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Clúa J, Montpetit J, Jimenez-Sandoval P, Naumann C, Santiago J, Poirier Y. A CYBDOM protein impacts iron homeostasis and primary root growth under phosphate deficiency in Arabidopsis. Nat Commun 2024; 15:423. [PMID: 38212368 PMCID: PMC10784552 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43911-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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Arabidopsis primary root growth response to phosphate (Pi) deficiency is mainly controlled by changes in apoplastic iron (Fe). Upon Pi deficiency, apoplastic Fe deposition in the root apical meristem activates pathways leading to the arrest of meristem maintenance and inhibition of cell elongation. Here, we report that a member of the uncharacterized cytochrome b561 and DOMON domain (CYBDOM) protein family, named CRR, promotes iron reduction in an ascorbate-dependent manner and controls apoplastic iron deposition. Under low Pi, the crr mutant shows an enhanced reduction of primary root growth associated with increased apoplastic Fe in the root meristem and a reduction in meristematic cell division. Conversely, CRR overexpression abolishes apoplastic Fe deposition rendering primary root growth insensitive to low Pi. The crr single mutant and crr hyp1 double mutant, harboring a null allele in another member of the CYDOM family, shows increased tolerance to high-Fe stress upon germination and seedling growth. Conversely, CRR overexpression is associated with increased uptake and translocation of Fe to the shoot and results in plants highly sensitive to Fe excess. Our results identify a ferric reductase implicated in Fe homeostasis and developmental responses to abiotic stress, and reveal a biological role for CYBDOM proteins in plants.
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- Joaquín Clúa
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore Building, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore Building, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore Building, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Signal Processing, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore Building, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore Building, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Gradogna A, Lagostena L, Beltrami S, Tosato E, Picco C, Scholz-Starke J, Sparla F, Trost P, Carpaneto A. Tonoplast cytochrome b561 is a transmembrane ascorbate-dependent monodehydroascorbate reductase: functional characterization of electron currents in plant vacuoles. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 238:1957-1971. [PMID: 36806214 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Ascorbate (Asc) is a major redox buffer of plant cells, whose antioxidant activity depends on the ratio with its one-electron oxidation product monodehydroascorbate (MDHA). The cytoplasm contains millimolar concentrations of Asc and soluble enzymes that can regenerate Asc from MDHA or fully oxidized dehydroascorbate. Also, vacuoles contain Asc, but no soluble Asc-regenerating enzymes. Here, we show that vacuoles isolated from Arabidopsis mesophyll cells contain a tonoplast electron transport system that works as a reversible, Asc-dependent transmembrane MDHA oxidoreductase. Electron currents were measured by patch-clamp on isolated vacuoles and found to depend on the availability of Asc (electron donor) and ferricyanide or MDHA (electron acceptors) on opposite sides of the tonoplast. Electron currents were catalyzed by cytochrome b561 isoform A (CYB561A), a tonoplast redox protein with cytoplasmic and luminal Asc binding sites. The Km for Asc of the luminal (4.5 mM) and cytoplasmic site (51 mM) reflected the physiological Asc concentrations in these compartments. The maximal current amplitude was similar in both directions. Mutant plants with impaired CYB561A expression showed no detectable trans-tonoplast electron currents and strong accumulation of leaf anthocyanins under excessive illumination, suggesting a redox-modulation exerted by CYB561A on the typical anthocyanin response to high-light stress.
