- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Physics, College of Arts & Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Li J, Zheng H, Feng C. Deciphering mechanism of conformationally controlled electron transfer in nitric oxide synthases. FRONT BIOSCI-LANDMRK 2018; 23:1803-1821. [PMID: 29772530 PMCID: PMC11167721 DOI: 10.2741/4674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Electron transfer is a fundamental process in life that is very often coupled to catalysis within redox enzymes through a stringent control of protein conformational movements. Mammalian nitric oxide synthase (NOS) proteins are redox flavo-hemoproteins consisting of multiple modular domains. The NOS enzyme is exquisitely regulated in vivo by its partner, the Ca2+ sensing protein calmodulin (CaM), to control production of nitric oxide (NO). The importance of functional domain motion in NOS regulation has been increasingly recognized. The significant size and flexibility of NOS is a tremendous challenge to the mechanistic studies. Herein recent applications of modern biophysical techniques to NOS problems have been critically analyzed. It is important to note that any current biophysical technique alone can only probe partial aspects of the conformational dynamics due to limitations in the technique itself and/or the sample preparations. It is necessary to combine the latest methods to comprehensively quantitate the key conformational aspects (conformational states and distribution, conformational change rates, and domain interacting interfaces) governing the electron transfer. This is to answer long-standing central questions about the NOS isoforms by defining how specific CaM-NOS interactions and regulatory elements underpin the distinct conformational behavior of the NOS isoform, which in turn determine unique electron transfer and NO synthesis properties. This review is not intended as comprehensive, but as a discussion of prospects that promise impact on important questions in the NOS enzymology field.
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- Jinghui Li
- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- University of New Mexico, MSC 09 5360, Albuquerque, NM 87131,
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Astashkin AV, Li J, Zheng H, Miao Y, Feng C. A docked state conformational dynamics model to explain the ionic strength dependence of FMN - heme electron transfer in nitric oxide synthase. J Inorg Biochem 2018; 184:146-155. [PMID: 29751215 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2018.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The FMN-heme interdomain electron transfer (IET) in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is a key stage of the electron transport chain, which supplies the catalytic heme site(s) with the NADPH-derived electrons. While there is a recognition that this IET depends on both the electron tunneling and the conformational dynamics, the detailed mechanism remains unclear. In this work, the IET kinetics were measured by laser flash photolysis for a bidomain oxygenase/FMN (oxyFMN) construct of human inducible NOS (iNOS) over the ionic strength range from 0.1 to 0.5 M. The forward (heme → FMN, kETf) and backward (FMN → heme, kETb) intrinsic IET rate constants were determined from the analysis of the observed IET rates using the additional information regarding the conformational dynamics obtained from the FMN fluorescence lifetime measurements and theoretical estimates. Both kETf and kETb exhibit a bell-shaped dependence on the ionic strength, I, with the maximum rates corresponding to I ~ 0.2 M. This dependence was explained using a new model, which considers the effect of formation of pairs between the protein surface charged residues and solution ions on the docked state dynamics. The trial simulations of the intrinsic IET rate dependences using this model show that the data can be reproduced using reasonable energetic, structural, and chemical parameters. The suggested model can explain both the monophasic and biphasic ionic strength dependences and can be used to rationalize the interprotein/interdomain electron transfer rates for other types of protein systems where the docked state is sufficiently long-lived.
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- Andrei V Astashkin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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Hanson QM, Carley JR, Gilbreath TJ, Smith BC, Underbakke ES. Calmodulin-induced Conformational Control and Allostery Underlying Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Activation. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:935-947. [PMID: 29458127 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is the primary generator of nitric oxide signals controlling diverse physiological processes such as neurotransmission and vasodilation. NOS activation is contingent on Ca2+/calmodulin binding at a linker between its oxygenase and reductase domains to induce large conformational changes that orchestrate inter-domain electron transfer. However, the structural dynamics underlying activation of full-length NOS remain ambiguous. Employing hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry, we reveal mechanisms underlying neuronal NOS activation by calmodulin and regulation by phosphorylation. We demonstrate that calmodulin binding orders the junction between reductase and oxygenase domains, exposes the FMN subdomain, and elicits a more dynamic oxygenase active site. Furthermore, we demonstrate that phosphorylation partially mimics calmodulin activation to modulate neuronal NOS activity via long-range allostery. Calmodulin binding and phosphorylation ultimately promote a more dynamic holoenzyme while coordinating inter-domain communication and electron transfer.
