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Lubner CE, Artz JH, Mulder DW, Oza A, Ward RJ, Williams SG, Jones AK, Peters JW, Smalyukh II, Bharadwaj VS, King PW. A site-differentiated [4Fe-4S] cluster controls electron transfer reactivity of Clostridium acetobutylicum [FeFe]-hydrogenase I. Chem Sci 2022; 13:4581-4588. [PMID: 35656134 PMCID: PMC9019909 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc07120c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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One of the many functions of reduction–oxidation (redox) cofactors is to mediate electron transfer in biological enzymes catalyzing redox-based chemical transformation reactions. There are numerous examples of enzymes that utilize redox cofactors to form electron transfer relays to connect catalytic sites to external electron donors and acceptors. The compositions of relays are diverse and tune transfer thermodynamics and kinetics towards the chemical reactivity of the enzyme. Diversity in relay design is exemplified among different members of hydrogenases, enzymes which catalyze reversible H2 activation, which also couple to diverse types of donor and acceptor molecules. The [FeFe]-hydrogenase I from Clostridium acetobutylicum (CaI) is a member of a large family of structurally related enzymes where interfacial electron transfer is mediated by a terminal, non-canonical, His-coordinated, [4Fe–4S] cluster. The function of His coordination was examined by comparing the biophysical properties and reactivity to a Cys substituted variant of CaI. This demonstrated that His coordination strongly affected the distal [4Fe–4S] cluster spin state, spin pairing, and spatial orientations of molecular orbitals, with a minor effect on reduction potential. The deviations in these properties by substituting His for Cys in CaI, correlated with pronounced changes in electron transfer and reactivity with the native electron donor–acceptor ferredoxin. The results demonstrate that differential coordination of the surface localized [4Fe–4S]His cluster in CaI is utilized to control intermolecular and intramolecular electron transfer where His coordination creates a physical and electronic environment that enables facile electron exchange between electron carrier molecules and the iron–sulfur cluster relay for coupling to reversible H2 activation at the catalytic site. Histidine coordination of the distal [4Fe–4S] cluster in [FeFe]-hydrogenase was demonstrated to tune the cluster spin-states, spin-pairing and surrounding molecular orbitals to enable more facile electron transfer compared to cysteine coordination.![]()
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden Colorado USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden Colorado USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden Colorado USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA.,Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque New Mexico USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University Pullman Washington USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USA.,Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden Colorado USA .,Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USA
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Structure and electrochemistry of proteins harboring iron-sulfur clusters of different nuclearities. Part I. [4Fe-4S] + [2Fe-2S] iron-sulfur proteins. J Struct Biol 2017; 200:1-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Artz JH, Mulder DW, Ratzloff MW, Lubner CE, Zadvornyy OA, LeVan AX, Williams SG, Adams MWW, Jones AK, King PW, Peters JW. Reduction Potentials of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Accessory Iron-Sulfur Clusters Provide Insights into the Energetics of Proton Reduction Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2017. [PMID: 28635269 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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An [FeFe]-hydrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum, CpI, is a model system for biological H2 activation. In addition to the catalytic H-cluster, CpI contains four accessory iron-sulfur [FeS] clusters in a branched series that transfer electrons to and from the active site. In this work, potentiometric titrations have been employed in combination with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy at defined electrochemical potentials to gain insights into the role of the accessory clusters in catalysis. EPR spectra collected over a range of potentials were deconvoluted into individual components attributable to the accessory [FeS] clusters and the active site H-cluster, and reduction potentials for each cluster were determined. The data suggest a large degree of magnetic coupling between the clusters. The distal [4Fe-4S] cluster is shown to have a lower reduction potential (∼ < -450 mV) than the other clusters, and molecular docking experiments indicate that the physiological electron donor, ferredoxin (Fd), most favorably interacts with this cluster. The low reduction potential of the distal [4Fe-4S] cluster thermodynamically restricts the Fdox/Fdred ratio at which CpI can operate, consistent with the role of CpI in recycling Fdred that accumulates during fermentation. Subsequent electron transfer through the additional accessory [FeS] clusters to the H-cluster is thermodynamically favorable.