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- Institute of Biophysics - CNR, Via De Marini 6, 16149, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics - CNR, Via De Marini 6, 16149, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics - CNR, Via De Marini 6, 16149, Genova, Italy
- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 5, 16132, Genova, Italy
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Macêdo WV, Poulsen JS, Zaiat M, Nielsen JL. Proteogenomics identification of TBBPA degraders in anaerobic bioreactor. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 310:119786. [PMID: 35872283 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is the most used flame retardant worldwide and has become a threat to aquatic ecosystems. Previous research into the degradation of this micropollutant in anaerobic bioreactors has suggested several identities of putative TBBPA degraders. However, the organisms actively degrading TBBPA under in situ conditions have so far not been identified. Protein-stable isotope probing (protein-SIP) has become a cutting-edge technique in microbial ecology for enabling the link between identity and function under in situ conditions. Therefore, it was hypothesized that combining protein-based stable isotope probing with metagenomics could be used to identify and provide genomic insight into the TBBPA-degrading organisms. The identified 13C-labelled peptides were found to belong to organisms affiliated to Phytobacter, Clostridium, Sporolactobacillus, and Klebsilla genera. The functional classification of identified labelled peptides revealed that TBBPA is not only transformed by cometabolic reactions, but also assimilated into the biomass. By application of the proteogenomics with labelled micropollutants (protein-SIP) and metagenome-assembled genomes, it was possible to extend the current perspective of the diversity of TBBPA degraders in wastewater and predict putative TBBPA degradation pathways. The study provides a link to the active TBBPA degraders and which organisms to favor for optimized biodegradation.
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- Williane Vieira Macêdo
- Laboratory of Biological Processes, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo (USP), 1100, João Dagnone Ave., Santa Angelina, Zip Code 13563-120, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Center for Microbial Communities, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Center for Microbial Communities, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Biological Processes, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo (USP), 1100, João Dagnone Ave., Santa Angelina, Zip Code 13563-120, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Center for Microbial Communities, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark.
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Klein M, Deniz E, Heit S, Wille G, Mäntele W, Lancaster CRD. Proton-Coupled Electron Transport in Two Distinct CYBASC Paralogs of Arabidopsis thaliana: A Comparative Characterization of Highly Conserved Tyrosine and Lysine Residues. Biochemistry 2020; 59:2328-2339. [PMID: 32428401 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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CYBASC proteins are ascorbate (AscH-) reducible, diheme b-containing integral membrane cytochrome b561 proteins (cytb561), which are proposed to be involved in AscH- recycling and facilitation of iron absorption. Two distinct CYBASC paralogs from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, Atcytb561-A (A-paralog) and Atcytb561-B (B-paralog), have been found to differ in their visible-spectral characteristics and their interaction with AscH- and ferric iron chelates. A previously determined crystal structure of the B-paralog provides the first insights into the structural organization of a CYBASC member and implies hydrogen bonding between the substrate AscH- and the conserved lysine residues at positions 77 (B-K77) and 81 (B-K81). The function of the highly conserved tyrosine at position 70 (B-Y70) is not obvious in the crystal structure, but its localization indicates the possible involvement in proton-coupled electron transfer. Here we show that B-Y70 plays a major role in the modulation of the oxidation-reduction midpoint potential of the high-potential heme, EM(bH), as well as in AscH- oxidation. Our results support the involvement of the functionally conserved B-K77 in the stabilization of the dianion Asc2-. These findings are supported by the crystal structure of the B-paralog, but a comparative biochemical and biophysical characterization of the A- and B-paralogs implied distinct and more complex functions of the corresponding residues A-Y69 and A-K76 in the A-paralog. Our results emphasize the need for a high-resolution crystal structure of the A-paralog to illuminate the differences in functional organization between the two paralogs.
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- Martin Klein
- Saarland University, Department of Structural Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Faculty of Medicine, Building 60, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Goethe University, Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Straße 1, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Saarland University, Department of Structural Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Faculty of Medicine, Building 60, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Goethe University, Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Straße 1, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Goethe University, Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Straße 1, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Saarland University, Department of Structural Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Faculty of Medicine, Building 60, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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Structure and mechanism of a eukaryotic transmembrane ascorbate-dependent oxidoreductase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:1813-8. [PMID: 24449903 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323931111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vitamin C, also known as ascorbate, is required in numerous essential metabolic reactions in eukaryotes. The eukaryotic ascorbate-dependent oxidoreductase cytochrome b561 (Cyt b561), a family of highly conserved transmembrane enzymes, plays an important role in ascorbate recycling and iron absorption. Although Cyt b561 was identified four decades ago, its atomic structure and functional mechanism remain largely unknown. Here, we report the high-resolution crystal structures of cytochrome b561 from Arabidopsis thaliana in both substrate-free and substrate-bound states. Cyt b561 forms a homodimer, with each protomer consisting of six transmembrane helices and two heme groups. The negatively charged substrate ascorbate, or monodehydroascorbate, is enclosed in a positively charged pocket on either side of the membrane. Two highly conserved amino acids, Lys(81) and His(106), play an essential role in substrate recognition and catalysis. Our structural and biochemical analyses allow the proposition of a general electron transfer mechanism for members of the Cyt b561 family.