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- Quinlin M Hanson
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Haque MM, Tejero J, Bayachou M, Kenney CT, Stuehr DJ. A cross-domain charge interaction governs the activity of NO synthase. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:4545-4554. [PMID: 29414777 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.000635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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NO synthase (NOS) enzymes perform interdomain electron transfer reactions during catalysis that may rely on complementary charge interactions at domain-domain interfaces. Guided by our previous results and a computer-generated domain-docking model, we assessed the importance of cross-domain charge interactions in the FMN-to-heme electron transfer in neuronal NOS (nNOS). We reversed the charge of three residues (Glu-762, Glu-816, and Glu-819) that form an electronegative triad on the FMN domain and then individually reversed the charges of three electropositive residues (Lys-423, Lys-620, and Lys-660) on the oxygenase domain (NOSoxy), to potentially restore a cross-domain charge interaction with the triad, but in reversed polarity. Charge reversal of the triad completely eliminated heme reduction and NO synthesis in nNOS. These functions were partly restored by the charge reversal at oxygenase residue Lys-423, but not at Lys-620 or Lys-660. Full recovery of heme reduction was probably muted by an accompanying change in FMN midpoint potential that made electron transfer to the heme thermodynamically unfavorable. Our results provide direct evidence that cross-domain charge pairing is required for the FMN-to-heme electron transfer in nNOS. The unique ability of charge reversal at position 423 to rescue function indicates that it participates in an essential cross-domain charge interaction with the FMN domain triad. This supports our domain-docking model and suggests that it may depict a productive electron transfer complex formed during nNOS catalysis.
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- Mohammad Mahfuzul Haque
- From the Departments of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- the Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood, and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, and
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- the Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
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- From the Departments of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Departments of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195,
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Ramasamy S, Haque MM, Gangoda M, Stuehr DJ. Tetrahydrobiopterin redox cycling in nitric oxide synthase: evidence supports a through-heme electron delivery. FEBS J 2016; 283:4491-4501. [PMID: 27760279 PMCID: PMC5387691 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The nitric oxide synthases (NOS) catalyze a two-step oxidation of l-arginine (Arg) to generate NO. In the first step, O2 activation involves one electron being provided to the heme by an enzyme-bound 6R-tetrahydro-l-biopterin cofactor (H4 B), and the H4 B radical must be reduced back to H4 B in order for NOS to continue catalysis. Although an NADPH-derived electron is used to reduce the H4 B radical, how this occurs is unknown. We hypothesized that the NOS flavoprotein domain might reduce the H4 B radical by utilizing the NOS heme porphyrin as a conduit to deliver the electron. This model predicts that factors influencing NOS heme reduction should also influence the extent and rate of H4 B radical reduction in kind. To test this, we utilized single catalytic turnover and stop-freeze methods, along with electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, to measure the rate and extent of reduction of the 5-methyl-H4 B radical formed in neuronal NOS (nNOS) during Arg hydroxylation. We used several nNOS variants that supported either a slower or faster than normal rate of ferric heme reduction. We found that the rates and extents of nNOS heme reduction correlated well with the rates and extents of 5-methyl-H4 B radical reduction among the various nNOS enzymes. This supports a model where the heme porphyrin transfers an electron from the NOS flavoprotein to the H4 B radical formed during catalysis, revealing that the heme plays a dual role in catalyzing O2 activation or electron transfer at distinct points in the reaction cycle.
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- Somasundaram Ramasamy
- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Chen L, Zheng H, Li W, Li W, Miao Y, Feng C. Role of a Conserved Tyrosine Residue in the FMN-Heme Interdomain Electron Transfer in Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:7610-7616. [PMID: 27633182 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b08207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The interdomain electron transfer (IET) between the flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and heme domains is essential in the biosynthesis of nitric oxide (NO) by the NO synthase (NOS) enzymes. A conserved tyrosine residue in the FMN domain (Y631 in human inducible NOS) was proposed to be a key part of the electron transfer pathway in the FMN/heme docked complex model. In the present study, the FMN-heme IET kinetics in the Y631F mutant and wild type of a bidomain oxygenase/FMN construct of human inducible NOS were determined by laser flash photolysis. The rate constant of the Y631F mutant is significantly decreased by ∼75% (compared to the wild type), showing that the tyrosine residue indeed facilitates the FMN-heme IET through the protein medium. The IET rate constant of the wild type protein decreases from 345 to 242 s-1 on going from H2O to 95% D2O, giving a solvent kinetic isotope effect of 1.4. In contrast, no deuterium isotope effect was observed for the Tyr-to-Phe mutant. Moreover, an appreciable change in the wild type iNOS IET rate constant value was observed upon changing pH. These results indicate that the FMN-heme IET is proton coupled, in which the conserved tyrosine residue may play an important role.
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- Li Chen
- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Radiology, University of Colorado Denver , Denver, Colorado 80045, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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Haque MM, Ray SS, Stuehr DJ. Phosphorylation Controls Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase by Regulating Its Conformational Dynamics. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:23047-23057. [PMID: 27613870 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.737361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The activity of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) is triggered by calmodulin (CaM) binding and is often further regulated by phosphorylation at several positions in the enzyme. Phosphorylation at Ser1179 occurs in response to diverse physiologic stimuli and increases the NO synthesis and cytochrome c reductase activities of eNOS, thereby enhancing its participation in biological signal cascades. Despite its importance, the mechanism by which Ser1179 phosphorylation increases eNOS activity is not understood. To address this, we used stopped-flow spectroscopy and computer modeling approaches to determine how the phosphomimetic mutation (S1179D) may impact electron flux through eNOS and the conformational behaviors of its reductase domain, both in the absence and presence of bound CaM. We found that S1179D substitution in CaM-free eNOS had multiple effects; it increased the rate of flavin reduction, altered the conformational equilibrium of the reductase domain, and increased the rate of its conformational transitions. We found these changes were equivalent in degree to those caused by CaM binding to wild-type eNOS, and the S1179D substitution together with CaM binding caused even greater changes in these parameters. The modeling indicated that the changes caused by the S1179D substitution, despite being restricted to the reductase domain, are sufficient to explain the stimulation of both the cytochrome c reductase and NO synthase activities of eNOS. This helps clarify how Ser1179 phosphorylation regulates eNOS and provides a foundation to compare its regulation by other phosphorylation events.
