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Bjornsson R, Neese F, DeBeer S. Revisiting the Mössbauer Isomer Shifts of the FeMoco Cluster of Nitrogenase and the Cofactor Charge. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:1470-1477. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Ragnar Bjornsson
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Spatzal T, Einsle O, Andrade SLA. Analysis of the Magnetic Properties of Nitrogenase FeMo Cofactor by Single-Crystal EPR Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:10116-9. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Spatzal T, Einsle O, Andrade SLA. Analyse der magnetischen Eigenschaften des FeMo-Cofaktors der Nitrogenase mittels Einkristall-EPR-Spektroskopie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201303000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mössbauer spectroscopy has contributed significantly to the studies of Fe-containing proteins. Early applications yielded detailed electronic characterizations of hemeproteins, and thus enhanced our understanding of the chemical properties of this important class of proteins. The next stage of the applications was marked by major discoveries of several novel Fe clusters of complex structures, including the 8Fe7S P cluster and the mixed metal 1Mo7Fe M center in nitrogenase. Since early 1990 s, rapid kinetic techniques have been used to arrest enzymatic reactions for Mössbauer studies. A number of reaction intermediates were discovered and characterized, both spectroscopically and kinetically, providing unprecedented detailed molecular-level mechanistic information. This chapter gives a brief summary of the historical accounts and a concise description of some experimental and theoretical elements in Mössbauer spectroscopy that are essential for understanding Mössbauer spectra. Major biological applications are summarized at the end.
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Harris TV, Szilagyi RK. Comparative assessment of the composition and charge state of nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:4811-24. [PMID: 21545160 DOI: 10.1021/ic102446n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A significant limitation in our understanding of the molecular mechanism of biological nitrogen fixation is the uncertain composition of the FeMo-cofactor (FeMo-co) of nitrogenase. In this study we present a systematic, density functional theory-based evaluation of spin-coupling schemes, iron oxidation states, ligand protonation states, and interstitial ligand composition using a wide range of experimental criteria. The employed functionals and basis sets were validated with molecular orbital information from X-ray absorption spectroscopic data of relevant iron-sulfur clusters. Independently from the employed level of theory, the electronic structure with the greatest number of antiferromagnetic interactions corresponds to the lowest energy state for a given charge and oxidation state distribution of the iron ions. The relative spin state energies of resting and oxidized FeMo-co already allowed exclusion of certain iron oxidation state distributions and interstitial ligand compositions. Geometry-optimized FeMo-co structures of several models further eliminated additional states and compositions, while reduction potentials indicated a strong preference for the most likely charge state of FeMo-co. Mössbauer and ENDOR parameter calculations were found to be remarkably dependent on the employed training set, density functional, and basis set. Overall, we found that a more oxidized [Mo(IV)-2Fe(II)-5Fe(III)-9S(2-)-C(4-)] composition with a hydroxyl-protonated homocitrate ligand satisfies all of the available experimental criteria and is thus favored over the currently preferred composition of [Mo(IV)-4Fe(II)-3Fe(III)-9S(2-)-N(3-)] from the literature.
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- Travis V Harris
- NAI Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
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Harris TV, Szilagyi RK. Nitrogenase structure and function relationships by density functional theory. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 766:267-291. [PMID: 21833874 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-194-9_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Modern density functional theory has tremendous potential with matching popularity in metalloenzymology to reveal the unseen atomic and molecular details of structural data, spectroscopic measurements, and biochemical experiments by providing insights into unobservable structures and states, while also offering theoretical justifications for observed trends and differences. An often untapped potential of this theoretical approach is to bring together diverse experimental structural and reactivity information and allow for these to be critically evaluated at the same level. This is particularly applicable for the tantalizingly complex problem of the structure and molecular mechanism of biological nitrogen fixation. In this chapter we provide a review with extensive practical details of the compilation and evaluation of experimental data for an unbiased and systematic density functional theory analysis that can lead to remarkable new insights about the structure-function relationships of the iron-sulfur clusters of nitrogenase.