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- Jacob H Artz
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University , 258 Clark Hall, Pullman, Washington 99163, United States
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- Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University , 258 Clark Hall, Pullman, Washington 99163, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University , 224 Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University , P.O. Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- B216B Life Sciences Complex, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Georgia , Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University , P.O. Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University , 258 Clark Hall, Pullman, Washington 99163, United States
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Zanello P. The competition between chemistry and biology in assembling iron–sulfur derivatives. Molecular structures and electrochemistry. Part II. {[Fe2S2](SγCys)4} proteins. Coord Chem Rev 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Türker L. A Model Study on the Possible Effects of an External Electrical Field on Enzymes Having Dinuclear Iron Cluster [2Fe-2S]. ScientificWorldJournal 2012; 2012:985958. [PMID: 22629229 PMCID: PMC3353660 DOI: 10.1100/2012/985958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hydrogenases which catalyze the H2↔ 2H+ + 2e− reaction are metalloenzymes that can be divided into two classes, the NiFe and Fe enzymes, on the basis of their metal content. Iron-sulfur clusters [2Fe-2S] and [4Fe-4S] are common in ironhydrogenases. In the present model study, [2Fe-2S] cluster has been considered to visualize the effect of external electric field on various quantum chemical properties of it. In the model, all the cysteinyl residues are in the amide form. The PM3 type semiempirical calculations have been performed for the geometry optimization of the model structure in the absence and presence of the external field. Then, single point DFT calculations (B3LYP/6-31+G(d)) have been carried out. Depending on the direction of the field, the chemical reactivity of the model enzyme varies which suggests that an external electric field could, under proper conditions, improve the enzymatic hydrogen production.
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- Lemi Türker
- Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey
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Xiao Y, Tan ML, Ichiye T, Wang H, Guo Y, Smith MC, Meyer J, Sturhahn W, Alp EE, Zhao J, Yoda Y, Cramer SP. Dynamics of Rhodobacter capsulatus [2FE-2S] ferredoxin VI and Aquifex aeolicus ferredoxin 5 via nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) and resonance Raman spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2010; 47:6612-27. [PMID: 18512953 DOI: 10.1021/bi701433m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have used (57)Fe nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) to study the Fe(2)S(2)(Cys)(4) sites in oxidized and reduced [2Fe-2S] ferredoxins from Rhodobacter capsulatus (Rc FdVI) and Aquifex aeolicus (Aa Fd5). In the oxidized forms, nearly identical NRVS patterns are observed, with strong bands from Fe-S stretching modes peaking around 335 cm(-1), and additional features observed as high as the B(2u) mode at approximately 421 cm(-1). Both forms of Rc FdVI have also been investigated by resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy. There is good correspondence between NRVS and Raman frequencies, but because of different selection rules, intensities vary dramatically between the two kinds of spectra. For example, the B(3u) mode at approximately 288 cm(-1), attributed to an asymmetric combination of the two FeS(4) breathing modes, is often the strongest resonance Raman feature. In contrast, it is nearly invisible in the NRVS, as there is almost no Fe motion in such FeS(4) breathing. NRVS and RR analysis of isotope shifts with (36)S-substituted into bridging S(2-) ions in Rc FdVI allowed quantitation of S(2-) motion in different normal modes. We observed the symmetric Fe-Fe stretching mode at approximately 190 cm(-1) in both NRVS and RR spectra. At still lower energies, the NRVS presents a complex envelope of bending, torsion, and protein modes, with a maximum at 78 cm(-1). The (57)Fe partial vibrational densities of states (PVDOS) were interpreted by normal-mode analysis with optimization of Urey-Bradley force fields. Progressively more complex D(2h) Fe(2)S(2)S'(4), C(2h) Fe(2)S(2)(SCC)(4), and C(1) Fe(2)S(2)(Cys)(4) models were optimized by comparison with the experimental spectra. After modification of the CHARMM22 all-atom force field by the addition of refined Fe-S force constants, a simulation employing the complete protein structure was used to reproduce the PVDOS, with better results in the low frequency protein mode region. This process was then repeated for analysis of data on the reduced FdVI. Finally, the degree of collectivity was used to quantitate the delocalization of the dynamic properties of the redox-active Fe site. The NRVS technique demonstrates great promise for the observation and quantitative interpretation of the dynamical properties of Fe-S proteins.
