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Hau JL, Schleicher L, Herdan S, Simon J, Seifert J, Fritz G, Steuber J. Functionality of the Na +-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase and quinol:fumarate reductase from Prevotella bryantii inferred from homology modeling. Arch Microbiol 2023; 206:32. [PMID: 38127130 PMCID: PMC10739449 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03769-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Members of the family Prevotellaceae are Gram-negative, obligate anaerobic bacteria found in animal and human microbiota. In Prevotella bryantii, the Na+-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (NQR) and quinol:fumarate reductase (QFR) interact using menaquinone as electron carrier, catalyzing NADH:fumarate oxidoreduction. P. bryantii NQR establishes a sodium-motive force, whereas P. bryantii QFR does not contribute to membrane energization. To elucidate the possible mode of function, we present 3D structural models of NQR and QFR from P. bryantii to predict cofactor-binding sites, electron transfer routes and interaction with substrates. Molecular docking reveals the proposed mode of menaquinone binding to the quinone site of subunit NqrB of P. bryantii NQR. A comparison of the 3D model of P. bryantii QFR with experimentally determined structures suggests alternative pathways for transmembrane proton transport in this type of QFR. Our findings are relevant for NADH-dependent succinate formation in anaerobic bacteria which operate both NQR and QFR.
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- Jann-Louis Hau
- Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
- HoLMiR-Hohenheim Center for Livestock Microbiome Research, University of Hohenheim, Leonore-Blosser-Reisen-Weg 3, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
- HoLMiR-Hohenheim Center for Livestock Microbiome Research, University of Hohenheim, Leonore-Blosser-Reisen-Weg 3, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Microbial Energy Conservation and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 10, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- HoLMiR-Hohenheim Center for Livestock Microbiome Research, University of Hohenheim, Leonore-Blosser-Reisen-Weg 3, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
- Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim, Emil-Wolff-Straße 8, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany.
- HoLMiR-Hohenheim Center for Livestock Microbiome Research, University of Hohenheim, Leonore-Blosser-Reisen-Weg 3, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Karavaeva V, Sousa FL. Modular structure of complex II: An evolutionary perspective. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOENERGETICS 2023; 1864:148916. [PMID: 36084748 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Succinate dehydrogenases (SDHs) and fumarate reductases (FRDs) catalyse the interconversion of succinate and fumarate, a reaction highly conserved in all domains of life. The current classification of SDH/FRDs is based on the structure of the membrane anchor subunits and their cofactors. It is, however, unknown whether this classification would hold in the context of evolution. In this work, a large-scale comparative genomic analysis of complex II addresses the questions of its taxonomic distribution and phylogeny. Our findings report that for types C, D, and F, structural classification and phylogeny go hand in hand, while for types A, B and E the situation is more complex, highlighting the possibility for their classification into subgroups. Based on these findings, we proposed a revised version of the evolutionary scenario for these enzymes in which a primordial soluble module, corresponding to the cytoplasmatic subunits, would give rise to the current diversity via several independent membrane anchor attachment events.
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- Val Karavaeva
- Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Wien, Austria
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- Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Wien, Austria.
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Maklashina E. Structural Insight into Evolution of the Quinone Binding Site in Complex II. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2022; 87:752-761. [PMID: 36171656 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297922080077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The Complex II family encompasses membrane bound succinate:quinones reductases and quinol:fumarate reductases that catalyze interconversion of succinate and fumarate coupled with reduction and oxidation of quinone. These enzymes are found in all biological genres and share a modular structure where a highly conserved soluble domain is bound to a membrane-spanning domain that is represented by distinct variations. The current classification of the complex II family members is based on the number of subunits and co-factors in the membrane anchor (types A-F). This classification also provides insights into possible evolutionary paths and suggests that some of the complex II enzymes (types A-C) co-evolved as the whole assembly. Origin of complex II types D and F may have arisen from independent events of de novo association of the conserved soluble domain with a new anchor. Here we analyze a recent structure of Mycobacterium smegmatis Sdh2, a complex II enzyme with two transmembrane subunits and two heme b molecules. This analysis supports an earlier hypothesis suggesting that mitochondrial complex II (type C) with a single heme b may have evolved as an assembled unit from an ancestor similar to M. smegmatis Sdh2.
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- Elena Maklashina
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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Modularity of membrane-bound charge-translocating protein complexes. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:2669-2685. [PMID: 34854900 DOI: 10.1042/bst20210462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Energy transduction is the conversion of one form of energy into another; this makes life possible as we know it. Organisms have developed different systems for acquiring energy and storing it in useable forms: the so-called energy currencies. A universal energy currency is the transmembrane difference of electrochemical potential (Δμ~). This results from the translocation of charges across a membrane, powered by exergonic reactions. Different reactions may be coupled to charge-translocation and, in the majority of cases, these reactions are catalyzed by modular enzymes that always include a transmembrane subunit. The modular arrangement of these enzymes allows for different catalytic and charge-translocating modules to be combined. Thus, a transmembrane charge-translocating module can be associated with different catalytic subunits to form an energy-transducing complex. Likewise, the same catalytic subunit may be combined with a different membrane charge-translocating module. In this work, we analyze the modular arrangement of energy-transducing membrane complexes and discuss their different combinations, focusing on the charge-translocating module.
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A Sodium-Translocating Module Linking Succinate Production to Formation of Membrane Potential in Prevotella bryantii. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0121121. [PMID: 34469197 PMCID: PMC8516057 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01211-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Ruminants such as cattle and sheep depend on the breakdown of carbohydrates from plant-based feedstuff, which is accomplished by the microbial community in the rumen. Roughly 40% of the members of the rumen microbiota belong to the family Prevotellaceae, which ferments sugars to organic acids such as acetate, propionate, and succinate. These substrates are important nutrients for the ruminant. In a metaproteome analysis of the rumen of cattle, proteins that are homologous to the Na+-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (NQR) and the quinone:fumarate reductase (QFR) were identified in different Prevotella species. Here, we show that fumarate reduction to succinate in anaerobically growing Prevotella bryantii is coupled to chemiosmotic energy conservation by a supercomplex composed of NQR and QFR. This sodium-translocating NADH:fumarate oxidoreductase (SNFR) supercomplex was enriched by blue native PAGE (BN-PAGE) and characterized by in-gel enzyme activity staining and mass spectrometry. High NADH oxidation (850 nmol min-1 mg-1), quinone reduction (490 nmol min-1 mg-1), and fumarate reduction (1,200 nmol min-1 mg-1) activities, together with high expression levels, demonstrate that SNFR represents a charge-separating unit in P. bryantii. Absorption spectroscopy of SNFR exposed to different substrates revealed intramolecular electron transfer from the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) cofactor in NQR to heme b cofactors in QFR. SNFR catalyzed the stoichiometric conversion of NADH and fumarate to NAD+ and succinate. We propose that the regeneration of NAD+ in P. bryantii is intimately linked to the buildup of an electrochemical gradient which powers ATP synthesis by electron transport phosphorylation. IMPORTANCE Feeding strategies for ruminants are designed to optimize nutrient efficiency for animals and to prevent energy losses like enhanced methane production. Key to this are the fermentative reactions of the rumen microbiota, dominated by Prevotella spp. We show that succinate formation by P. bryantii is coupled to NADH oxidation and sodium gradient formation by a newly described supercomplex consisting of Na+-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (NQR) and fumarate reductase (QFR), representing the sodium-translocating NADH:fumarate oxidoreductase (SNFR) supercomplex. SNFR is the major charge-separating module, generating an electrochemical sodium gradient in P. bryantii. Our findings offer clues to the observation that use of fumarate as feed additive does not significantly increase succinate production, or decrease methanogenesis, by the microbial community in the rumen.