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- Travis V Harris
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Astrobiology Biogeochemistry Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
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Fisher K, Lowe DJ, Tavares P, Pereira AS, Huynh BH, Edmondson D, Newton WE. Conformations generated during turnover of the Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase MoFe protein and their relationship to physiological function. J Inorg Biochem 2007; 101:1649-56. [PMID: 17845818 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2007.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2007] [Revised: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 07/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Various S=3/2 EPR signals elicited from wild-type and variant Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase MoFe proteins appear to reflect different conformations assumed by the FeMo-cofactor with different protonation states. To determine whether these presumed changes in protonation and conformation reflect catalytic capacity, the responses (particularly to changes in electron flux) of the alphaH195Q, alphaH195N, and alphaQ191K variant MoFe proteins (where His at position 195 in the alpha subunit is replaced by Gln/Asn or Gln at position alpha-191 by Lys), which have strikingly different substrate-reduction properties, were studied by stopped-flow or rapid-freeze techniques. Rapid-freeze EPR at low electron flux (at 3-fold molar excess of wild-type Fe protein) elicited two transient FeMo-cofactor-based EPR signals within 1 s of initiating turnover under N(2) with the alphaH195Q and alphaH195N variants, but not with the alphaQ191K variant. No EPR signals attributable to P cluster oxidation were observed for any of the variants under these conditions. Furthermore, during turnover at low electron flux with the wild-type, alphaH195Q or alphaH195N MoFe protein, the longer-time 430-nm absorbance increase, which likely reflects P cluster oxidation, was also not observed (by stopped-flow spectrophotometry); it did, however, occur for all three MoFe proteins under higher electron flux. No 430-nm absorbance increase occurred with the alphaQ191K variant, not even at higher electron flux. This putative lack of involvement of the P cluster in electron transfer at low electron flux was confirmed by rapid-freeze (57)Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, which clearly showed FeMo-factor reduction without P cluster oxidation. Because the wild-type, alphaH195Q and alphaH195N MoFe proteins can bind N(2), but alphaQ195K cannot, these results suggest that P cluster oxidation occurs only under high electron flux as required for N(2) reduction.
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- Karl Fisher
- Department of Biochemistry, The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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Noodleman L, Lovell T, Han WG, Li J, Himo F. Quantum chemical studies of intermediates and reaction pathways in selected enzymes and catalytic synthetic systems. Chem Rev 2004; 104:459-508. [PMID: 14871132 DOI: 10.1021/cr020625a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 330] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Louis Noodleman
- Department of Molecular Biology TPC-15, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Lovell T, Li J, Liu T, Case DA, Noodleman L. FeMo cofactor of nitrogenase: a density functional study of states M(N), M(OX), M(R), and M(I). J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:12392-410. [PMID: 11734043 DOI: 10.1021/ja011860y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The M(N) S = (3)/(2) resting state of the FeMo cofactor of nitrogenase has been proposed to have metal-ion valencies of either Mo(4+)6Fe(2+)Fe(3+) (derived from metal hyperfine interactions) or Mo(4+)4Fe(2+)3Fe(3+) (from Mössbauer isomer shifts). Spin-polarized broken-symmetry (BS) density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been undertaken to determine which oxidation level best represents the M(N) state and to provide a framework for understanding its energetics and spectroscopy. For the Mo(4+)6Fe(2+)Fe(3+) oxidation state, the spin coupling pattern for several spin state alignments compatible with S = (3)/(2) were generated and assessed by energy and geometric criteria. The most likely BS spin state is composed of a Mo3Fe cluster with spin S(a) = 2 antiferromagnetically coupled to a 4Fe' cluster with spin S(b) = (7)/(2). This state has a low DFT energy for the isolated FeMoco cluster and the lowest energy when the interaction with the protein and solvent environment is included. This spin state also displays calculated metal hyperfine and Mössbauer isomer shifts compatible with experiment, and optimized geometries that are in excellent agreement with the protein X-ray data. Our best model for the actual spin-coupled state within FeMoco alters this BS state by a slight canting of spins and is analogous in several respects to that found in the 8Fe P-cluster in the same protein. The spin-up and spin-down components of the LUMO contain atomic contributions from Mo(4+) and the homocitrate and from the central prismane Fe sites and muS(2) atoms, respectively. This qualitative picture of the accepting orbitals for M(N) is consistent with observations from Mössbauer spectra of the one-electron reduced states. Similar calculations for the Mo(4+)4Fe(2+)3Fe(3+) oxidation state yield results that are in poorer agreement with experiment. Using the Mo(4+)6Fe(2+)Fe(3+) oxidation level as the most plausible resting state, the geometric, electronic and energetic properties of the one-electron redox transition to the oxidized state, M(OX), catalytically observed M(R) and radiolytically reduced M(I) states have also been explored.