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- Yuming Xiao
- Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Do PM, Angerhofer A, Hrdy I, Bardonova L, Ingram LO, Shanmugam KT. Engineering Escherichia coli for fermentative dihydrogen production: potential role of NADH-ferredoxin oxidoreductase from the hydrogenosome of anaerobic protozoa. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2009; 153:21-33. [PMID: 19172236 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8508-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Trichomonas vaginalis generates reduced ferredoxin within a unique subcellular organelle, hydrogenosome that is used as a reductant for H2 production. Pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase and NADH dehydrogenase (NADH-DH) are the two enzymes catalyzing the production of reduced ferredoxin. The genes encoding the two subunits of NADH-DH were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Kinetic properties of the recombinant heterodimer were similar to that of the native enzyme from the hydrogenosome. The recombinant holoenzyme contained 2.15 non-heme iron and 1.95 acid-labile sulfur atoms per heterodimer. The EPR spectrum of the dithionite-reduced protein revealed a [2Fe-2S] cluster with a rhombic symmetry of gxyz = 1.917, 1.951, and 2.009 corresponding to cluster N1a of the respiratory complex I. Based on the Fe content, absorption spectrum, and the EPR spectrum of the purified small subunit, the [2Fe-2S] cluster was located in the small subunit of the holoenzyme. This recombinant NADH-DH oxidized NADH and reduced low redox potential electron carriers, such as viologen dyes as well as Clostridium ferredoxin that can couple to hydrogenase for H2 production from NADH. These results show that this unique hydrogenosome NADH dehydrogenase with a critical role in H2 evolution in the hydrogenosome can be produced with near-native properties in E. coli for metabolic engineering of the bacterium towards developing a dark fermentation process for conversion of biomass-derived sugars to H2 as an energy source.
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- Phi Minh Do
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110700, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Enzymes possessing the capacity to oxidize molecular hydrogen have developed convergently three class of enzymes leading to: [FeFe]-, [NiFe]-, and [FeS]-cluster-free hydrogenases. They differ in the composition and the structure of the active site metal centre and the sequence of the constituent structural polypeptides but they show one unifying feature, namely the existence of CN and/or CO ligands at the active site Fe. Recent developments in the analysis of the maturation of [FeFe]- and [NiFe]- hydrogenases have revealed a remarkably complex pattern of mostly novel biochemical reactions. Maturation of [FeFe]-hydrogenases requires a minimum of three auxiliary proteins, two of which belong to the class of Radical-SAM enzymes and other to the family of GTPases. They are sufficient to generate active enzyme when their genes are co-expressed with the structural genes in a heterologous host, otherwise deficient in [FeFe]-hydrogenase expression. Maturation of the large subunit of [NiFe]-hydrogenases depends on the activity of at least seven core proteins that catalyse the synthesis of the CN ligand, have a function in the coordination of the active site iron, the insertion of nickel and the proteolytic maturation of the large subunit. Whereas this core maturation machinery is sufficient to generate active hydrogenase in the cytoplasm, like that of hydrogenase 3 from Escherichia coli, additional proteins are involved in the export of the ready-assembled heterodimeric enzyme to the periplasm via the twin-arginine translocation system in the case of membrane-bound hydrogenases. A series of other gene products with intriguing putative functions indicate that the minimal pathway established for E. coli [NiFe]-hydrogenase maturation may possess even higher complexity in other organisms.
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- August Böck
- Department Biology I, University of Munich, 80638 Munich, Germany
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Dermoun Z, De Luca G, Asso M, Bertrand P, Guerlesquin F, Guigliarelli B. The NADP-reducing hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio fructosovorans: functional interaction between the C-terminal region of HndA and the N-terminal region of HndD subunits. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1556:217-25. [PMID: 12460679 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(02)00364-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The hndABCD operon from Desulfovibrio fructosovorans encodes an uncommon heterotetrameric NADP-reducing iron hydrogenase. The presence of a [2Fe-2S] cluster likely located in the C-terminal region of the HndA subunit has already been revealed. We have cloned and expressed the truncated hndA gene in Escherichia coli to isolate the structural [2Fe-2S] module. Optical and EPR spectra are found identical to that of the native HndA subunit and the midpoint redox potential (-385 mV) is similar to that of the native protein (-395 mV). These results clearly demonstrate that the C-terminal region of HndA is a structurally independent [2Fe2S] ferredoxin-like domain. In the same way, the N-terminal domain of the HndD subunit was overproduced in E. coli and characterized. The presence of a [2Fe-2S] cluster was evidenced by optical spectroscopy. The midpoint redox potential (-380 mV) of this domain was found very close to that of the truncated HndA subunit but the EPR properties were significantly different. The various EPR properties allowed us to observe an electron exchange between the two [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin-like domains of the HndA and HndD subunits. Moreover, domain-domain interactions, observed by far-western experiments, indicate that these subunits are direct partners in the native complex.
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- Zorah Dermoun
- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IBSM, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 cedex 20, Marseille, France.