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Calisto F, Sousa FM, Sena FV, Refojo PN, Pereira MM. Mechanisms of Energy Transduction by Charge Translocating Membrane Proteins. Chem Rev 2021; 121:1804-1844. [PMID: 33398986 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Life relies on the constant exchange of different forms of energy, i.e., on energy transduction. Therefore, organisms have evolved in a way to be able to harvest the energy made available by external sources (such as light or chemical compounds) and convert these into biological useable energy forms, such as the transmembrane difference of electrochemical potential (Δμ̃). Membrane proteins contribute to the establishment of Δμ̃ by coupling exergonic catalytic reactions to the translocation of charges (electrons/ions) across the membrane. Irrespectively of the energy source and consequent type of reaction, all charge-translocating proteins follow two molecular coupling mechanisms: direct- or indirect-coupling, depending on whether the translocated charge is involved in the driving reaction. In this review, we explore these two coupling mechanisms by thoroughly examining the different types of charge-translocating membrane proteins. For each protein, we analyze the respective reaction thermodynamics, electron transfer/catalytic processes, charge-translocating pathways, and ion/substrate stoichiometries.
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- Filipa Calisto
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.,BioISI-Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.,BioISI-Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.,BioISI-Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.,BioISI-Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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Cryo-EM structure of trimeric Mycobacterium smegmatis succinate dehydrogenase with a membrane-anchor SdhF. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4245. [PMID: 32843629 PMCID: PMC7447783 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18011-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Diheme-containing succinate:menaquinone oxidoreductases (Sdh) are widespread in Gram-positive bacteria but little is known about the catalytic mechanisms they employ for succinate oxidation by menaquinone. Here, we present the 2.8 Å cryo-electron microscopy structure of a Mycobacterium smegmatis Sdh, which forms a trimer. We identified the membrane-anchored SdhF as a subunit of the complex. The 3 kDa SdhF forms a single transmembrane helix and this helix plays a role in blocking the canonically proximal quinone-binding site. We also identified two distal quinone-binding sites with bound quinones. One distal binding site is formed by neighboring subunits of the complex. Our structure further reveals the electron/proton transfer pathway for succinate oxidation by menaquinone. Moreover, this study provides further structural insights into the physiological significance of a trimeric respiratory complex II. The structure of the menaquinone binding site could provide a framework for the development of Sdh-selective anti-mycobacterial drugs. Diheme-containing succinate:menaquinone oxidoreductases (Sdh) are members of the complex II superfamily. Here, the authors present the 2.8 Å cryo-EM structure of Mycobacterium smegmatis Sdh2, which reveals membrane-anchored SdhF as a component of the complex and they discuss the electron/proton transfer pathway in the Sdh2 trimer.
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Yoshida H, Kojima K, Shiota M, Yoshimatsu K, Yamazaki T, Ferri S, Tsugawa W, Kamitori S, Sode K. X-ray structure of the direct electron transfer-type FAD glucose dehydrogenase catalytic subunit complexed with a hitchhiker protein. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2019; 75:841-851. [PMID: 31478907 PMCID: PMC6719666 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798319010878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The X-ray structure of the catalytic subunit of Burkholderia cepacia FAD glucose dehydrogenase complexed with a hitchhiker protein was determined as a representative molecule of direct electron transfer-type FAD-dependent dehydrogenase complexes. The 3Fe–4S cluster is present at the surface of the catalytic subunit and serves in the intramolecular and intermolecular electron transfer from FAD to the electron-transfer subunit. The bacterial flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-dependent glucose dehydrogenase complex derived from Burkholderia cepacia (BcGDH) is a representative molecule of direct electron transfer-type FAD-dependent dehydrogenase complexes. In this study, the X-ray structure of BcGDHγα, the catalytic subunit (α-subunit) of BcGDH complexed with a hitchhiker protein (γ-subunit), was determined. The most prominent feature of this enzyme is the presence of the 3Fe–4S cluster, which is located at the surface of the catalytic subunit and functions in intramolecular and intermolecular electron transfer from FAD to the electron-transfer subunit. The structure of the complex revealed that these two molecules are connected through disulfide bonds and hydrophobic interactions, and that the formation of disulfide bonds is required to stabilize the catalytic subunit. The structure of the complex revealed the putative position of the electron-transfer subunit. A comparison of the structures of BcGDHγα and membrane-bound fumarate reductases suggested that the whole BcGDH complex, which also includes the membrane-bound β-subunit containing three heme c moieties, may form a similar overall structure to fumarate reductases, thus accomplishing effective electron transfer.
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- Hiromi Yoshida
- Life Science Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, USA
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- Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Interfaces Between Alpha-helical Integral Membrane Proteins: Characterization, Prediction, and Docking. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2019; 17:699-711. [PMID: 31303974 PMCID: PMC6603304 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Protein-protein interaction (PPI) is an essential mechanism by which proteins perform their biological functions. For globular proteins, the molecular characteristics of such interactions have been well analyzed, and many computational tools are available for predicting PPI sites and constructing structural models of the complex. In contrast, little is known about the molecular features of the interaction between integral membrane proteins (IMPs) and few methods exist for constructing structural models of their complexes. Here, we analyze the interfaces from a non-redundant set of complexes of α-helical IMPs whose structures have been determined to a high resolution. We find that the interface is not significantly different from the rest of the surface in terms of average hydrophobicity. However, the interface is significantly better conserved and, on average, inter-subunit contacting residue pairs correlate more strongly than non-contacting pairs, especially in obligate complexes. We also develop a neural network-based method, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.75 and a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.70, for predicting interface residues and their weighted contact numbers (WCNs). We further show that predicted interface residues and their WCNs can be used as restraints to reconstruct the structure α-helical IMP dimers through docking for fourteen out of a benchmark set of sixteen complexes. The RMSD100 values of the best-docked ligand subunit to its native structure are <2.5 Å for these fourteen cases. The structural analysis conducted in this work provides molecular details about the interface between α-helical IMPs and the WCN restraints represent an efficient means to score α-helical IMP docking candidates.
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Key Words
- AUC, Area under the ROC curve
- IMP, Integral membrane protein
- MAE, Mean absolute error
- MSA, Multiple sequence alignment
- Membrane protein docking
- Membrane protein interfaces
- Neural networks
- OPM, Orientations of proteins in membranes
- PCC, Pearson correlation coefficient
- PDB, Protein data bank
- PPI, Protein-protein interaction
- PPM, Positioning of proteins in membrane.