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- T Lovell
- Department of Molecular Biology TPC-15, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Moriaud F, Gambarelli S, Lamotte B, Mouesca JM. Single-crystal (57)Fe Q-band ENDOR study of the 4 iron-4 sulfur cluster in its reduced [4Fe-4S](1+) state. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2001; 153:238-245. [PMID: 11740900 DOI: 10.1006/jmre.2001.2439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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(57)Fe Q-band ENDOR has been used to study the [4Fe-4S](1+) state created by gamma irradiation of single crystals of the synthetic model compound [N(C(2)H(5))(4)](2)[Fe(4)S(4)(SCH(2)C(6)H(5))(4)] enriched in (57)Fe. This compound is an excellent biomimetic model of the active sites of many 4 iron-4 sulfur proteins, enabling detailed and systematic studies of its oxidized [4Fe-4S](3+) and reduced [4Fe-4S](1+) paramagnetic states. Taking advantage of the fact that Q-band ENDOR, in contrast with X-Band ENDOR, allows for a very good separation of the (57)Fe transitions from those of the protons, the complete hyperfine tensors of the four iron atoms for the [4Fe-4S](1+) species has been measured with precision. For each iron atom, the electron orbital and electron spin isotropic contributions have been determined separately. Moreover, it is remarkable that two (57)Fe hyperfine tensors attributed to the ferrous pair of iron atoms are very different. In effect, one tensor presents a much larger anisotropic part and a much smaller isotropic part than those of the other. This difference has been interpreted in terms of a differential electron orbital hyperfine interaction among the two ferrous ions.
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- F Moriaud
- Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, UMR 5046, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA-Grenoble, 17 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble Cedex 9, 38054, France
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Bates DM, Popescu CV, Khoroshilova N, Vogt K, Beinert H, Münck E, Kiley PJ. Substitution of leucine 28 with histidine in the Escherichia coli transcription factor FNR results in increased stability of the [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster to oxygen. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:6234-40. [PMID: 10692418 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.9.6234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To understand the role of the [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster in controlling the activity of the Escherichia coli transcription factor FNR (fumarate nitrate reduction) during changes in O(2) availability, we have characterized a mutant FNR protein containing a substitution of Leu-28 with His (FNR-L28H) which, unlike its wild type (WT) counterpart, is functional under aerobic growth conditions. The His-28 substitution appears to stabilize the [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster of FNR-L28H in the presence of O(2) because air-exposed FNR-L28H did not undergo the rapid [4Fe-4S](2+) to [2Fe-2S](2+) cluster conversion or concomitant loss in site-specific DNA binding and dimerization, which are characteristic of WT-FNR under these conditions. This increased cluster stability was not a result of His-28 replacing the WT-FNR cluster ligands because substitution of any of these four Cys residues (cysteine 20, 23, 29, or 122) with Ser resulted in [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster-deficient preparations of FNR-L28H. The Mössbauer spectra of FNR-L28H indicated that the coordination environment of the [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster did not differ from that of WT-FNR. Whole cell Mössbauer spectroscopy showed that aerobically grown cells overexpressing FNR-L28H had levels of the FNR species containing the [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster similar to those of cells grown under anaerobic conditions. Thus, the increase in cluster stability is sufficient to allow accumulation of the [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster form of FNR-L28H under aerobic conditions and provides a reasonable explanation for why this mutant protein is functional under aerobic growth conditions. From these results, we present a model to explain how WT-FNR is normally inactivated under aerobic growth conditions.
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- D M Bates
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Osterloh F, Sanakis Y, Staples RJ, Münck E, Holm RH. Ein Molybdän-Eisen-Schwefel-Cluster mit Strukturelementen des Nitrogenase-P-Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3757(19990712)111:13/14<2199::aid-ange2199>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lanzilotta WN, Seefeldt LC. Changes in the midpoint potentials of the nitrogenase metal centers as a result of iron protein-molybdenum-iron protein complex formation. Biochemistry 1997; 36:12976-83. [PMID: 9335558 DOI: 10.1021/bi9715371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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All nitrogenase-catalyzed substrate reduction reactions require the transient association between the iron (Fe) protein component and the molybdenum-iron (MoFe) protein component with concomitant intercomponent electron transfer and MgATP hydrolysis. Understanding the effects of Fe protein-MoFe protein complex formation on the properties of the nitrogenase metal centers is thus essential to understanding the electron transfer reactions. This work presents evidence for significant shifts in midpoint potentials for two of the three nitrogenase metal centers as a result of Fe protein binding to the MoFe protein. The midpoint potentials for the three nitrogenase metal centers, namely the [4Fe-4S] cluster of the Fe protein, and the [8Fe-7S] (or P-) clusters and FeMo cofactors (or M-centers) of the MoFe protein, were determined within a nondissociating nitrogenase complex prepared with a site-specifically altered Fe protein (Leu at position 127 deleted, L127Delta). The midpoint potential for each metal center was determined by mediated redox titrations, with the redox state of each center being monitored by parallel and perpendicular mode EPR spectroscopy. The midpoint potential of the Fe protein [4Fe-4S]2+/1+ cluster couple was observed to change by -200 mV from -420 mV in the uncomplexed L127Delta Fe protein to -620 mV in the L127Delta Fe protein-MoFe protein complex. The midpoint potential of the two electron oxidized couple of the P-clusters (P2+/N) of the MoFe protein was observed to shift by -80 mV upon protein-protein complex formation. No significant change in the midpoint potential of an oxidized state of FeMoco (Mox/N) was observed upon complex formation. These results provide insights into the energetics of intercomponent electron transfer in nitrogenase, suggesting that the energy of protein-protein complex formation is coupled to an increase in the driving force for electron transfer. The results are interpreted in light of the expected changes in the protein environments of the metal centers within the nitrogenase complex.