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Lüthje S, Möller B, Perrineau FC, Wöltje K. Plasma membrane electron pathways and oxidative stress. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 18:2163-83. [PMID: 23265437 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.5130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Several redox compounds, including respiratory burst oxidase homologs (Rboh) and iron chelate reductases have been identified in animal and plant plasma membrane (PM). Studies using molecular biological, biochemical, and proteomic approaches suggest that PM redox systems of plants are involved in signal transduction, nutrient uptake, transport, and cell wall-related processes. Function of PM-bound redox systems in oxidative stress will be discussed. RECENT ADVANCES Present knowledge about the properties, structures, and functions of these systems are summarized. Judging from the currently available data, it is likely that electrons are transferred from cytosolic NAD(P)H to the apoplast via quinone reductases, vitamin K, and a cytochrome b561. In tandem with these electrons, protons might be transported to the apoplastic space. CRITICAL ISSUES Recent studies suggest localization of PM-bound redox systems in microdomains (so-called lipid or membrane rafts), but also organization of these compounds in putative and high molecular mass protein complexes. Although the plant flavocytochrome b family is well characterized with respect to its function, the molecular mechanism of an electron transfer reaction by these compounds has to be verified. Localization of Rboh in other compartments needs elucidation. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Plant members of the flavodoxin and flavodoxin-like protein family and the cytochrome b561 protein family have been characterized on the biochemical level, postulated localization, and functions of these redox compounds need verification. Compositions of single microdomains and interaction partners of PM redox systems have to be elucidated. Finally, the hypothesis of an electron transfer chain in the PM needs further proof.
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- Sabine Lüthje
- Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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Recuenco MC, Rahman MM, Takeuchi F, Kobayashi K, Tsubaki M. Electron transfer reactions of candidate tumor suppressor 101F6 protein, a cytochrome b561 homologue, with ascorbate and monodehydroascorbate radical. Biochemistry 2013; 52:3660-8. [PMID: 23641721 DOI: 10.1021/bi301607s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The candidate tumor suppressor 101F6 protein is a homologue of adrenal chromaffin granule cytochrome b561, which is involved in the electron transfer from cytosolic ascorbate to intravesicular monodehydroascorbate radical. Since the tumor suppressor activity of 101F6 was enhanced in the presence of ascorbate, it was suggested that 101F6 might utilize a similar transmembrane electron transfer reaction. Detailed kinetic analyses were conducted on the detergent-solubilized recombinant human 101F6 for its electron transfer reactions with ascorbate and monodehydroascorbate radical by stopped-flow and pulse radiolysis techniques. The reduction of oxidized 101F6 with ascorbate was found to be independent of pH in contrast to those observed for chromaffin granule and Zea mays cytochromes b561 in which both cytochromes exhibited very slow rates at pH 5.0 but faster at pH 6.0 and 7.0. The absence of the inhibition for the electron acceptance from ascorbate upon the treatment with diethyl pyrocarbonate suggested that 101F6 might not utilize a "concerted proton/electron transfer mechanism". The second-order rate constant for the electron donation from the ascorbate-reduced 101F6 to the pulse-generated monodehydroascorbate radical was found to be 5.0 × 10(7) M(-1 )s(-1), about 2-fold faster than that of bovine chromaffin granule cytochrome b561 and about five times faster than that of Zea mays cytochrome b561, suggesting that human 101F6 is very effective for regenerating ascorbate from monodehydroascorbate radical in cells. Present observations suggest that 101F6 employs distinct electron transfer mechanisms on both sides of the membranes from those of other members of cytochrome b561 protein family.