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- Mohammad Mahfuzul Haque
- From the Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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Zhang W, Liu J, Shi H, Yang K, Wang P, Wang G, Liu N, Wang H, Ji J, Chu PK. Communication between nitric oxide synthase and positively-charged surface and bone formation promotion. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2016; 148:354-362. [PMID: 27619187 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Despite the effects on physiology of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and bone tissue, biological signal communication between bone implants and them is seldom employed as a guidance to create an osteo-inductive interface. Herein, the positively-charged surface is constructed on bone implant from the perspective of mediation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) expression to signal BMSCs osteo-differentiation. In vitro and in vivo results indicate that the proper surface potential on the positively-charged surface affects NOS to express a high level of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in three NOS isoforms of the contacted BMSCs, upregulates their osteogenetic expression, and ultimately foster new bone growth. However, an excessively high surface potential produces substantial immunomodulatory effects thereby offsetting the aforementioned advantages. This study demonstrates that fine-tuning of the positively-charged surface and proper utilization of the communication between NOS and bone implants promote bone formation.
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- Wei Zhang
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Stomatology Department of the General Hospital of Chinese PLA, 28 FuXing Road, Beijing 100853, China
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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- Department of Physics & Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Wang ZQ, Haque MM, Binder K, Sharma M, Wei CC, Stuehr DJ. Engineering nitric oxide synthase chimeras to function as NO dioxygenases. J Inorg Biochem 2016; 158:122-130. [PMID: 27013266 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/12/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) catalyze a two-step oxidation of l-arginine to form nitric oxide (NO) and l-citrulline. NOS contains a N-terminal oxygenase domain (NOSoxy) that is the site of NO synthesis, and a C-terminal reductase domain (NOSred) that binds nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and provides electrons to the NOSoxy heme during catalysis. The three NOS isoforms in mammals inducible NOS (iNOS), neuronal NOS (nNOS), and endothelial NOS (eNOS) share high structural similarity but differ in NO release rates and catalytic properties due to differences in enzyme kinetic parameters. These parameters must be balanced for NOS enzymes to release NO, rather than consume it in a competing, inherent NO dioxygenase reaction. To improve understanding, we drew on a global catalytic model and previous findings to design three NOS chimeras that may predominantly function as NO dioxygenases: iNOSoxy/nNOSred (Wild type (WT) chimera), V346I iNOSoxy/nNOSred (V346I chimera) and iNOSoxy/S1412D nNOSred (S1412D chimera). The WT and S1412D chimeras had higher NO release than the parent iNOS, while the V346I chimera exhibited much lower NO release, consistent with expectations. Measurements indicated that a greater NO dioxygenase activity was achieved, particularly in the V346I chimera, which dioxygenated an estimated two to four NO per NO that it released, while the other chimeras had nearly equivalent NO dioxygenase and NO release activities. Computer simulations of the global catalytic model using the measured kinetic parameters produced results that mimicked the measured outcomes, and this provided further insights on the catalytic behaviors of the chimeras and basis of their increased NO dioxygenase activities.
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- Zhi-Qiang Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University Geauga, Burton, OH 44021, United States.
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026, United States
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States.
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Hollingsworth SA, Holden JK, Li H, Poulos TL. Elucidating nitric oxide synthase domain interactions by molecular dynamics. Protein Sci 2015; 25:374-82. [PMID: 26448477 PMCID: PMC4815339 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Revised: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is a multidomain enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide (NO) by oxidizing L-Arg to NO and L-citrulline. NO production requires multiple interdomain electron transfer steps between the flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and heme domain. Specifically, NADPH-derived electrons are transferred to the heme-containing oxygenase domain via the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and FMN containing reductase domains. While crystal structures are available for both the reductase and oxygenase domains of NOS, to date there is no atomic level structural information on domain interactions required for the final FMN-to-heme electron transfer step. Here, we evaluate a model of this final electron transfer step for the heme-FMN-calmodulin NOS complex based on the recent biophysical studies using a 105-ns molecular dynamics trajectory. The resulting equilibrated complex structure is very stable and provides a detailed prediction of interdomain contacts required for stabilizing the NOS output state. The resulting equilibrated complex model agrees well with previous experimental work and provides a detailed working model of the final NOS electron transfer step required for NO biosynthesis.