- PPV, Positive predictive value
- PSSM, Position-specific scoring matrix
- RMSD, Root-mean-square distance
- ROC, Receiver operating characteristic curve
- RSA, Relative solvent accessibility
- TNR, True negative rate
- TPR, True positive rate
- WCN, Weighted contact number
- Weighted contact numbers
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Wissig J, Grischin J, Bassler J, Schubert C, Friedrich T, Bähre H, Schultz JE, Unden G. CyaC, a redox‐regulated adenylate cyclase ofSinorhizobium melilotiwith a quinone responsive diheme‐B membrane anchor domain. Mol Microbiol 2019; 112:16-28. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Juliane Wissig
- Microbiology and Wine Research, Institute for Molecular Physiology Johannes Gutenberg‐University of Mainz Becherweg 1555099Mainz Germany
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- Max‐Planck‐Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Abt. Proteinevolution Max‐Planck‐Ring 572076Tübingen Germany
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- Max‐Planck‐Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Abt. Proteinevolution Max‐Planck‐Ring 572076Tübingen Germany
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- Microbiology and Wine Research, Institute for Molecular Physiology Johannes Gutenberg‐University of Mainz Becherweg 1555099Mainz Germany
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- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Hannover Germany
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- Pharmazeutisches Institut der Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 872076Tübingen Germany
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- Microbiology and Wine Research, Institute for Molecular Physiology Johannes Gutenberg‐University of Mainz Becherweg 1555099Mainz Germany
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Ma S, Ludwig R. Direct Electron Transfer of Enzymes Facilitated by Cytochromes. ChemElectroChem 2019; 6:958-975. [PMID: 31008015 PMCID: PMC6472588 DOI: 10.1002/celc.201801256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The direct electron transfer (DET) of enzymes has been utilized to develop biosensors and enzymatic biofuel cells on micro- and nanostructured electrodes. Whereas some enzymes exhibit direct electron transfer between their active-site cofactor and an electrode, other oxidoreductases depend on acquired cytochrome domains or cytochrome subunits as built-in redox mediators. The physiological function of these cytochromes is to transfer electrons between the active-site cofactor and a redox partner protein. The exchange of the natural electron acceptor/donor by an electrode has been demonstrated for several cytochrome carrying oxidoreductases. These multi-cofactor enzymes have been applied in third generation biosensors to detect glucose, lactate, and other analytes. This review investigates and classifies oxidoreductases with a cytochrome domain, enzyme complexes with a cytochrome subunit, and covers designed cytochrome fusion enzymes. The structurally and electrochemically best characterized proponents from each enzyme class carrying a cytochrome, that is, flavoenzymes, quinoenzymes, molybdenum-cofactor enzymes, iron-sulfur cluster enzymes, and multi-haem enzymes, are featured, and their biochemical, kinetic, and electrochemical properties are compared. The cytochromes molecular and functional properties as well as their contribution to the interdomain electron transfer (IET, between active-site and cytochrome) and DET (between cytochrome and electrode) with regard to the achieved current density is discussed. Protein design strategies for cytochrome-fused enzymes are reviewed and the limiting factors as well as strategies to overcome them are outlined.
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- Su Ma
- Biocatalysis and Biosensing Laboratory Department of Food Science and TechnologyBOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life SciencesMuthgasse 181190ViennaAustria
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- Biocatalysis and Biosensing Laboratory Department of Food Science and TechnologyBOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life SciencesMuthgasse 181190ViennaAustria
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Refojo PN, Sena FV, Calisto F, Sousa FM, Pereira MM. The plethora of membrane respiratory chains in the phyla of life. Adv Microb Physiol 2019; 74:331-414. [PMID: 31126533 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2019.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The diversity of microbial cells is reflected in differences in cell size and shape, motility, mechanisms of cell division, pathogenicity or adaptation to different environmental niches. All these variations are achieved by the distinct metabolic strategies adopted by the organisms. The respiratory chains are integral parts of those strategies especially because they perform the most or, at least, most efficient energy conservation in the cell. Respiratory chains are composed of several membrane proteins, which perform a stepwise oxidation of metabolites toward the reduction of terminal electron acceptors. Many of these membrane proteins use the energy released from the oxidoreduction reaction they catalyze to translocate charges across the membrane and thus contribute to the establishment of the membrane potential, i.e. they conserve energy. In this work we illustrate and discuss the composition of the respiratory chains of different taxonomic clades, based on bioinformatic analyses and on biochemical data available in the literature. We explore the diversity of the respiratory chains of Animals, Plants, Fungi and Protists kingdoms as well as of Prokaryotes, including Bacteria and Archaea. The prokaryotic phyla studied in this work are Gammaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Epsilonproteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Chlamydiae, Verrucomicrobia, Acidobacteria, Planctomycetes, Cyanobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, Deinococcus-Thermus, Aquificae, Thermotogae, Deferribacteres, Nitrospirae, Euryarchaeota, Crenarchaeota and Thaumarchaeota.
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- Patrícia N Refojo
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica - António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica - António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica - António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica - António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica - António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal; University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, BIOISI- Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Lisboa, Portugal
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Taylor AJ, Kelly DJ. The function, biogenesis and regulation of the electron transport chains in Campylobacter jejuni: New insights into the bioenergetics of a major food-borne pathogen. Adv Microb Physiol 2019; 74:239-329. [PMID: 31126532 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2019.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Campylobacter jejuni is a zoonotic Epsilonproteobacterium that grows in the gastrointestinal tract of birds and mammals, and is the most frequent cause of food-borne bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. As an oxygen-sensitive microaerophile, C. jejuni has to survive high environmental oxygen tensions, adapt to oxygen limitation in the host intestine and resist host oxidative attack. Despite its small genome size, C. jejuni is a versatile and metabolically active pathogen, with a complex and highly branched set of respiratory chains allowing the use of a wide range of electron donors and alternative electron acceptors in addition to oxygen, including fumarate, nitrate, nitrite, tetrathionate and N- or S-oxides. Several novel enzymes participate in these electron transport chains, including a tungsten containing formate dehydrogenase, a Complex I that uses flavodoxin and not NADH, a periplasmic facing fumarate reductase and a cytochrome c tetrathionate reductase. This review presents an updated description of the composition and bioenergetics of these various respiratory chains as they are currently understood, including recent work that gives new insights into energy conservation during electron transport to various alternative electron acceptors. The regulation of synthesis and assembly of the electron transport chains is also discussed. A deeper appreciation of the unique features of the respiratory systems of C. jejuni may be helpful in informing strategies to control this important pathogen.
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- Aidan J Taylor
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Lipid exchange at ER-mitochondria contact sites: a puzzle falling into place with quite a few pieces missing. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2018; 57:71-76. [PMID: 30554079 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Over the last years, the importance of inter-organelle communication has become more and more evident, attested by the fast growing number of newly-identified membrane contact sites (MCS). At MCSs two organelles are connected via protein tethers that bring them in close proximity to facilitate metabolite exchange. In this review, we will focus on the MCSs connecting the ER and mitochondria, which have been implicated in phospholipid transport. While we already know the molecular identity of some tethers, we are still far from understanding the mechanisms underlying the phospholipid transport processes. In vitro studies suggest that some proteins in MCSs are capable of transporting lipids, however only at rates that do not meet the mitochondrial lipid demand. In vivo studies are even more puzzling as it appears that many redundant lipid transport routes, involving various lipid transport proteins and various MCSs, compensate for each other when necessary. Here, we will discuss the challenges in interpreting the data on lipid transport between ER and mitochondria from in vitro and in vivo experiments by highlighting some critical aspects that might be worth addressing in the future.
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Structural insights into the electron/proton transfer pathways in the quinol:fumarate reductase from Desulfovibrio gigas. Sci Rep 2018; 8:14935. [PMID: 30297797 PMCID: PMC6175931 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33193-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The membrane-embedded quinol:fumarate reductase (QFR) in anaerobic bacteria catalyzes the reduction of fumarate to succinate by quinol in the anaerobic respiratory chain. The electron/proton-transfer pathways in QFRs remain controversial. Here we report the crystal structure of QFR from the anaerobic sulphate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio gigas (D. gigas) at 3.6 Å resolution. The structure of the D. gigas QFR is a homo-dimer, each protomer comprising two hydrophilic subunits, A and B, and one transmembrane subunit C, together with six redox cofactors including two b-hemes. One menaquinone molecule is bound near heme bL in the hydrophobic subunit C. This location of the menaquinone-binding site differs from the menaquinol-binding cavity proposed previously for QFR from Wolinella succinogenes. The observed bound menaquinone might serve as an additional redox cofactor to mediate the proton-coupled electron transport across the membrane. Armed with these structural insights, we propose electron/proton-transfer pathways in the quinol reduction of fumarate to succinate in the D. gigas QFR.