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- W N Lanzilotta
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA
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Zhou J, Hu Z, Münck E, Holm RH. The Cuboidal Fe3S4 Cluster: Synthesis, Stability, and Geometric and Electronic Structures in a Non-Protein Environment. J Am Chem Soc 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ja9537843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jian Zhou
- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Mössbauer characterization of the metal clusters in Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase VFe protein. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)31909-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pierik AJ, Wassink H, Haaker H, Hagen WR. Redox properties and EPR spectroscopy of the P clusters of Azotobacter vinelandii MoFe protein. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 212:51-61. [PMID: 8383042 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb17632.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In Azotobacter vinelandii MoFe protein the oxidation of the P clusters to the S = 7/2 state is associated with a redox reaction with Em,7.5 = +90 +/- 10 mV (vs the normal hydrogen electrode), n = 1. A concomitant redox process is observed for a rhombic S = 1/2 EPR signal with g = 1.97, 1.88 and 1.68. This indicates that both S = 1/2 and S = 7/2 signals are associated with oxidized P clusters occurring as a physical mixture of spin states. The maximal intensity of the S = 1/2 and S = 7/2 signals in the mediated equilibrium redox titration is similar if not identical to that of solid-thionine-treated samples. Summation of the spin concentration of the S = 1/2 spin state (0.25 +/- 0.03 spin/alpha 2 beta 2) and the S = 7/2 spin state (1.3 +/- 0.2 spin/alpha 2 beta 2) confirms that the MoFe protein has absolutely no more than two P clusters. In spectra of enzyme fixed at potentials around -100 mV a very low-intensity g = 12 EPR signal was discovered. In parallel-mode EPR the signal sharpened and increased > 10-fold in intensity which allowed us to assign the g = 12 signal to a non-Kramers system (presumably S = 3). In contrast with the non-Kramers EPR signals of various metalloproteins and inorganic compounds, the sharp absorption-shaped g = 12 signal is not significantly broadened into zero field, implying that the zero field splitting of the non-Kramers doublet is smaller than the X-band microwave quantum. The temperature dependence of this g = 12 EPR signal indicates that it is from an excited state within the integer spin multiplet. A bell-shaped titration curve with Em,7.5 = -307 +/- 30 mV and +81 +/- 30 mV midpoint potentials is found for the g = 12 EPR signal. We propose that this signal represents an intermediate redox state of the P clusters between the diamagnetic, dithionite-reduced and the fully oxidized S = 7/2 and S = 1/2 state. Redox transitions of two electrons (-307 +/- 30 mV) and one electron (+90 +/- 10 mV) link the sequence S = 0<-->S = 3<-->(S = 7/2 and S = 1/2). We propose to name the latter paramagnetic oxidation states of the P clusters in nitrogenase POX1 and POX2, and to retain PN for the diamagnetic native redox state.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- A J Pierik
- Department of Biochemistry, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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Madden MS, Krezel AM, Allen RM, Ludden PW, Shah VK. Plausible structure of the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:6487-91. [PMID: 1631147 PMCID: PMC49526 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.14.6487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A plausible structure of the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase [reduced ferredoxin:dinitrogen oxidoreductase (ATP-hydrolyzing), EC 1.18.6.1] is presented based on altered substrate reduction properties of dinitrogenase containing homocitrate analogs within the cofactor. Alterations on each carbon of the four-carbon homocitrate backbone were correlated with altered substrate reduction properties of dinitrogenase containing these analogs. Altered substrate reduction properties are the basis for a model in which homocitrate is oriented about two cubane metal clusters.