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- Scott A Hollingsworth
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697
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Sheng Y, Zhong L, Guo D, Lau G, Feng C. Insight into structural rearrangements and interdomain interactions related to electron transfer between flavin mononucleotide and heme in nitric oxide synthase: A molecular dynamics study. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 153:186-196. [PMID: 26277414 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Calmodulin (CaM) binding to nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enables a conformational change, in which the FMN domain shuttles between the FAD and heme domains to deliver electrons to the active site heme center. A clear understanding of this large conformational change is critical, since this step is the rate-limiting in NOS catalysis. Herein molecular dynamics simulations were conducted on a model of an oxygenase/FMN (oxyFMN) construct of human inducible NOS (iNOS). This is to investigate the structural rearrangements and the domain interactions related to the FMN-heme interdomain electron transfer (IET). We carried out simulations on the iNOS oxyFMN·CaM complex models in [Fe(III)][FMNH(-)] and [Fe(II)][FMNH] oxidation states, the pre- and post-IET states. The comparison of the dynamics and conformations of the iNOS construct at the two oxidation states has allowed us to identify key factors related to facilitating the FMN-heme IET process. The computational results demonstrated, for the first time, that the conformational change is redox-dependent. Predictions of the key interacting sites in optimal interdomain FMN/heme docking are well supported by experimental data in the literature. An intra-subunit pivot region is predicted to modulate the FMN domain motion and correlate with existence of a bottleneck in the conformational sampling that leads to the electron transfer-competent state. Interactions of the residues identified in this work are proposed to ensure that the FMN domain moves with appropriate degrees of freedom and docks to proper positions at the heme domain, resulting in efficient IET and nitric oxide production.
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- Yinghong Sheng
- Department of Chemistry & Physics, College of Arts & Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. S., Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA.
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- Pennsylvania State University at Mont Alto, 1 Campus Drive, Mont Alto, PA 17237, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Software Engineering, U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. S., Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Physics, College of Arts & Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. S., Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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Upregulation of BMSCs osteogenesis by positively-charged tertiary amines on polymeric implants via charge/iNOS signaling pathway. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9369. [PMID: 25791957 PMCID: PMC4366815 DOI: 10.1038/srep09369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Positively-charged surfaces on implants have a similar potential to upregulate osteogenesis of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) as electromagnetic therapy approved for bone regeneration. Generally, their osteogenesis functions are generally considered to stem from the charge-induced adhesion of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins without exploring the underlying surface charge/cell signaling molecule pathways. Herein, a positively-charged surface with controllable tertiary amines is produced on a polymer implant by plasma surface modification. In addition to inhibiting the TNF-α expression, the positively-charged surface with tertiary amines exhibits excellent cytocompatibility as well as remarkably upregulated osteogenesis-related gene/protein expressions and calcification of the contacted BMSCs. Stimulated by the charged surface, these BMSCs display high iNOS expressions among the three NOS isoforms. Meanwhile, downregulation of the iNOS by L-Can or siRNA inhibit osteogenic differentiation in the BMSCs. These findings suggest that a positively-charged surface with tertiary amines induces osteogenesis of BMSCs via the surface charge/iNOS signaling pathway in addition to elevated ECM protein adhesion. Therefore, creating a positively-charged surface with tertiary amines is a promising approach to promote osseointegration with bone tissues.
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NOSs are homodimeric multidomain enzymes responsible for producing NO. In mammals, NO acts as an intercellular messenger in a variety of signaling reactions, as well as a cytotoxin in the innate immune response. Mammals possess three NOS isoforms--inducible, endothelial, and neuronal NOS--that are composed of an N-terminal oxidase domain and a C-terminal reductase domain. Calmodulin (CaM) activates NO synthesis by binding to the helical region connecting these two domains. Although crystal structures of isolated domains have been reported, no structure is available for full-length NOS. We used high-throughput single-particle EM to obtain the structures and higher-order domain organization of all three NOS holoenzymes. The structures of inducible, endothelial, and neuronal NOS with and without CaM bound are similar, consisting of a dimerized oxidase domain flanked by two separated reductase domains. NOS isoforms adopt many conformations enabled by three flexible linkers. These conformations represent snapshots of the continuous electron transfer pathway from the reductase domain to the oxidase domain, which reveal that only a single reductase domain participates in electron transfer at a time, and that CaM activates NOS by constraining rotational motions and by directly binding to the oxidase domain. Direct visualization of these large conformational changes induced during electron transfer provides significant insight into the molecular underpinnings governing NO formation.