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Structure and electrochemistry of proteins harboring iron-sulfur clusters of different nuclearities. Part III. [4Fe-4S], [3Fe-4S] and [2Fe-2S] iron-sulfur proteins. J Struct Biol 2018; 202:264-274. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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El-Hout SI, Suzuki H, El-Sheikh SM, Hassan HMA, Harraz FA, Ibrahim IA, El-Sharkawy EA, Tsujimura S, Holzinger M, Nishina Y. Tuning the redox potential of vitamin K 3 derivatives by oxidative functionalization using a Ag(i)/GO catalyst. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 53:8890-8893. [PMID: 28740985 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03910g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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We propose herein initial results to develop optimum redox mediators by the combination of computational simulation and catalytic functionalization of the core structure of vitamin K3. We aim to correlate the calculated energy value of the LUMO of different vitamin K3 derivatives with their actual redox potential. For this, we optimized the catalytic alkylation of 1,4-naphthoquinones with a designed Ag(i)/GO catalyst and synthesized a series of molecules.
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- S I El-Hout
- Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Division, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI), P.O. 87 Helwan, Cairo 11421, Egypt
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Wang D, Chen W, Huang S, He Y, Liu X, Hu Q, Wei T, Sang H, Gan J, Chen H. Structural basis of Zn(II) induced metal detoxification and antibiotic resistance by histidine kinase CzcS in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006533. [PMID: 28732057 PMCID: PMC5540610 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Revised: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a major opportunistic human pathogen, causing serious nosocomial infections among immunocompromised patients by multi-determinant virulence and high antibiotic resistance. The CzcR-CzcS signal transduction system in P. aeruginosa is primarily involved in metal detoxification and antibiotic resistance through co-regulating cross-resistance between Zn(II) and carbapenem antibiotics. Although the intracellular regulatory pathway is well-established, the mechanism by which extracellular sensor domain of histidine kinase (HK) CzcS responds to Zn(II) stimulus to trigger downstream signal transduction remains unclear. Here we determined the crystal structure of the CzcS sensor domain (CzcS SD) in complex with Zn(II) at 1.7 Å resolution. This is the first three-dimensional structural view of Zn(II)-sensor domain of the two-component system (TCS). The CzcS SD is of α/β-fold in nature, and it senses the Zn(II) stimulus at micromole level in a tetrahedral geometry through its symmetry-related residues (His55 and Asp60) on the dimer interface. Though the CzcS SD resembles the PhoQ-DcuS-CitA (PDC) superfamily member, it interacts with the effector in a novel domain with the N-terminal α-helices rather than the conserved β-sheets pocket. The dimerization of the N-terminal H1 and H1’ α-helices is of primary importance for the activity of HK CzcS. This study provides preliminary insight into the molecular mechanism of Zn(II) sensing and signaling transduction by the HK CzcS, which will be beneficial to understand how the pathogen P. aeruginosa resists to high levels of heavy metals and antimicrobial agents. P. aeruginosa inhabits diverse environments and is one of the most prevalent opportunistic human pathogens of immunocompromised patients. The high antibiotic resistance is a major cause of therapeutic failure in the treatment of P. aeruginosa infections. The opportunistic pathogen P. aeruginosa co-regulates cross-resistance between Zn(II) and carbapenem antibiotics by the CzcR-CzcS signal transduction system. The extracellular Zn(II) stimulus is sensed by the HK CzcS and further triggers metal detoxification and antibiotic resistance through intracellular regulatory pathway. Here, we provide the three-dimensional structure of CzcS SD in complex with the Zn(II). Based on the structure, several key residues for Zn(II) sensing and regulation are identified, and the signal transduction is disclosed to be modulated by the dimerization of N-terminal α-helices in the sensor domain. Our research will provide potential guidance for the treatment of clinical issues caused by co-regulation between heavy metals and antibiotics in P. aeruginosa.
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- Dan Wang
- Coordination Chemistry Institute and the State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Coordination Chemistry Institute and the State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Coordination Chemistry Institute and the State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Coordination Chemistry Institute and the State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Coordination Chemistry Institute and the State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Coordination Chemistry Institute and the State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Coordination Chemistry Institute and the State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Jinling Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Coordination Chemistry Institute and the State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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Lancaster CRD, Betz YM, Heit S, Lafontaine MA. Transmembrane Electron and Proton Transfer in Diheme-Containing Succinate : Quinone Oxidoreductases. Isr J Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201600139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- C. Roy D. Lancaster
- Department of Structural Biology; Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB); Saarland University; Faculty of Medicine Building 60 D-66421 Homburg (Saar) Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology; Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB); Saarland University; Faculty of Medicine Building 60 D-66421 Homburg (Saar) Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology; Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB); Saarland University; Faculty of Medicine Building 60 D-66421 Homburg (Saar) Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology; Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB); Saarland University; Faculty of Medicine Building 60 D-66421 Homburg (Saar) Germany
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Xiao F, Shen HB. Prediction Enhancement of Residue Real-Value Relative Accessible Surface Area in Transmembrane Helical Proteins by Solving the Output Preference Problem of Machine Learning-Based Predictors. J Chem Inf Model 2015; 55:2464-74. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Feng Xiao
- Institute
of Image Processing
and Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Key Laboratory
of System Control and Information Processing, Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Institute
of Image Processing
and Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Key Laboratory
of System Control and Information Processing, Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai 200240, China
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Beltrán J, Kloss B, Hosler JP, Geng J, Liu A, Modi A, Dawson JH, Sono M, Shumskaya M, Ampomah-Dwamena C, Love JD, Wurtzel ET. Control of carotenoid biosynthesis through a heme-based cis-trans isomerase. Nat Chem Biol 2015; 11:598-605. [PMID: 26075523 PMCID: PMC4509827 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Plants synthesize carotenoids essential for plant development and survival. These metabolites also serve as essential nutrients for human health. The biosynthetic pathway leading to all plant carotenoids occurs in chloroplasts and other plastids and requires 15-cis-ζ-carotene isomerase (Z-ISO). It was not certain whether isomerization was achieved by Z-ISO alone or in combination with other enzymes. Here we show that Z-ISO is a bona fide enzyme and integral membrane protein. Z-ISO independently catalyzes the cis-to-trans isomerization of the 15–15′ C=C bond in 9,15,9′-cis-ζ-carotene to produce the substrate required by the following biosynthetic pathway enzyme. We discovered that isomerization depends upon a ferrous heme b cofactor that undergoes redox-regulated ligand-switching between the heme iron and alternate Z-ISO amino acid residues. Heme b-dependent isomerization of a large, hydrophobic compound in a membrane is unprecedented. As an isomerase, Z-ISO represents a new prototype for heme b proteins and potentially utilizes a novel chemical mechanism.
