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Duré AB, Cristaldi JC, Guevara Cuasapud LA, Dalosto SD, Rivas MG, Ferroni FM, González PJ, Montich GG, Brondino CD. Molecular and kinetic properties of copper nitrite reductase from Sinorhizobium meliloti 2011 upon substituting the interfacial histidine ligand coordinated to the type 2 copper active site for glycine. J Inorg Biochem 2023; 241:112155. [PMID: 36739731 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
A copper-containing nitrite reductase catalyzes the reduction of nitrite to nitric oxide in the denitrifier Sinorhizobium meliloti 2011 (SmNirK), a microorganism used as bioinoculant in alfalfa seeds. Wild type SmNirK is a homotrimer that contains two copper centers per monomer, one of type 1 (T1) and other of type 2 (T2). T2 is at the interface of two monomers in a distorted square pyramidal coordination bonded to a water molecule and three histidine side chains, H171 and H136 from one monomer and H342 from the other. We report the molecular, catalytic, and spectroscopic properties of the SmNirK variant H342G, in which the interfacial H342 T2 ligand is substituted for glycine. The molecular properties of H342G are similar to those of wild type SmNirK. Fluorescence-based thermal shift assays and FTIR studies showed that the structural effect of the mutation is only marginal. However, the kinetic reaction with the physiological electron donor was significantly affected, which showed a ∼ 100-fold lower turnover number compared to the wild type enzyme. UV-Vis, EPR and FTIR studies complemented with computational calculations indicated that the drop in enzyme activity are mainly due to the void generated in the protein substrate channel by the point mutation. The main structural changes involve the filling of the void with water molecules, the direct coordination to T2 copper ion of the second sphere aspartic acid ligand, a key residue in catalysis and nitrite sensing in NirK, and to the loss of the 3 N-O coordination of T2.
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- Andrea B Duré
- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral and CONICET, S3000ZAA, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral and CONICET, S3000ZAA, Santa Fe, Argentina; Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende 5000, Córdoba, Argentina; Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC), CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral and CONICET, S3000ZAA, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Física del Litoral, CONICET-UNL, Güemes 3450, S3000GLN, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral and CONICET, S3000ZAA, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral and CONICET, S3000ZAA, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral and CONICET, S3000ZAA, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende 5000, Córdoba, Argentina; Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC), CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral and CONICET, S3000ZAA, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Planchestainer M, McMaster J, Schulz C, Paradisi F, Albrecht M. Carbene-Induced Rescue of Catalytic Activity in Deactivated Nitrite Reductase Mutant. Chemistry 2020; 26:15206-15211. [PMID: 32543723 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The role of His145 in the T1 copper center of nitrite reductase (NiR) is pivotal for the activity of the enzyme. Mutation to a glycine at this position enables the reconstitution of the T1 center by the addition of imidazole as exogenous ligands, however the catalytic activity is only marginally rescued. Here, we demonstrate that the uptake of 1,3-dimethylimidazolylidene as N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) by the H145G NiR mutant instead of imidazole yields a significantly more active catalyst, suggesting a beneficial role of such C-bonding. Spectroscopic analyses of the formed H145G≈NHC variant as well as an analogue without the catalytic T2 copper center reveal no significant alteration of the T1 site compared to the wild type or the variant containing imidazole as exogenous N-bound surrogate of H145. However, the presence of the carbene doubles the catalytic activity of the mutant compared to the imidazole variant. This enhanced activity has been attributed to a faster electron transfer to the T1 center in the NHC variant and a concomitant change of the rate-limiting step.
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- Matteo Planchestainer
- University of Bern, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Freiestr. 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.,University of Nottingham, School of Chemistry, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- University of Nottingham, School of Chemistry, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Department of Molecular Theory and Spectroscopy, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- University of Bern, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Freiestr. 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.,University of Nottingham, School of Chemistry, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- University of Bern, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Freiestr. 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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In vitro unfolding of yeast multicopper oxidase Fet3p variants reveals unique role of each metal site. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:19258-63. [PMID: 19033465 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806431105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fet3p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a multicopper oxidase (MCO) that contains 3 cupredoxin-like beta-barrel domains and 4 copper ions located in 3 distinct metal sites (T1 in domain 3, T2, and the binuclear T3 at the interface between domains 1 and 3). To better understand how protein structure and stability is defined by cofactor coordination in MCO proteins, we assessed thermal unfolding of apo and metallated forms of Fet3p by using spectroscopic and calorimetric methods in vitro (pH 7). We find that unfolding reactions of apo and different holo forms of Fet3p are irreversible reactions that depend on the scan rate. The domains in apo-Fet3p unfold sequentially [thermal midpoint (T(m)) of 45 degrees C, 62 degrees C, and 72 degrees C; 1 K/min]. Addition of T3 imposes strain in the apo structure that results in coupled domain unfolding and low stability (T(m) of 50 degrees C; 1 K/min). Further inclusion of T2 (i.e., only T1 absent) increases overall stability by approximately 5 degrees C but unfolding remains coupled in 1 step. Introduction of T1, producing fully-loaded holo-Fet3p (or in the absence of T2), results in stabilization of domain 3, which uncouples unfolding of the domains; unfolding of domain 2 occurs first along with Cu-site perturbations (T(m) 50-55 degrees C; 1 K/min), followed by unfolding of domains 1 and 3 ( approximately 65-70 degrees C; 1 K/min). Our results suggest that there is a metal-induced tradeoff between overall protein stability and metal coordination in members of the MCO family.
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