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Astashkin AV, Chen L, Zhou X, Li H, Poulos TL, Liu KJ, Guillemette JG, Feng C. Pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance study of domain docking in neuronal nitric oxide synthase: the calmodulin and output state perspective. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:6864-72. [PMID: 25046446 PMCID: PMC4148148 DOI: 10.1021/jp503547w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The binding of calmodulin (CaM) to neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) enables formation of the output state of nNOS for nitric oxide production. Essential to NOS function is the geometry and dynamics of CaM docking to the NOS oxygenase domain, but little is known about these details. In the present work, the domain docking in a CaM-bound oxygenase/FMN (oxyFMN) construct of nNOS was investigated using the relaxation-induced dipolar modulation enhancement (RIDME) technique, which is a pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance technique sensitive to the magnetic dipole interaction between the electron spins. A cysteine was introduced at position 110 of CaM, after which a nitroxide spin label was attached at the position. The RIDME study of the magnetic dipole interaction between the spin label and the ferric heme centers in the oxygenase domain of nNOS revealed that, with increasing [Ca(2+)], the concentration of nNOS·CaM complexes increases and reaches a maximum at [Ca(2+)]/[CaM] ≥ 4. The RIDME kinetics of CaM-bound nNOS represented monotonous decays without well-defined oscillations. The analysis of these kinetics based on the structural models for the open and docked states has shown that only about 15 ± 3% of the CaM-bound nNOS is in the docked state at any given time, while the remaining 85 ± 3% of the protein is in the open conformations characterized by a wide distribution of distances between the bound CaM and the oxygenase domain. The results of this investigation are consistent with a model that the Ca(2+)-CaM interaction causes CaM docking with the oxygenase domain. The low population of the docked state indicates that the CaM-controlled docking between the FMN and heme domains is highly dynamic.
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- Andrei V Astashkin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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Sobolewska-Stawiarz A, Leferink NGH, Fisher K, Heyes DJ, Hay S, Rigby SEJ, Scrutton NS. Energy landscapes and catalysis in nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:11725-11738. [PMID: 24610812 PMCID: PMC4002082 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.548834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) plays diverse roles in mammalian physiology. It is involved in blood pressure regulation, neurotransmission, and immune response, and is generated through complex electron transfer reactions catalyzed by NO synthases (NOS). In neuronal NOS (nNOS), protein domain dynamics and calmodulin binding are implicated in regulating electron flow from NADPH, through the FAD and FMN cofactors, to the heme oxygenase domain, the site of NO generation. Simple models based on crystal structures of nNOS reductase have invoked a role for large scale motions of the FMN-binding domain in shuttling electrons from the FAD-binding domain to the heme oxygenase domain. However, molecular level insight of the dynamic structural transitions in NOS enzymes during enzyme catalysis is lacking. We use pulsed electron-electron double resonance spectroscopy to derive inter-domain distance relationships in multiple conformational states of nNOS. These distance relationships are correlated with enzymatic activity through variable pressure kinetic studies of electron transfer and turnover. The binding of NADPH and calmodulin are shown to influence interdomain distance relationships as well as reaction chemistry. An important effect of calmodulin binding is to suppress adventitious electron transfer from nNOS to molecular oxygen and thereby preventing accumulation of reactive oxygen species. A complex landscape of conformations is required for nNOS catalysis beyond the simple models derived from static crystal structures of nNOS reductase. Detailed understanding of this landscape advances our understanding of nNOS catalysis/electron transfer, and could provide new opportunities for the discovery of small molecule inhibitors that bind at dynamic protein interfaces of this multidimensional energy landscape.
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- Anna Sobolewska-Stawiarz
- From the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- From the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- From the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- From the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- From the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- From the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- From the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom.
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Feng C, Chen L, Li W, Elmore BO, Fan W, Sun X. Dissecting regulation mechanism of the FMN to heme interdomain electron transfer in nitric oxide synthases. J Inorg Biochem 2013; 130:130-40. [PMID: 24084585 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthase (NOS), a flavo-hemoprotein, is responsible for biosynthesis of nitric oxide (NO) in mammals. Three NOS isoforms, iNOS, eNOS and nNOS (inducible, endothelial, and neuronal NOS), achieve their biological functions by tight control of interdomain electron transfer (IET) process through interdomain interactions. In particular, the FMN-heme IET is essential in coupling electron transfer in the reductase domain with NO synthesis in the heme domain by delivery of electrons required for O2 activation at the catalytic heme site. Emerging evidence indicates that calmodulin (CaM) activates NO synthesis in eNOS and nNOS by a conformational change of the FMN domain from its shielded electron-accepting (input) state to a new electron-donating (output) state, and that CaM is also required for proper alignment of the FMN and heme domains in the three NOS isoforms. In the absence of a structure of full-length NOS, an integrated approach of spectroscopic, rapid kinetic and mutagenesis methods is required to unravel regulation mechanism of the FMN-heme IET process. This is to investigate the roles of the FMN domain motions and the docking between the primary functional FMN and heme domains in regulating NOS activity. The recent developments in this area that are driven by the combined approach are the focuses of this review. A better understanding of the roles of interdomain FMN/heme interactions and CaM binding may serve as a basis for the rational design of new selective modulators of the NOS enzymes.