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- Jesús Beltrán
- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY), Bronx, New York, USA. [2] Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, New York, New York, USA
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- New York Structural Biology Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY), Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY), Bronx, New York, USA
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- New York Structural Biology Center, New York, New York, USA
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- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY), Bronx, New York, USA. [2] Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, New York, New York, USA
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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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Nasiri HR, Madej MG, Panisch R, Lafontaine M, Bats JW, Lancaster CRD, Schwalbe H. Design, Synthesis, and Biological Testing of Novel Naphthoquinones as Substrate-Based Inhibitors of the Quinol/Fumarate Reductase from Wolinella succinogenes. J Med Chem 2013; 56:9530-41. [DOI: 10.1021/jm400978u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hamid Reza Nasiri
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biomolecular
Magnetic Resonance, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße
7, D-60438 Frankfurt
am Main, Germany
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- Department of
Molecular Membrane Biology, Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt “Macromolecular
Complexes,” Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute
of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department
of Structural Biology, Center of Human and Molecular Biology, Faculty
of Medicine, Saarland University, Building 60, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biomolecular
Magnetic Resonance, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße
7, D-60438 Frankfurt
am Main, Germany
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- Department of
Molecular Membrane Biology, Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt “Macromolecular
Complexes,” Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department
of Structural Biology, Center of Human and Molecular Biology, Faculty
of Medicine, Saarland University, Building 60, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biomolecular
Magnetic Resonance, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße
7, D-60438 Frankfurt
am Main, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium
(DKTK), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer
Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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New model for electron flow for sulfate reduction in Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 80:855-68. [PMID: 24242254 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02963-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To understand the energy conversion activities of the anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacteria, it is necessary to identify the components involved in electron flow. The importance of the abundant type I tetraheme cytochrome c3 (TpIc3) as an electron carrier during sulfate respiration was questioned by the previous isolation of a null mutation in the gene encoding TpIc3, cycA, in Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20. Whereas respiratory growth of the CycA mutant with lactate and sulfate was little affected, growth with pyruvate and sulfate was significantly impaired. We have explored the phenotype of the CycA mutant through physiological tests and transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. Data reported here show that electrons from pyruvate oxidation do not reach adenylyl sulfate reductase, the enzyme catalyzing the first redox reaction during sulfate reduction, in the absence of either CycA or the type I cytochrome c3:menaquinone oxidoreductase transmembrane complex, QrcABCD. In contrast to the wild type, the CycA and QrcA mutants did not grow with H2 or formate and sulfate as the electron acceptor. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of the CycA mutant showed that transcripts and enzymes for the pathway from pyruvate to succinate were strongly decreased in the CycA mutant regardless of the growth mode. Neither the CycA nor the QrcA mutant grew on fumarate alone, consistent with the omics results and a redox regulation of gene expression. We conclude that TpIc3 and the Qrc complex are D. alaskensis components essential for the transfer of electrons released in the periplasm to reach the cytoplasmic adenylyl sulfate reductase and present a model that may explain the CycA phenotype through confurcation of electrons.
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Dibrova DV, Cherepanov DA, Galperin MY, Skulachev VP, Mulkidjanian AY. Evolution of cytochrome bc complexes: from membrane-anchored dehydrogenases of ancient bacteria to triggers of apoptosis in vertebrates. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2013; 1827:1407-27. [PMID: 23871937 PMCID: PMC3839093 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2012] [Revised: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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This review traces the evolution of the cytochrome bc complexes from their early spread among prokaryotic lineages and up to the mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex (complex III) and its role in apoptosis. The results of phylogenomic analysis suggest that the bacterial cytochrome b6f-type complexes with short cytochromes b were the ancient form that preceded in evolution the cytochrome bc1-type complexes with long cytochromes b. The common ancestor of the b6f-type and the bc1-type complexes probably resembled the b6f-type complexes found in Heliobacteriaceae and in some Planctomycetes. Lateral transfers of cytochrome bc operons could account for the several instances of acquisition of different types of bacterial cytochrome bc complexes by archaea. The gradual oxygenation of the atmosphere could be the key evolutionary factor that has driven further divergence and spread of the cytochrome bc complexes. On the one hand, oxygen could be used as a very efficient terminal electron acceptor. On the other hand, auto-oxidation of the components of the bc complex results in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which necessitated diverse adaptations of the b6f-type and bc1-type complexes, as well as other, functionally coupled proteins. A detailed scenario of the gradual involvement of the cardiolipin-containing mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex into the intrinsic apoptotic pathway is proposed, where the functioning of the complex as an apoptotic trigger is viewed as a way to accelerate the elimination of the cells with irreparably damaged, ROS-producing mitochondria. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Respiratory complex III and related bc complexes.
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- Daria V Dibrova
- School of Physics, University of Osnabrueck, D-49069 Osnabrueck, Germany; School of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia; Institute of Mitoengineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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Yuzlenko O, Lazaridis T. Membrane protein native state discrimination by implicit membrane models. J Comput Chem 2013; 34:731-8. [PMID: 23224861 PMCID: PMC3584241 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.23189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/28/2012] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Four implicit membrane models [IMM1, generalized Born (GB)-surface area-implicit membrane (GBSAIM), GB with a simple switching (GBSW), and heterogeneous dielectric GB (HDGB)] were tested for their ability to discriminate the native conformation of five membrane proteins from 450 decoys generated by the Rosetta-Membrane program. The energy ranking of the native state and Z-scores were used to assess the performance of the models. The effect of membrane thickness was examined and was found to be substantial. Quite satisfactory discrimination was achieved with the all-atom IMM1 and GBSW models at 25.4 Å thickness and with the HDGB model at 28.5 Å thickness. The energy components by themselves were not discriminative. Both van der Waals and electrostatic interactions contributed to native state discrimination, to a different extent in each model. Computational efficiency of the models decreased in the order: extended-atom IMM1 > all-atom IMM1 > GBSAIM > GBSW > HDGB. These results encourage the further development and use of implicit membrane models for membrane protein structure prediction.
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- Olga Yuzlenko
- Department of Chemistry, City College of the City University of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10031, USA
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Lancaster CRD. The di-heme family of respiratory complex II enzymes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2013; 1827:679-87. [PMID: 23466335 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2012] [Revised: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The di-heme family of succinate:quinone oxidoreductases is of particular interest, because its members support electron transfer across the biological membranes in which they are embedded. In the case of the di-heme-containing succinate:menaquinone reductase (SQR) from Gram-positive bacteria and other menaquinone-containing bacteria, this results in an electrogenic reaction. This is physiologically relevant in that it allows the transmembrane electrochemical proton potential Δp to drive the endergonic oxidation of succinate by menaquinone. In the case of the reverse reaction, menaquinol oxidation by fumarate, catalysed by the di-heme-containing quinol:fumarate reductase (QFR), evidence has been obtained that this electrogenic electron transfer reaction is compensated by proton transfer via a both novel and essential transmembrane proton transfer pathway ("E-pathway"). Although the reduction of fumarate by menaquinol is exergonic, it is obviously not exergonic enough to support the generation of a Δp. This compensatory "E-pathway" appears to be required by all di-heme-containing QFR enzymes and results in the overall reaction being electroneutral. In addition to giving a brief overview of progress in the characterization of other members of this diverse family, this contribution summarizes key evidence and progress in identifying constituents of the "E-pathway" within the framework of the crystal structure of the QFR from the anaerobic epsilon-proteobacterium Wolinella succinogenes at 1.78Å resolution. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Respiratory complex II: Role in cellular physiology and disease.
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- C Roy D Lancaster
- Department of Structural Biology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
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Defining a direction: electron transfer and catalysis in Escherichia coli complex II enzymes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2013; 1827:668-78. [PMID: 23396003 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Revised: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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There are two homologous membrane-bound enzymes in Escherichia coli that catalyze reversible conversion between succinate/fumarate and quinone/quinol. Succinate:ubiquinone reductase (SQR) is a component of aerobic respiratory chains, whereas quinol:fumarate reductase (QFR) utilizes menaquinol to reduce fumarate in a final step of anaerobic respiration. Although, both protein complexes are capable of supporting bacterial growth on either minimal succinate or fumarate media, the enzymes are more proficient in their physiological directions. Here we evaluate factors that may underlie this catalytic bias. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Respiratory complex II: Role in cellular physiology and disease.