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- M S Madden
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706
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Barata BA, Liang J, Moura I, Legall J, Moura JJ, Huynh BH. Mössbauer study of the native, reduced and substrate-reacted Desulfovibrio gigas aldehyde oxido-reductase. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 204:773-8. [PMID: 1311679 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16693.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The Desulfovibrio gigas aldehyde-oxido-reductase contains molybdenum and iron-sulfur clusters. Mössbauer spectroscopy was used to characterize the iron-sulfur clusters. Spectra of the enzyme in its oxidized, partially reduced and benzaldehyde-reacted states were recorded at different temperatures and applied magnetic fields. All the iron atoms in D. gigas aldehyde oxido-reductase are organized as [2Fe-2S] clusters. In the oxidized enzyme, the clusters are diamagnetic and exhibit a single quadrupole doublet with parameters (delta EQ = 0.62 +/- 0.02 mm/s and delta = 0.27 +/- 0.01 mm/s) typical for the [2Fe-2S]2+ state. Mössbauer spectra of the reduced clusters also show the characteristics of a [2Fe-2S]1+ cluster and can be explained by a spin-coupling model proposed for the [2Fe-2S] cluster where a high-spin ferrous ion (S = 2) is antiferromagnetically coupled to a high-spin ferric ion (S = 5/2) to form a S = 1/2 system. Two ferrous sites with different delta EQ values (3.42 mm/s and 2.93 mm/s at 85 K) are observed for the reduced enzyme, indicating the presence of two types of [2Fe-2S] clusters in the D. gigas enzyme. Taking this observation together with the re-evaluated value of iron content (3.5 +/- 0.1 Fe/molecule), it is concluded that, similar to other Mo-hydroxylases, the D. gigas aldehyde oxido-reductase also contains two spectroscopically distinguishable [2Fe-2S] clusters.
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- B A Barata
- Centro de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal
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Moura I, Tavares P, Moura J, Ravi N, Huynh B, Liu M, LeGall J. Direct spectroscopic evidence for the presence of a 6Fe cluster in an iron-sulfur protein isolated from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (ATCC 27774). J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42859-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Zhuang B, Chen P, Huang L, Lu J. Molybdenum(tungsten)-iron-sulphur clusters with low valence molybdenum (tungsten) atoms: Synthesis, structure and properties of a new MFeS cluster containing an M(μ3-S)2Fe2 core with an M0 atom, [Et4N][MFe2S2(CO)8(S2CNEt2)] (M = Mo, W). Polyhedron 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0277-5387(00)83270-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Howard JB, Rees DC. Perspectives on non-heme iron protein chemistry. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1991; 42:199-280. [PMID: 1793006 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3233(08)60537-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- J B Howard
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis 55455
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Eldredge PA, Averill BA. An organometallic approach to the synthesis of high nuclearity Mo-Fe-S clusters as potential models for the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase. J CLUST SCI 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00702745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Szterenberg L, Jeżowska-Trzebiatowska B. FeMoS complexes in the light of the molecular orbital theory. J Organomet Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0022-328x(89)85231-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Newton WE, Gheller SF, Feldman BJ, Dunham WR, Schultz FA. Isolated iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase exists in multiple forms in its oxidized and semi-reduced states. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)94121-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Lindahl PA, Papaefthymiou V, Orme-Johnson WH, Münck E. Mössbauer studies of solid thionin-oxidized MoFe protein of nitrogenase. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)77648-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Arber JM, Flood AC, Garner CD, Gormal CA, Hasnain SS, Smith BE. Iron K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Biochem J 1988; 252:421-5. [PMID: 3046607 PMCID: PMC1149162 DOI: 10.1042/bj2520421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Iron K-edge X-ray absorption data for the iron-molybdenum cofactor ('FeMoco') from Klebsiella pneumoniae reported here provide the first evidence for long-range structural order in the cofactor [Fe...Fe(Mo) = 0.368 nm in addition to Fe...S = 0.22 nm and Fe...Fe(Mo) = 0.27 nm] and, in contrast with previously published data [Antonio, Teo, Orme-Johnson, Nelson, Groh, Lindahl, Kauzlarich & Averill (1982) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 104, 4703-4705], indicate that most of the iron centres are not co-ordinated to light (oxygen, nitrogen) atoms. This demonstrates that presently available chemical models for FeMoco are inadequate.