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- Changjian Feng
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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Nitric oxide synthase domain interfaces regulate electron transfer and calmodulin activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:E3577-86. [PMID: 24003111 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313331110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) produced by NO synthase (NOS) participates in diverse physiological processes such as vasodilation, neurotransmission, and the innate immune response. Mammalian NOS isoforms are homodimers composed of two domains connected by an intervening calmodulin-binding region. The N-terminal oxidase domain binds heme and tetrahydrobiopterin and the arginine substrate. The C-terminal reductase domain binds FAD and FMN and the cosubstrate NADPH. Although several high-resolution structures of individual NOS domains have been reported, a structure of a NOS holoenzyme has remained elusive. Determination of the higher-order domain architecture of NOS is essential to elucidate the molecular underpinnings of NO formation. In particular, the pathway of electron transfer from FMN to heme, and the mechanism through which calmodulin activates this electron transfer, are largely unknown. In this report, hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry was used to map critical NOS interaction surfaces. Direct interactions between the heme domain, the FMN subdomain, and calmodulin were observed. These interaction surfaces were confirmed by kinetic studies of site-specific interface mutants. Integration of the hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry results with computational docking resulted in models of the NOS heme and FMN subdomain bound to calmodulin. These models suggest a pathway for electron transfer from FMN to heme and a mechanism for calmodulin activation of this critical step.
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Haque MM, Tejero J, Bayachou M, Wang ZQ, Fadlalla M, Stuehr DJ. Thermodynamic characterization of five key kinetic parameters that define neuronal nitric oxide synthase catalysis. FEBS J 2013; 280:4439-53. [PMID: 23789902 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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NO synthase (NOS) enzymes convert L-arginine to NO in two sequential reactions whose rates (k(cat1) and k(cat2)) are both limited by the rate of ferric heme reduction (k(r)). An enzyme ferric heme-NO complex forms as an immediate product complex and then undergoes either dissociation (at a rate that we denote as k(d)) to release NO in a productive manner, or reduction (k(r)) to form a ferrous heme-NO complex that must react with O2 (at a rate that we denote as k(ox)) in a NO dioxygenase reaction that regenerates the ferric enzyme. The interplay of these five kinetic parameters (k(cat1), k(cat2), k(r), k(d) and k(ox)) determines NOS specific activity, O2 concentration response, and pulsatile versus steady-state NO generation. In the present study, we utilized stopped-flow spectroscopy and single catalytic turnover methods to characterize the individual temperature dependencies of the five kinetic parameters of rat neuronal NOS. We then incorporated the measured kinetic values into computer simulations of the neuronal NOS reaction using a global kinetic model to comprehensively model its temperature-dependent catalytic behaviours. The results obtained provide new mechanistic insights and also reveal that the different temperature dependencies of the five kinetic parameters significantly alter neuronal NOS catalytic behaviours and NO release efficiency as a function of temperature.
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Charge-pairing interactions control the conformational setpoint and motions of the FMN domain in neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Biochem J 2013; 450:607-17. [PMID: 23289611 DOI: 10.1042/bj20121488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The NOS (nitric oxide synthase; EC 1.14.13.39) enzymes contain a C-terminal flavoprotein domain [NOSred (reductase domain of NOS)] that binds FAD and FMN, and an N-terminal oxygenase domain that binds haem. Evidence suggests that the FMN-binding domain undergoes large conformational motions to shuttle electrons between the NADPH/FAD-binding domain [FNR (ferredoxin NADP-reductase)] and the oxygenase domain. Previously we have shown that three residues on the FMN domain (Glu762, Glu816 and Glu819) that make charge-pairing interactions with the FNR help to slow electron flux through nNOSred (neuronal NOSred). In the present study, we show that charge neutralization or reversal at each of these residues alters the setpoint [Keq(A)] of the NOSred conformational equilibrium to favour the open (FMN-deshielded) conformational state. Moreover, computer simulations of the kinetic traces of cytochrome c reduction by the mutants suggest that they have higher conformational transition rates (1.5-4-fold) and rates of interflavin electron transfer (1.5-2-fold) relative to wild-type nNOSred. We conclude that the three charge-pairing residues on the FMN domain govern electron flux through nNOSred by stabilizing its closed (FMN-shielded) conformational state and by retarding the rate of conformational switching between its open and closed conformations.
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Li W, Chen L, Lu C, Elmore BO, Astashkin AV, Rousseau DL, Yeh SR, Feng C. Regulatory role of Glu546 in flavin mononucleotide-heme electron transfer in human inducible nitric oxide synthase. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:4795-801. [PMID: 23570607 DOI: 10.1021/ic3020892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) production by mammalian NO synthase (NOS) is believed to be regulated by the docking of the flavin mononucleotide (FMN) domain in one subunit of the dimer onto the heme domain of the adjacent subunit. Glu546, a conserved charged surface residue of the FMN domain in human inducible NOS (iNOS), is proposed to participate in the interdomain FMN/heme interactions [Sempombe et al. Inorg. Chem.2011, 50, 6869-6861]. In the present work, we further investigated the role of the E546 residue in the FMN-heme interdomain electron transfer (IET), a catalytically essential step in the NOS enzymes. Laser flash photolysis was employed to directly measure the FMN-heme IET kinetics for the E546N mutant of human iNOS oxygenase/FMN (oxyFMN) construct. The temperature dependence of the IET kinetics was also measured over the temperature range of 283-304 K to determine changes in the IET activation parameters. The E546N mutation was found to retard the IET by significantly raising the activation entropic barrier. Moreover, pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance data showed that the geometry of the docked FMN/heme complex in the mutant is basically the same as in the wild type construct, whereas the probability of formation of such a complex is about twice lower. These results indicate that the retarded IET in the E546N mutant is not caused by an altered conformation of the docked FMN/heme complex, but by a lower population of the IET-active conformation. In addition, the negative activation entropy of the mutant is still substantially lower than that of the holoenzyme. This supports a mechanism by which the FMN domain can modify the IET through altering probability of the docked state formation.