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Atypical features of Thermus thermophilus succinate:quinone reductase. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53559. [PMID: 23308253 PMCID: PMC3538594 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The Thermus thermophilus succinate:quinone reductase (SQR), serving as the respiratory complex II, has been homologously produced under the control of a constitutive promoter and subsequently purified. The detailed biochemical characterization of the resulting wild type (wt-rcII) and His-tagged (rcII-His8-SdhB and rcII-SdhB-His6) complex II variants showed the same properties as the native enzyme with respect to the subunit composition, redox cofactor content and sensitivity to the inhibitors malonate, oxaloacetate, 3-nitropropionic acid and nonyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide (NQNO). The position of the His-tag determined whether the enzyme retained its native trimeric conformation or whether it was present in a monomeric form. Only the trimer exhibited positive cooperativity at high temperatures. The EPR signal of the [2Fe-2S] cluster was sensitive to the presence of substrate and showed an increased rhombicity in the presence of succinate in the native and in all recombinant forms of the enzyme. The detailed analysis of the shape of this signal as a function of pH, substrate concentration and in the presence of various inhibitors and quinones is presented, leading to a model for the molecular mechanism that underlies the influence of succinate on the rhombicity of the EPR signal of the proximal iron-sulfur cluster.
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Al-Attar S, de Vries S. Energy transduction by respiratory metallo-enzymes: From molecular mechanism to cell physiology. Coord Chem Rev 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Herzog E, Gu W, Juhnke H, Haas A, Mäntele W, Simon J, Helms V, Lancaster C. Hydrogen-bonded networks along and bifurcation of the E-pathway in quinol:fumarate reductase. Biophys J 2012; 103:1305-14. [PMID: 22995503 PMCID: PMC3446689 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2011] [Revised: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The E-pathway of transmembrane proton transfer has been demonstrated previously to be essential for catalysis by the diheme-containing quinol:fumarate reductase (QFR) of Wolinella succinogenes. Two constituents of this pathway, Glu-C180 and heme b(D) ring C (b(D)-C-) propionate, have been validated experimentally. Here, we identify further constituents of the E-pathway by analysis of molecular dynamics simulations. The redox state of heme groups has a crucial effect on the connectivity patterns of mobile internal water molecules that can transiently support proton transfer from the b(D)-C-propionate to Glu-C180. The short H-bonding paths formed in the reduced states can lead to high proton conduction rates and thus provide a plausible explanation for the required opening of the E-pathway in reduced QFR. We found evidence that the b(D)-C-propionate group is the previously postulated branching point connecting proton transfer to the E-pathway from the quinol-oxidation site via interactions with the heme b(D) ligand His-C44. An essential functional role of His-C44 is supported experimentally by site-directed mutagenesis resulting in its replacement with Glu. Although the H44E variant enzyme retains both heme groups, it is unable to catalyze quinol oxidation. All results obtained are relevant to the QFR enzymes from the human pathogens Campylobacter jejuni and Helicobacter pylori.
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- Elena Herzog
- Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Structural Biology, Center of Human and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Center of Human and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Center of Human and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Structural Biology, Center of Human and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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Iverson TM. Catalytic mechanisms of complex II enzymes: a structural perspective. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1827:648-57. [PMID: 22995215 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 09/07/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Over a decade has passed since the elucidation of the first X-ray crystal structure of any complex II homolog. In the intervening time, the structures of five additional integral-membrane complex II enzymes and three homologs of the soluble domain have been determined. These structures have provided a framework for the analysis of enzymological studies of complex II superfamily enzymes, and have contributed to detailed proposals for reaction mechanisms at each of the two enzyme active sites, which catalyze dicarboxylate and quinone oxidoreduction, respectively. This review focuses on how structural data have augmented our understanding of catalysis by the superfamily. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Respiratory complex II: Role in cellular physiology and disease.
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- T M Iverson
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-6600, USA.
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Cenacchi L, Busch M, Schleidt PG, Müller FG, Stumpp TVM, Mäntele W, Trost P, Lancaster CRD. Heterologous production and characterisation of two distinct dihaem-containing membrane integral cytochrome b(561) enzymes from Arabidopsis thaliana in Pichia pastoris and Escherichia coli cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1818:679-88. [PMID: 22085541 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Revised: 10/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cytochrome (cyt) b(561) proteins are dihaem-containing membrane proteins, belonging to the CYBASC (cytochrome-b(561)-ascorbate-reducible) family, and are proposed to be involved in ascorbate recycling and/or the facilitation of iron absorption. Here, we present the heterologous production of two cyt b(561) paralogs from Arabidopsis thaliana (Acytb(561)-A, Acytb(561)-B) in Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris, their purification, and initial characterisation. Spectra indicated that Acytb(561)-A resembles the best characterised member of the CYBASC family, the cytochrome b(561) from adrenomedullary chromaffin vesicles, and that Acytb(561)-B is atypical compared to other CYBASC proteins. Haem oxidation-reduction midpoint potential (E(M)) values were found to be fully consistent with ascorbate oxidation activities and Fe(3+)-chelates reductase activities. The ascorbate dependent reduction and protein stability of both paralogs were found to be sensitive to alkaline pH values as reported for the cytochrome b(561) from chromaffin vesicles. For both paralogs, ascorbate-dependent reduction was inhibited and the low-potential haem E(M) values were affected significantly by incubation with diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEPC) in the absence of ascorbate. Modification with DEPC in the presence of ascorbate left the haem E(M) values unaltered compared to the unmodified proteins. However, ascorbate reduction was inhibited. We concluded that the ascorbate-binding site is located near the low-potential haem with the Fe(3+)-chelates reduction-site close to the high-potential haem. Furthermore, inhibition of ascorbate oxidation by DEPC treatment occurs not only by lowering the haem E(M) values but also by an additional modification affecting ascorbate binding and/or electron transfer. Analytical gel filtration experiments suggest that both cyt b(561) paralogs exist as homodimers.
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- Lucia Cenacchi
- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Frankfurt, Germany
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Mulkidjanian AY. Activated Q-cycle as a common mechanism for cytochrome bc1 and cytochrome b6f complexes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:1858-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Revised: 03/14/2010] [Accepted: 07/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kolaj-Robin O, O'Kane SR, Nitschke W, Léger C, Baymann F, Soulimane T. Biochemical and biophysical characterization of succinate: quinone reductase from Thermus thermophilus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1807:68-79. [PMID: 20951673 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Revised: 10/05/2010] [Accepted: 10/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Enzymes serving as respiratory complex II belong to the succinate:quinone oxidoreductases superfamily that comprises succinate:quinone reductases (SQRs) and quinol:fumarate reductases. The SQR from the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus has been isolated, identified and purified to homogeneity. It consists of four polypeptides with apparent molecular masses of 64, 27, 14 and 15kDa, corresponding to SdhA (flavoprotein), SdhB (iron-sulfur protein), SdhC and SdhD (membrane anchor proteins), respectively. The existence of [2Fe-2S], [4Fe-4S] and [3Fe-4S] iron-sulfur clusters within the purified protein was confirmed by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy which also revealed a previously unnoticed influence of the substrate on the signal corresponding to the [2Fe-2S] cluster. The enzyme contains two heme b cofactors of reduction midpoint potentials of -20mV and -160mV for b(H) and b(L), respectively. Circular dichroism and blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed that the enzyme forms a trimer with a predominantly helical fold. The optimum temperature for succinate dehydrogenase activity is 70°C, which is in agreement with the optimum growth temperature of T. thermophilus. Inhibition studies confirmed sensitivity of the enzyme to the classical inhibitors of the active site, as there are sodium malonate, sodium diethyl oxaloacetate and 3-nitropropionic acid. Activity measurements in the presence of the semiquinone analog, nonyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide (NQNO) showed that the membrane part of the enzyme is functionally connected to the active site. Steady-state kinetic measurements showed that the enzyme displays standard Michaelis-Menten kinetics at a low temperature (30°C) with a K(M) for succinate of 0.21mM but exhibits deviation from it at a higher temperature (70°C). This is the first example of complex II with such a kinetic behavior suggesting positive cooperativity with k' of 0.39mM and Hill coefficient of 2.105. While the crystal structures of several SQORs are already available, no crystal structure of type A SQOR has been elucidated to date. Here we present for the first time a detailed biophysical and biochemical study of type A SQOR-a significant step towards understanding its structure-function relationship.