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- J M Arber
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, U.K
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Kretchmar SA, Teixeira M, Huynh BH, Raymond KN. Mössbauer studies of electrophoretically purified monoferric and diferric human transferrin. BIOLOGY OF METALS 1988; 1:26-32. [PMID: 3152869 DOI: 10.1007/bf01128014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Electrophoretically purified 57Fe-enriched monoferric and diferric human transferrins and selectively labeled complexes ([C-56Fe,N-57Fe]transferrin and [C-57Fe,N-56Fe]transferrin) were studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy. The data were recorded at 4.2 K over a wide range of applied magnetic fields (0.05-6 T) and were analyzed by a spin-Hamiltonian formalism. Characteristic hyperfine parameters were found and the obtained zero-field splitting parameters (D = 0.25 +/- 0.05 cm-1 and E/D = 0.30 +/- 0.02) agree with previous electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) findings. The weak-field spectra of the [N-57Fe]transferrin are slightly broader than those of the [C-57Fe]transferrin, indicating that the N-terminal iron site may be more heterogeneous. However, the absorption line positions and the relative intensities of the subspectra originating from the three Kramers doublets of each Fe3+ site are identical. Thus the electronic structures of the two iron sites can be described by the same set of spin-Hamiltonian parameters, indicating that the ligand environments for the two sites are the same, as suggested by the recent X-ray crystallographic studies. This suggestion is further supported by the observation that the strong-field spectra of the two monoferric transferrins are indistinguishable. The selectively labeled mixed-isotope transferrins exhibit spectra that are identical to those of the corresponding monoferric 57Fe-enriched transferrins, implying that the occupation of one iron site has little or no effect on the immediate environment of the other site, a finding that is not surprising since the two sites are separated by approximately 4.2 nm.
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- S A Kretchmar
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Day EP, Kent TA, Lindahl PA, Münck E, Orme-Johnson WH, Roder H, Roy A. SQUID measurement of metalloprotein magnetization. New methods applied to the nitrogenase proteins. Biophys J 1987; 52:837-53. [PMID: 3480761 PMCID: PMC1330187 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(87)83277-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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New techniques have been developed to exploit the sensitivity of a commercial SQUID susceptometer in the study of the magnetization of metalloproteins. Previous studies have ignored both the slow relaxation (hours) of spin I = 1/2 nuclei and residual ferromagnetic impurities in sample holders. These potential sources of noise were at or below the sensitivity of previous instruments. With these noise sources under control, one can now decrease the protein concentration by a factor of ten. In addition careful characterization of the frozen magnetization sample, including the use of a multi-instrument holder for combined study of the magnetization sample with Mössbauer spectroscopy, is required for reliable interpretation of the data in the face of paramagnetic impurities common to metalloprotein samples. Many previous magnetic studies of metalloproteins have been carried out in the Curie region. Saturation magnetization studies down to 1.8 K and up to 5 T can determine zero-field splitting parameters in addition to the spin and exchange coupling parameters measured in previous studies at lower fields and higher temperatures. Applications of these techniques to the study of the nitrogenase proteins of Azotobacter vinelandii are presented as examples.
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- E P Day
- Gray Freshwater Biological Institute, University of Minnesota, Navarre 55392
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Iron-molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis in Azotobacter vinelandii requires the iron protein of nitrogenase. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47941-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Isotopic hybrids of nitrogenase. Mössbauer study of MoFe protein with selective 57Fe enrichment of the P-cluster. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45141-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Newton W, Schultz F, Gheller S, Lough S, McDonald J, Conradson S, Hedman B, Hodgson K. Iron-molybdenum cofactor of Axotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase: oxidation-reduction properties and structural insights. Polyhedron 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0277-5387(00)84965-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cook M, Karplus M. Electronic structure of the MoFe3S4(SH)3−6ion: A broken‐symmetry metal–sulfur cluster. J Chem Phys 1985. [DOI: 10.1063/1.449584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Dunham WR, Hagen WR, Braaksma A, Grande HJ, Haaker H. The importance of quantitative Mössbauer spectroscopy of MoFe-protein from Azotobacter vinelandii. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 146:497-501. [PMID: 3855748 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb08679.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The Mössbauer spectra of MoFe-protein of Azotobacter vinelandii, as isolated under dithionite and taken at temperatures from 125 K to 175 K, are the sums of four resolved quadrupole doublets. Our results indicate that the currently accepted interpretation of these doublets can be questioned. Our data reduction method converts the Mössbauer transmission spectra to source lineshape deconvolved absorption spectra linear in iron. We used these absorption spectra to determine the stoichiometry of the Fe clusters in MoFe-protein and we obtained much better fits if we assumed that there are four iron atoms in the 'Fe2+, doublet, two iron atoms in the 'S' doublet, twelve iron atoms in the 'D' doublet and sixteen iron atoms in the 'M' doublet. Therefore we propose that the MoFe-cofactor contains one molybdenum and eight iron atoms ('M'). We also argue that none of the previous Mössbauer spectroscopic studies have been performed on the highest-activity preparation now obtainable, nor has there been any study to prove that the Mössbauer spectra are independent of activity. We consider that the Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of the MoFe-protein of nitrogenase are a re-opened and unsolved problem.