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- Wenbing Li
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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Iyanagi T, Xia C, Kim JJP. NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase: prototypic member of the diflavin reductase family. Arch Biochem Biophys 2012; 528:72-89. [PMID: 22982532 PMCID: PMC3606592 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2012.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2012] [Revised: 09/01/2012] [Accepted: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (CYPOR) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS), two members of the diflavin oxidoreductase family, are multi-domain enzymes containing distinct FAD and FMN domains connected by a flexible hinge. FAD accepts a hydride ion from NADPH, and reduced FAD donates electrons to FMN, which in turn transfers electrons to the heme center of cytochrome P450 or NOS oxygenase domain. Structural analysis of CYPOR, the prototype of this enzyme family, has revealed the exact nature of the domain arrangement and the role of residues involved in cofactor binding. Recent structural and biophysical studies of CYPOR have shown that the two flavin domains undergo large domain movements during catalysis. NOS isoforms contain additional regulatory elements within the reductase domain that control electron transfer through Ca(2+)-dependent calmodulin (CaM) binding. The recent crystal structure of an iNOS Ca(2+)/CaM-FMN construct, containing the FMN domain in complex with Ca(2+)/CaM, provided structural information on the linkage between the reductase and oxgenase domains of NOS, making it possible to model the holo iNOS structure. This review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the dynamics of domain movements during CYPOR catalysis and the role of the NOS diflavin reductase domain in the regulation of NOS isozyme activities.
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- Takashi Iyanagi
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Life Science, The Himeji Institute of Technology, University of Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
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Haque MM, Fadlalla MA, Aulak KS, Ghosh A, Durra D, Stuehr DJ. Control of electron transfer and catalysis in neuronal nitric-oxide synthase (nNOS) by a hinge connecting its FMN and FAD-NADPH domains. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:30105-16. [PMID: 22722929 PMCID: PMC3436266 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.339697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2012] [Revised: 06/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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In nitric-oxide synthases (NOSs), two flexible hinges connect the FMN domain to the rest of the enzyme and may guide its interactions with partner domains for electron transfer and catalysis. We investigated the role of the FMN-FAD/NADPH hinge in rat neuronal NOS (nNOS) by constructing mutants that either shortened or lengthened this hinge by 2, 4, and 6 residues. Shortening the hinge progressively inhibited electron flux through the calmodulin (CaM)-free and CaM-bound nNOS to cytochrome c, whereas hinge lengthening relieved repression of electron flux in CaM-free nNOS and had no impact or slowed electron flux through CaM-bound nNOS to cytochrome c. How hinge length influenced heme reduction depended on whether enzyme flavins were pre-reduced with NADPH prior to triggering heme reduction. Without pre-reduction, changing the hinge length was deleterious; with pre-reduction, the hinge shortening was deleterious, and hinge lengthening increased heme reduction rates beyond wild type. Flavin fluorescence and stopped-flow kinetic studies on CaM-bound enzymes suggested hinge lengthening slowed the domain-domain interaction needed for FMN reduction. All hinge length changes lowered NO synthesis activity and increased uncoupled NADPH consumption. We conclude that several aspects of catalysis are sensitive to FMN-FAD/NADPH hinge length and that the native hinge allows a best compromise among the FMN domain interactions and associated electron transfer events to maximize NO synthesis and minimize uncoupled NADPH consumption.
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- Mohammad Mahfuzul Haque
- From the Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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Feng C. Mechanism of Nitric Oxide Synthase Regulation: Electron Transfer and Interdomain Interactions. Coord Chem Rev 2012; 256:393-411. [PMID: 22523434 PMCID: PMC3328867 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2011.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Nitric oxide synthase (NOS), a flavo-hemoprotein, tightly regulates nitric oxide (NO) synthesis and thereby its dual biological activities as a key signaling molecule for vasodilatation and neurotransmission at low concentrations, and also as a defensive cytotoxin at higher concentrations. Three NOS isoforms, iNOS, eNOS and nNOS (inducible, endothelial, and neuronal NOS), achieve their key biological functions by tight regulation of interdomain electron transfer (IET) process via interdomain interactions. In particular, the FMN-heme IET is essential in coupling electron transfer in the reductase domain with NO synthesis in the heme domain by delivery of electrons required for O(2) activation at the catalytic heme site. Compelling evidence indicates that calmodulin (CaM) activates NO synthesis in eNOS and nNOS through a conformational change of the FMN domain from its shielded electron-accepting (input) state to a new electron-donating (output) state, and that CaM is also required for proper alignment of the domains. Another exciting recent development in NOS enzymology is the discovery of importance of the the FMN domain motions in modulating reactivity and structure of the catalytic heme active site (in addition to the primary role of controlling the IET processes). In the absence of a structure of full-length NOS, an integrated approach of spectroscopic (e.g. pulsed EPR, MCD, resonance Raman), rapid kinetics (laser flash photolysis and stopped flow) and mutagenesis methods is critical to unravel the molecular details of the interdomain FMN/heme interactions. This is to investigate the roles of dynamic conformational changes of the FMN domain and the docking between the primary functional FMN and heme domains in regulating NOS activity. The recent developments in understanding of mechanisms of the NOS regulation that are driven by the combined approach are the focuses of this review. An improved understanding of the role of interdomain FMN/heme interaction and CaM binding may serve as the basis for the design of new selective inhibitors of NOS isoforms.