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- Olga Kolaj-Robin
- Chemical and Environmental Sciences Department and Materials & Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Illergård K, Kauko A, Elofsson A. Why are polar residues within the membrane core evolutionary conserved? Proteins 2010; 79:79-91. [PMID: 20938980 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2010] [Revised: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 08/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Here, we present a study of polar residues within the membrane core of alpha-helical membrane proteins. As expected, polar residues are less frequent in the membrane than expected. Further, most of these residues are buried within the interior of the protein and are only rarely exposed to lipids. However, the polar groups often border internal water filled cavities, even if the rest of the sidechain is buried. A survey of their functional roles in known structures showed that the polar residues are often directly involved in binding of small compounds, especially in channels and transporters, but other functions including proton transfer, catalysis, and selectivity have also been attributed to these proteins. Among the polar residues histidines often interact with prosthetic groups in photosynthetic- and oxidoreductase-related proteins, whereas prolines often are required for conformational changes of the proteins. Indeed, the polar residues in the membrane core are more conserved than other residues in the core, as well as more conserved than polar residues outside the membrane. The reason is twofold; they are often (i) buried in the interior of the protein and (ii) directly involved in the function of the proteins. Finally, a method to identify which polar residues are present within the membrane core directly from protein sequences was developed. Applying the method to the set of all human membrane proteins the prediction indicates that polar residues were most frequent among active transporter proteins and GPCRs, whereas infrequent in families with few transmembrane regions, such as non-GPCR receptors.
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- Kristoffer Illergård
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm bioinformatics Center, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Nasiri HR, Bolte M, Schwalbe H. Electrochemical and crystal structural analysis ofα- and dehydro-α-lapachones. Nat Prod Res 2010; 22:1225-1230. [DOI: 10.1080/14786410701654925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- H. R. Nasiri
- a Institute of Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Max-von-Laue-Street 7 , Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt , D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- b Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt , Max-von-Laue-Street 7, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- a Institute of Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Max-von-Laue-Street 7 , Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt , D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Deng B, Parthasarathy S, Wang W, Gibney BR, Battaile KP, Lovell S, Benson DR, Zhu H. Study of the individual cytochrome b5 and cytochrome b5 reductase domains of Ncb5or reveals a unique heme pocket and a possible role of the CS domain. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:30181-91. [PMID: 20630863 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.120329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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NADH cytochrome b(5) oxidoreductase (Ncb5or) is found in animals and contains three domains similar to cytochrome b(5) (b(5)), CHORD-SGT1 (CS), and cytochrome b(5) reductase (b(5)R). Ncb5or has an important function, as suggested by the diabetes and lipoatrophy phenotypes in Ncb5or null mice. To elucidate the structural and functional properties of human Ncb5or, we generated its individual b(5) and b(5)R domains (Ncb5or-b(5) and Ncb5or-b(5)R, respectively) and compared them with human microsomal b(5) (Cyb5A) and b(5)R (Cyb5R3). A 1.25 Å x-ray crystal structure of Ncb5or-b(5) reveals nearly orthogonal planes of the imidazolyl rings of heme-ligating residues His(89) and His(112), consistent with a highly anisotropic low spin EPR spectrum. Ncb5or is the first member of the cytochrome b(5) family shown to have such a heme environment. Like other b(5) family members, Ncb5or-b(5) has two helix-loop-helix motifs surrounding heme. However, Ncb5or-b(5) differs from Cyb5A with respect to location of the second heme ligand (His(112)) and of polypeptide conformation in its vicinity. Electron transfer from Ncb5or-b(5)R to Ncb5or-b(5) is much less efficient than from Cyb5R3 to Cyb5A, possibly as a consequence of weaker electrostatic interactions. The CS linkage probably obviates the need for strong interactions between b(5) and b(5)R domains in Ncb5or. Studies with a construct combining the Ncb5or CS and b(5)R domains suggest that the CS domain facilitates docking of the b(5) and b(5)R domains. Trp(114) is an invariant surface residue in all known Ncb5or orthologs but appears not to contribute to electron transfer from the b(5)R domain to the b(5) domain.
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- Bin Deng
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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Study of the protonation (methylation) position and tautomeric structure of thiopyrimidine derivatives by 2D 1H—15H NMR HSQC/HMBC. Experimental approach and theoretical modeling. Russ Chem Bull 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-009-0008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Azarkina NV, Konstantinov AA. Energization of Bacillus subtilis membrane vesicles increases catalytic activity of succinate: Menaquinone oxidoreductase. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2010; 75:50-62. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297910010074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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McLuskey K, Roszak AW, Zhu Y, Isaacs NW. Crystal structures of all-alpha type membrane proteins. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2009; 39:723-55. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0546-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2009] [Revised: 08/19/2009] [Accepted: 08/26/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Nasiri HR, Panisch R, Madej MG, Bats JW, Lancaster CRD, Schwalbe H. The correlation of cathodic peak potentials of vitamin K(3) derivatives and their calculated electron affinities. The role of hydrogen bonding and conformational changes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:601-8. [PMID: 19265668 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2008] [Revised: 02/16/2009] [Accepted: 02/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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2-methyl-1,4-naphtoquinone 1 (vitamin K(3), menadione) derivatives with different substituents at the 3-position were synthesized to tune their electrochemical properties. The thermodynamic midpoint potential (E(1/2)) of the naphthoquinone derivatives yielding a semi radical naphthoquinone anion were measured by cyclic voltammetry in the aprotic solvent dimethoxyethane (DME). Using quantum chemical methods, a clear correlation was found between the thermodynamic midpoint potentials and the calculated electron affinities (E(A)). Comparison of calculated and experimental values allowed delineation of additional factors such as the conformational dependence of quinone substituents and hydrogen bonding which can influence the electron affinities (E(A)) of the quinone. This information can be used as a model to gain insight into enzyme-cofactor interactions, particularly for enzyme quinone binding modes and the electrochemical adjustment of the quinone motif.
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- Hamid Reza Nasiri
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Limited reversibility of transmembrane proton transfer assisting transmembrane electron transfer in a dihaem-containing succinate:quinone oxidoreductase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:593-600. [PMID: 19254686 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2008] [Revised: 02/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Membrane protein complexes can support both the generation and utilisation of a transmembrane electrochemical proton potential (Deltap), either by supporting transmembrane electron transfer coupled to protolytic reactions on opposite sides of the membrane or by supporting transmembrane proton transfer. The first mechanism has been unequivocally demonstrated to be operational for Deltap-dependent catalysis of succinate oxidation by quinone in the case of the dihaem-containing succinate:menaquinone reductase (SQR) from the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus licheniformis. This is physiologically relevant in that it allows the transmembrane potential Deltap to drive the endergonic oxidation of succinate by menaquinone by the dihaem-containing SQR of Gram-positive bacteria. In the case of a related but different respiratory membrane protein complex, the dihaem-containing quinol:fumarate reductase (QFR) of the epsilon-proteobacterium Wolinella succinogenes, evidence has been obtained that both mechanisms are combined, so as to facilitate transmembrane electron transfer by proton transfer via a both novel and essential compensatory transmembrane proton transfer pathway ("E-pathway"). Although the reduction of fumarate by menaquinol is exergonic, it is obviously not exergonic enough to support the generation of a Deltap. This compensatory "E-pathway" appears to be required by all dihaem-containing QFR enzymes and results in the overall reaction being electroneutral. However, here we show that the reverse reaction, the oxidation of succinate by quinone, as catalysed by W. succinogenes QFR, is not electroneutral. The implications for transmembrane proton transfer via the E-pathway are discussed.