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Arciero DM, Lipscomb JD, Huynh BH, Kent TA, Münck E. EPR and Mössbauer studies of protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase. Characterization of a new Fe2+ environment. J Biol Chem 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)43760-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Christner JA, Münck E, Janick PA, Siegel LM. Mössbauer evidence for exchange-coupled siroheme and [4Fe-4S] prosthetic groups in Escherichia coli sulfite reductase. Studies of the reduced states and of a nitrite turnover complex. J Biol Chem 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)44398-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Nelson MJ, Levy MA, Orme-Johnson WH. Metal and sulfur composition of iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1983; 80:147-50. [PMID: 6571989 PMCID: PMC393327 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.1.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The sulfur content of N-methylformamide solutions of cofactor from Clostridium pasteurianum nitrogenase has been determined to be 11.9 (+/- 0.9) mol per mol of molybdenum. This number was determined radiochemically, using iron-molybdenum cofactor isolated from molybdenum-iron protein from bacteria grown on 35SO4. A total of 3.2 (+/- 0.2) mol of sulfur per mol of molybdenum was found to be present in cysteine and methionine, probably arising from contaminating proteins not intrinsic to the cofactor. Combined with accumulated evidence that is discussed, these results lead to an updated stoichiometry of MoFe6S8 or 9, not MoFe6S4 as previously thought, for this cluster.
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Mascharak PK, Smith MC, Armstrong WH, Burgess BK, Holm RH. Fluorine-19 chemical shifts as structural probes of metal-sulfur clusters and the cofactor of nitrogenase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1982; 79:7056-60. [PMID: 6960364 PMCID: PMC347274 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.79.22.7056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Several properties of the FeMo-cofactor (co) of nitrogenase in N-methylformamide solution at ambient temperature have been investigated by means of 19F NMR spectroscopy. With C6H5CF3 reference signals the magnetic moment per Mo atom was found to be approximately equal to 3.9 BM, consistent with S = 3/2 ground state identified by other spectroscopic methods at low temperature. Reaction of FeMo-co with 1.0 eq of RFS- (RF = p-C6H4CF3, p-C6H4F) afforded isotropically shifted signals indicative of binding to a paramagnetic cluster. By comparison with the spectra of Fe-S and Fe-Mo-S species derivatized with RFS-, including the cubane-type MoFe3S4 clusters with S = 3/2 ground states, it was concluded that the essential FeMo-co cluster structure remains intact and a Fe atom is the probable thiolate binding site. An interaction of FeMo-co with C6H5S- had been detected earlier by low temperature EPR spectroscopy. The binding site assignment is based on large observed isotropic shifts (ca. -12ppm) compared to the much smaller values found for Mo-SRF ligands in MoFe3S4 clusters and anticipated in FeMo-co on the basis of recent spectroscopic results. Isotropic 19F shifts have proven extremely sensitive to electronic and structural features of Fe-S and Fe-Mo-S clusters. The inclusion of a 19F NMR label in FeMo-co should prove of utility in further investigation of cofactor properties and reactions.
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Yang SS, Pan WH, Friesen GD, Burgess BK, Corbin JL, Stiefel EI, Newton WE. Iron-molybdenum cofactor from nitrogenase. Modified extraction methods as probes for composition. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)34294-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Johnson MK, Thomson AJ, Robinson A, Smith BE. Characterization of the paramagnetic centres of the molybdenum-iron protein of nitrogenase from Klebsiella pneumoniae using low temperature magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(81)90094-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Lundell D, Howard J. Isolation and sequences of the cysteinyl tryptic peptides from the MoFe-protein of Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase. J Biol Chem 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)69176-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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A molybdenum-iron cluster (Mo-Fe cluster) containing 6 Fe atoms per Mo was isolated by methyl ethyl ketone extraction of component I of nitrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii. The cluster has no EPR signal in the g = 4 region but has an intense signal at g = 2.05 and 2.01. After the cluster was transferred from methyl ethyl ketone to N-methylformamide, the signal in the g = 2 region disappeared and a signal similar to that found with Fe-Mo cofactor appeared. The Mo-Fe cluster is the EPR-active center that undergoes reversible oxidation-reduction during catalytic turnover at the active site of the enzyme. In contrast to the Fe-Mo cofactor, which contains 8 Fe atoms per Mo, the Mo-Fe cluster failed to activate either inactive component I in extracts of A. vinelandii mutant strain UW45 or tungsten-containing component I from wild-type A. vinelandii. On the other hand, the Mo-Fe cluster showed as much acetylene-reduction activity with sodium borohydride as the reductant as did the Fe-Mo cofactor. Like nitrogenase-dependent and Fe-Mo cofactor-dependent acetylene reduction, the Mo-Fe cluster-dependent acetylene reduction is strongly inhibited by carbon monoxide.