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- Changjian Feng
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 (USA) , Tel: 505-925-4326
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Intraprotein electron transfer between the FMN and heme domains in endothelial nitric oxide synthase holoenzyme. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2011; 1814:1997-2002. [PMID: 21864726 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Revised: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Intraprotein electron transfer (IET) from flavin mononucleotide (FMN) to heme is an essential step in nitric oxide (NO) synthesis by NO synthase (NOS). The IET kinetics in neuronal and inducible NOS (nNOS and iNOS) holoenzymes have been previously determined in our laboratories by laser flash photolysis [reviewed in: C.J. Feng, G. Tollin, Dalton Trans., (2009) 6692-6700]. Here we report the kinetics of the IET in a bovine endothelial NOS (eNOS) holoenzyme in the presence and absence of added calmodulin (CaM). The IET rate constant in the presence of CaM is estimated to be ~4.3s(-1). No IET was observed in the absence of CaM, indicating that CaM is the primary factor in controlling the FMN-heme IET in the eNOS enzyme. The IET rate constant value for the eNOS holoenzyme is approximately 10 times smaller than those obtained for the iNOS and CaM-bound nNOS holoenzymes. Possible mechanisms underlying the difference in IET kinetics among the NOS isoforms are discussed. Because the rate-limiting step in the IET process in these enzymes is the conformational change from input state to output state, a slower conformational change (than in the other isoforms) is most likely to cause the slower IET in eNOS.
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Astashkin AV, Elmore BO, Fan W, Guillemette JG, Feng C. Pulsed EPR determination of the distance between heme iron and FMN centers in a human inducible nitric oxide synthase. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:12059-67. [PMID: 20695464 DOI: 10.1021/ja104461p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mammalian nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is a homodimeric flavo-hemoprotein that catalyzes the oxidation of L-arginine to nitric oxide (NO). Regulation of NO biosynthesis by NOS is primarily through control of interdomain electron transfer (IET) processes in NOS catalysis. The IET from the flavin mononucleotide (FMN) to heme domains is essential in the delivery of electrons required for O(2) activation in the heme domain and the subsequent NO synthesis by NOS. The NOS output state for NO production is an IET-competent complex of the FMN-binding domain and heme domain, and thereby it facilitates the IET from the FMN to the catalytic heme site. The structure of the functional output state has not yet been determined. In the absence of crystal structure data for NOS holoenzyme, it is important to experimentally determine the Fe...FMN distance to provide a key calibration for computational docking studies and for the IET kinetics studies. Here we used the relaxation-induced dipolar modulation enhancement (RIDME) technique to measure the electron spin echo envelope modulation caused by the dipole interactions between paramagnetic FMN and heme iron centers in the [Fe(III)][FMNH(*)] (FMNH(*): FMN semiquinone) form of a human inducible NOS (iNOS) bidomain oxygenase/FMN construct. The FMNH(*)...Fe distance has been directly determined from the RIDME spectrum. This distance (18.8 +/- 0.1 A) is in excellent agreement with the IET rate constant measured by laser flash photolysis [Feng, C. J.; Dupont, A.; Nahm, N.; Spratt, D.; Hazzard, J. T.; Weinberg, J.; Guillemette, J.; Tollin, G.; Ghosh, D. K. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 14, 133-142].
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- Andrei V Astashkin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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Feng C, Fan W, Dupont A, Guy Guillemette J, Ghosh DK, Tollin G. Electron transfer in a human inducible nitric oxide synthase oxygenase/FMN construct co-expressed with the N-terminal globular domain of calmodulin. FEBS Lett 2010; 584:4335-8. [PMID: 20868689 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Revised: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The FMN-heme intraprotein electron transfer (IET) kinetics in a human inducible NOS (iNOS) oxygenase/FMN (oxyFMN) construct co-expressed with NCaM, a truncated calmodulin (CaM) construct that includes only its N-terminal globular domain consisting of residues 1-75, were determined by laser flash photolysis. The IET rate constant is significantly decreased by nearly fourfold (compared to the iNOS oxyFMN co-expressed with full length CaM). This supports an important role of full length CaM in proper interdomain FMN/heme alignment in iNOS. The IET process was not observed with added excess EDTA, suggesting that Ca(2+) depletion results in the FMN domain moving away from the heme domain. The results indicate that a Ca(2+)-dependent reorganization of the truncated CaM construct could cause a major modification of the NCaM/iNOS association resulting in a loss of the IET.
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- Changjian Feng
- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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