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Juhnke HD, Hiltscher H, Nasiri HR, Schwalbe H, Lancaster CRD. Production, characterization and determination of the real catalytic properties of the putative 'succinate dehydrogenase' from Wolinella succinogenes. Mol Microbiol 2008; 71:1088-101. [PMID: 19170876 PMCID: PMC2680327 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Both the genomes of the epsilonproteobacteria Wolinella succinogenes and Campylobacter jejuni contain operons (sdhABE) that encode for so far uncharacterized enzyme complexes annotated as ‘non-classical’ succinate:quinone reductases (SQRs). However, the role of such an enzyme ostensibly involved in aerobic respiration in an anaerobic organism such as W. succinogenes has hitherto been unknown. We have established the first genetic system for the manipulation and production of a member of the non-classical succinate:quinone oxidoreductase family. Biochemical characterization of the W. succinogenes enzyme reveals that the putative SQR is in fact a novel methylmenaquinol:fumarate reductase (MFR) with no detectable succinate oxidation activity, clearly indicative of its involvement in anaerobic metabolism. We demonstrate that the hydrophilic subunits of the MFR complex are, in contrast to all other previously characterized members of the superfamily, exported into the periplasm via the twin-arginine translocation (tat)-pathway. Furthermore we show that a single amino acid exchange (Ala86→His) in the flavoprotein of that enzyme complex is the only additional requirement for the covalent binding of the otherwise non-covalently bound FAD. Our results provide an explanation for the previously published puzzling observation that the C. jejuni sdhABE operon is upregulated in an oxygen-limited environment as compared with microaerophilic laboratory conditions.
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- Hanno D Juhnke
- Cluster of Excellence 'Macromolecular Complexes', Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Xin Y, Lu YK, Fromme R, Fromme P, Blankenship RE. Purification, characterization and crystallization of menaquinol:fumarate oxidoreductase from the green filamentous photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2008; 1787:86-96. [PMID: 19103151 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Revised: 11/20/2008] [Accepted: 11/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The integral membrane protein complex, menaquinol:fumarate oxidoreductase (mQFR) has been purified, identified and characterized from the thermophilic green filamentous anoxygenic photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. The complex is composed of three subunits: a 74 kDa flavoprotein that contains a covalently bound flavin adenine dinucleotide, a 28 kDa iron-sulfur cluster-containing polypeptide, and a 27 kDa transmembrane polypeptide, which is also the binding site of two b-type hemes and two menaquinones. The purified complex has an apparent molecular mass of 260 kDa by blue-native PAGE, which is indicative of a native homodimeric form. The isolated complex is active in vitro in both fumarate reduction and succinate oxidation. It has been analyzed by visible absorption, redox titration, chemical analysis and EPR spectroscopy. In addition, phylogenetic analysis shows that the QFR of both C. aurantiacus and Chlorobium tepidum are most closely related to those found in the delta-proteobacteria. The purified enzyme was crystallized and X-ray diffraction data obtained up to 3.2 A resolution.
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- Yueyong Xin
- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Washington University, Campus Box 1137, One Brooking Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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Simon J, van Spanning RJ, Richardson DJ. The organisation of proton motive and non-proton motive redox loops in prokaryotic respiratory systems. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2008; 1777:1480-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2008] [Revised: 09/08/2008] [Accepted: 09/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bis-histidine-coordinated hemes in four-helix bundles: how the geometry of the bundle controls the axial imidazole plane orientations in transmembrane cytochromes of mitochondrial complexes II and III and related proteins. J Biol Inorg Chem 2008; 13:481-98. [PMID: 18418633 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-008-0372-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2008] [Accepted: 03/27/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Early investigation of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of bis-histidine-coordinated membrane-bound ferriheme proteins led to the description of a spectral signal that had only one resolved feature. These became known as "highly anisotropic low-spin" or "large g(max)" ferriheme centers. Extensive work with small-molecule model heme complexes showed that this spectroscopic signature occurs in bis-imidazole ferrihemes in which the planes of the imidazole ligands are nearly perpendicular, deltaphi = 57-90 degrees. In the last decade protein crystallographic studies have revealed the atomic structures of a number of examples of bis-histidine heme proteins. A frequent characteristic of these large g(max) ferrihemes in membrane-bound proteins is the occurrence of the heme within a four-helix bundle with a left-handed twist. The histidine ligands occur at the same level on two diametrically opposed helices of the bundle. These ligands have the same side-chain conformation and ligate heme iron on the bundle axis, resulting in a quasi-twofold symmetric structure. The two non-ligand-bearing helices also obey this symmetry, and have a conserved small residue, usually glycine, where the edge of the heme ring makes contact with the helix backbones. In many cases this small residue is preceded by a threonine or serine residue whose side-chain hydroxyl oxygen acts as a hydrogen-bond acceptor from the N(delta1) atom of the heme-ligating histidine. The deltaphi angle is thus determined by the common histidine side-chain conformation and the crossing angle of the ligand-bearing helices, in some cases constrained by hydrogen bonds to the serine/threonine residues on the non-ligand-bearing helices.
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Inaoka DK, Sakamoto K, Shimizu H, Shiba T, Kurisu G, Nara T, Aoki T, Kita K, Harada S. Structures of Trypanosoma cruzi Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Complexed with Substrates and Products: Atomic Resolution Insights into Mechanisms of Dihydroorotate Oxidation and Fumarate Reduction. Biochemistry 2008; 47:10881-91. [DOI: 10.1021/bi800413r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Daniel Ken Inaoka
- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan, and Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan, and Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan, and Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan, and Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan, and Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan, and Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan, and Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan, and Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan, and Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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Electroneutral and electrogenic catalysis by dihaem-containing succinate:quinone oxidoreductases. Biochem Soc Trans 2008; 36:996-1000. [DOI: 10.1042/bst0360996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Membrane protein complexes can support both the generation and utilization of a transmembrane electrochemical proton potential (Δp), either by supporting transmembrane electron transfer coupled to protolytic reactions on opposite sides of the membrane or by supporting transmembrane proton transfer. Regarding the first mechanism, this has been unequivocally demonstrated to be operational for Δp-dependent catalysis of succinate oxidation by quinone in the case of the dihaem-containing SQR (succinate:menaquinone reductase) from the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus licheniformis. This is physiologically relevant in that it allows the transmembrane Δp to drive the endergonic oxidation of succinate by menaquinone by the dihaem-containing SQR of Gram-positive bacteria. In the case of a related but different respiratory membrane protein complex, the dihaem-containing QFR (quinol:fumarate reductase) of the ϵ-proteobacterium Wolinella succinogenes, evidence has been obtained indicating that both mechanisms are combined, so as to facilitate transmembrane electron transfer by proton transfer via a both novel and essential compensatory transmembrane proton transfer pathway (‘E-pathway’). This is necessary because, although the reduction of fumarate by menaquinol is exergonic, it is obviously not exergonic enough to support the generation of a Δp. This compensatory E-pathway appears to be required by all dihaem-containing QFR enzymes and the conservation of the essential acidic residue on transmembrane helix V (Glu-C180 in W. succinogenes QFR) is a useful key for the sequence-based discrimination of these QFR enzymes from the dihaem-containing SQR enzymes.
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Direct and mediated electron transfer between intact succinate:quinone oxidoreductase from Bacillus subtilis and a surface modified gold electrode reveals redox state-dependent conformational changes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2008; 1777:1203-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.05.450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2008] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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