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Hernández H, Hewitson KS, Roach P, Shaw NM, Baldwin JE, Robinson CV. Observation of the iron-sulfur cluster in Escherichia coli biotin synthase by nanoflow electrospray mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2001; 73:4154-61. [PMID: 11569804 DOI: 10.1021/ac0102664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Biotin synthase from Escherichia coli was analyzed by nanoflow electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. From solution conditions in which the protein is in its native state, a distribution of monomeric, dimeric, and tetrameric species was observed. The distribution of these species was sensitive to changes in ionic strength: in the positive ion spectrum, biotin synthase at low ionic strength (pH 7.0-8.5) yielded less than 10% dimer. The masses of the monomeric species were consistent with the presence of a [2Fe-2S] cluster with a mass difference of 175.3 Da from the apomonomer with one disulfide bond. Despite the molecular mass of the noncovalent dimer (77 kDa), it was possible to observe a dimeric species containing one iron-sulfur cluster in both positive and negative ion spectra. Additionally, observation of a series of charge states assigned to the apodimer indicated that binding of the iron-sulfur cluster was not required to maintain the dimer. Binding of Cu2+ to biotin synthase was also observed; in the presence of excess chelating agent, free metals were removed and the iron-sulfur cluster remained intact. Evidence for the coordination of the iron-sulfur cluster in biotin synthase was obtained in a tandem mass spectrometry experiment. A single charge state containing the cluster at m/z 2416.9 was isolated, and collision-induced dissociation resulted in sequential loss of sulfur and retention of Fe3+.
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- H Hernández
- Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, Oxford University, New Chemistry Laboratory, UK
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Verhagen MF, O'Rourke TW, Menon AL, Adams MW. Heterologous expression and properties of the gamma-subunit of the Fe-only hydrogenase from Thermotoga maritima. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1505:209-19. [PMID: 11334785 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(01)00166-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Thermotoga maritima is a hyperthermophilic bacterium that contains a complex, heterotrimeric (alpha(beta)gamma) Fe-only hydrogenase. Sequence analysis indicates that the gene encoding the smallest subunit (gamma), hydC, contains a predicted iron-sulfur cluster binding motif. However, characterization of the native gamma-subunit has been hampered by interference from and the inability to separate intact gamma-subunit from the other two subunits (alpha and beta). To investigate the function and properties of the isolated gamma-subunit, the gene encoding HydG was expressed in Escherichia coli. Two forms of the recombinant protein were obtained with molecular masses of 10 and 18 kDa, respectively. Both contained a single [2Fe-2S] cluster based on metal analysis, EPR and UV-visible spectroscopy. NH2-terminal sequencing revealed that the 10 kDa protein is a truncated form of the intact gamma-subunit and lacks the first 65 amino acid residues. The midpoint potential of the 18 kDa form was -356 mV at pH 7.0 and 25 degrees C, as measured by direct electrochemistry, and was pH dependent with a pK(ox) of 7.5 and a pK(red) of 7.7. The oxidized, recombinant gamma-subunit was stable at 80 degrees C under anaerobic conditions with a half-life greater than 24 h, as judged by the UV-visible spectrum of the [2Fe-2S] cluster. In the presence of air the protein was less stable and denatured with a half-life of approx. 2.5 h. The recombinant gamma-subunit was electron transfer competent and was efficiently reduced by pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Pyrococcus furiosus, with a Km of 5microM and a Vmax of 9 U/mg. In contrast, native T. maritima hydrogenase holoenzyme and its separated alpha-subunit were much less effective electron donors for the gamma-subunit, with a V(max) of 0.01 U/mg and 0.1 U/mg, respectively.
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- M F Verhagen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Atta M, Meyer J. Characterization of the gene encoding the [Fe]-hydrogenase from Megasphaera elsdenii. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1476:368-71. [PMID: 10669801 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(99)00245-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The gene encoding the [Fe]-hydrogenase from the anaerobic bacterium Megasphaera elsdenii has been cloned and sequenced. The gene is monocistronic, in keeping with the protein being a monomer. The translated protein sequence (484 residues, M(r)=53 kDa) comprises a small 2[4Fe-4S] ferredoxin-like domain and a large domain containing the catalytic site. Comparisons with other [Fe]-hydrogenase sequences, including two of which the crystal structures are known, show that the M. elsdenii protein is among the smallest of these enzymes and provide useful indications regarding the basic structural core common to all [Fe]-hydrogenases. It is, nevertheless, to be noted that the genome of Thermotoga maritima encodes a putative [Fe]-hydrogenase that would consist of only 301 residues.
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- M Atta
- Département de Biologie Moléculaire et Structurale, CEA-Grenoble, 38054, Grenoble, France.