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Stephens PJ, McKenna CE, McKenna MC, Nguyen HT, Devlin F. Circular dichroism and magnetic circular dichroism of reduced molybdenum-iron protein of Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase. Biochemistry 1981; 20:2857-64. [PMID: 6941811 DOI: 10.1021/bi00513a023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Studies of the circular dichroism (CD) and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) of the dithionite-reduced molybdenum-iron protein of Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase (Av1) are reported. CD and MCD are measurable at room temperature across a wide spectral range, from the near-UV to the near-IR. The visible-near-UV CD is insignificantly affected by moderate variations in pH, temperature, ionic strength, and buffer, providing evidence against conformational change in the range studied. Mg2+ and ATP also cause no observable change in the visible-near-UV CD. Both CD and MCD in the visible-near-UV are unaffected by 30% inactivation by O2. However, the CD and MCD spectra of uncrystallized Av1 differ very significantly from those of crystallized Av1; in particular, the MCD spectrum is very sensitive to the presence of heme impurities. The identicality in both CD and MCD spectra of the reduced molybdenum-iron proteins from Azotobacter vinelandii and Klebsiella pneumoniae shows that these proteins contain metal clusters, identical in number, structure, and protein environment. While the absorption, CD, and MCD spectra of reduced Av1 are typical in many respects of simpler iron-sulfur proteins and are most similar to the [Fe4S4(SR)4]3- clusters found in reduced bacterial ferredoxins, significant differences exist. It is concluded, therefore, that the clusters present are not identical with those previously characterized, a conclusion earlier arrived at from electron paramagnetic resonance, Mössbauer, and EXAFS spectroscopies.
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Smith BE, O'Donnell MJ, Lang G, Spartalian K. A Mössbauer spectroscopic investigation of the redox behaviour of the molybdenum-iron protein from Klebsiella pneumoniae nitrogenase. Mechanistic and structural implications. Biochem J 1980; 191:449-55. [PMID: 7016110 PMCID: PMC1162235 DOI: 10.1042/bj1910449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The redox properties of the nitrogenase Mo-Fe protein from Klebsiella pneumoniae have been monitored by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy between -460 and -160mV (relative to the normal hydrogen electrode). Two redox processes associated with the atoms of the protein were observed. One at -216mV (pH 8.7) was associated with the Fe-Mo cofactor centres in the protein and allowed identification of the Mössbauer parameters of the oxidized form of these centres. The other redox process at -340mV (pH 8.7) was associated with species M5 [Smith & Lang (1974) Biochem. J. 137, 169-180]. This latter redox process may be involved in enzyme turnover. The oxidized form of species M5 interacts magnetically with species M4. The structural implications of the data have been considered in relation to other published data. It is concluded that an unequivocal assignment of the M4 and M5 atoms to Fe-S cluster types is not yet possible.
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Levchenko LA, Roschupkina OS, Sadkov AP, Marakushev SA, Mikhailov GM, Borod'ko YG. Spectroscopic investigation of FeMo-cofactor. Coenzyme A as one of the probable components of an active site of nitrogenase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1980; 96:1384-92. [PMID: 6933992 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(80)90104-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Huynh BH, Henzl MT, Christner JA, Zimmermann R, Orme-Johnson WH, Münck E. Nitrogenase XII. Mössbauer studies of the MoFe protein from Clostridium pasteurianum W5. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1980; 623:124-38. [PMID: 6246963 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(80)90015-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We have studied the molybdenum-protein (MoFe protein) from Clostridium pasteurianum with Mössbauer spectroscopy in the temperature range from 1.5 to 200 K in magnetic fields up to 55 kG. Except for some small differences in the hyperfine parameters the results for the C. pasteurianum protein are essentially the same as those published previously for the protein from Azotobacter vinelandii, i.e. (30 +/- 2) Fe atoms partition into two identical cofactor centers M (each center most likely containing six Fe atoms and one Mo atom), four P-clusters (each center containing four Fe atoms), and one iron environment labeled S (about two Fe atoms per holoenzyme). We have analyzed the spectra of the cofactor centers in three distinct oxidation states, Formula: (see test). The diamagnetic (electronic spin S = 0) state MOX is attained by oxidation of the native, EPR-active (S = 3/2) state MN. The reduced state MR is observed in steady state under nitrogen fixing conditions; high-field Mössbauer studies show that the cofactor centers are paramagnetic (integer electronic spin S greater than or equal to 1) in the state MR. We have evaluated the complex high-field spectra resulting from the P-clusters in the oxidized state POX. The analysis shows that one iron site is characterized by a positive hyperfine coupling constant A0 while the other three sites have A0 less than 0. A slightly modified set of parameters also fits the high-field data of the MoFe protein from A. vinelandii. Finally, we will present a discussion summarizing our principle results obtained to date for the proteins from A. vinelandii and C. pasteurianum.
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