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The recent elucidation of the structures of iron-only hydrogenases from the microorganisms Clostridium pasteurianum and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans has revealed that the presumed site of reversible hydrogen oxidation exists as a unique, protein-associated organometallic prosthetic group. Details of the hydrogenase structures provide insight into the chemical mechanism of this highly evolved catalyst.
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- J W Peters
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-0300, USA.
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Jung YS, Gao-Sheridan HS, Christiansen J, Dean DR, Burgess BK. Purification and biophysical characterization of a new [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin from Azotobacter vinelandii, a putative [Fe-S] cluster assembly/repair protein. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:32402-10. [PMID: 10542283 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.45.32402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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During the purification of site-directed mutant variants of Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I (FdI), a pink protein, which was not observed in native FdI preparations, appeared to associate specifically with variants that had mutations in ligands to FdI [Fe-S] clusters. That protein, which we designate FdIV, has now been purified. NH(2)-terminal sequence analysis revealed that the protein is the product of a previously described gene, herein designated fdxD, that is in the A. vinelandii iscSUA operon that encodes proteins involved in iron-sulfur cluster assembly or repair. An apoprotein molecular mass of 12,434.03 +/- 0.21 Da was determined by mass spectrometry consistent with the known gene sequence. The monomeric protein was shown to contain a single [2Fe-2S](2+/+) cluster by UV/visible, CD, and EPR spectroscopies with a reduction potential of -344 mV versus the standard hydrogen electrode. When overexpressed in Escherichia coli, recombinant FdIV holoprotein was successfully assembled. However, the polypeptide of the recombinant protein was modified in some way such that the apoprotein molecular mass increased by 52 Da. Antibodies raised against FdIV and EPR spectroscopy were used to examine the relative levels of FdIV and FdI in various A. vinelandii strains leading to the conclusion that FdIV levels appear to be specifically increased under conditions where another protein, NADPH:ferredoxin reductase is also up-regulated. In that case, the fpr gene is known to be activated in response to oxidative stress. This suggests that the fdxD gene and other genes in the iron-sulfur cluster assembly or repair operon might be similarly up-regulated in response to oxidative stress.
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- Y S Jung
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Verhagen MF, O'Rourke T, Adams MW. The hyperthermophilic bacterium, Thermotoga maritima, contains an unusually complex iron-hydrogenase: amino acid sequence analyses versus biochemical characterization. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1412:212-29. [PMID: 10482784 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(99)00062-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The hyperthermophilic bacterium, Thermotoga maritima, grows up to 90 degrees C by fermenting carbohydrates and it disposes of excess reductant by H(2) production. The H(2)-evolving cytoplasmic hydrogenase of this organism was shown to consist of three different subunits of masses 73 (alpha), 68 (beta) and 19 (gamma) kDa and to contain iron as the only metal. The genes encoding the subunits were clustered in a single operon in the order hydC (gamma), hydB (beta), and hydA (alpha). Sequence analyses indicated that: (a) the enzyme is an Fe-S-cluster-containing flavoprotein which uses NADH as an electron donor; and (b) the catalytic Fe-S cluster resides within the alpha-subunit, which is equivalent to the single subunit that constitutes most mesophilic Fe-hydrogenases. The alpha- and beta-subunits of the purified enzyme were separated by chromatography in the presence of 4 M urea. As predicted, the H(2)-dependent methyl viologen reduction activity of the holoenzyme (45-70 U mg(-1)) was retained in the alpha-subunit (130-160 U mg(-1)) after subunit separation. However, the holoenzyme did not contain flavin and neither it nor the alpha-subunit used NAD(P)(H) or T. maritima ferredoxin as an electron carrier. The holoenzyme, but not the alpha-subunit, reduced anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (apparent K(m), 690 microM) with H(2). The EPR properties of the reduced holoenzyme, when compared with those of the separated and reduced subunits, indicate the presence of a catalytic 'H-cluster' and three [4Fe-4S] and one [2Fe-2S] cluster in the alpha-subunit, together with one [4Fe-4S] and two [2Fe-2S] clusters in the beta-subunit. Sequence analyses predict that the alpha-subunit should contain an additional [2Fe-2S] cluster, while the beta-subunit should contain one [2Fe-2S] and three [4Fe-4S] clusters. The latter cluster contents are consistent with the measured Fe contents of about 32, 20 and 14 Fe mol(-1) for the holoenzyme and the alpha- and beta-subunits, respectively. The T. maritima enzyme is the first 'complex' Fe-hydrogenase to be purified and characterized, although the reason for its complexity remains unclear.
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- M F Verhagen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, Life Sciences Building, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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