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- Mariam C Recuenco
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University , Rokkodai-cho 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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Roles of conserved Arg(72) and Tyr(71) in the ascorbate-specific transmembrane electron transfer catalyzed by Zea mays cytochrome b561. J Biosci Bioeng 2013; 115:497-506. [PMID: 23290447 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2012] [Revised: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cytochromes b561, novel transmembrane electron transport proteins residing in eukaryotic cells, have a number of common features including six transmembrane α-helices and two heme ligation sites. Our recent studies on recombinant Zea mays cytochrome b561 suggested that concerted proton/electron transfer mechanism was functioning in plant cytochromes b561 as well and that conserved Lys(83) on a cytosolic loop had important roles for ascorbate-binding and a succeeding electron transfer. In the present study, we conducted site-directed mutagenesis analyses on conserved Arg(72) and Tyr(71). Removal of a positive charge at Arg(72) did not affect significantly on the final heme reduction level with ascorbate as reductant. However, characteristic pH-dependent initial time-lag upon electron acceptance from ascorbate was completely lost for R72A and R72E mutants. Substitution of Tyr(71) with Ala or Phe affected both on the final heme reduction level and on the pH-dependent initial time-lag, causing acceleration of the electron transfer. These observations were interpreted as existence of specific interactions of Tyr(71) and Arg(72) with ascorbate. However, their mechanistic roles were distinctly different from that of Lys(83), as exemplified by K83A/Y71A double mutant, and might be related for expelling of monodehydroascorbate radical from the substrate-binding site to prevent a back-flow of electrons.
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Recuenco MC, Rahman MM, Sakamoto Y, Takeuchi F, Hori H, Tsubaki M. Functional characterization of the recombinant human tumour suppressor 101F6 protein, a cytochrome b(561) homologue. J Biochem 2012; 153:233-42. [PMID: 23235316 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvs139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Candidate human tumour suppressor gene product, 101F6 protein, is a highly hydrophobic transmembrane protein and a member of cytochrome b(561) family. Purified 101F6 protein expressed in Pichia pastoris cells showed visible absorption spectra similar but distinct from those of cytochrome b(561). Haem content analysis indicated presence of two haems B per molecule. Midpoint potentials of the purified protein were found as +109 and +26 mV for two haems, slightly lower than those for bovine chromaffin granule or plant Zea mays cytochromes b(561). Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra in oxidized state at 5 K showed only a highly anisotropic low-spin (HALS) signal at g(z) = 3.75. However, at 15 and 20 K, another HALS-type signal appeared at g(z) = 3.65 being overlapped with that of g(z) = 3.75. The rhombic EPR signal at g(z) = 3.16 previously seen in other cytochromes b(561) was not observed, suggesting distinct haem environments. Absence of the inhibition in the electron transfer from ascorbate by a treatment of 101F6 protein with diethylpyrocarbonate showed a remarkable contrast from those of other cytochromes b(561) where the 'concerted H(+)/e(-) transfer mechanism' at the cytosolic haem centre was blocked by specific Nε-carbethoxylation of haem-coordinating imidazole, suggesting that 101F6 protein might accept electrons via a mechanism distinct from other cytochromes b(561).
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- Mariam C Recuenco
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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da Silva GFZ, Shinkarev VP, Kamensky YA, Palmer G. Spectroscopic Evidence of the Role of an Axial Ligand Histidinate in the Mechanism of Adrenal Cytochrome b561. Biochemistry 2012; 51:8730-42. [DOI: 10.1021/bi301127k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Giordano F. Z. da Silva
- Department
of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, United States
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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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Warren JJ, Mayer JM. Proton-coupled electron transfer reactions at a heme-propionate in an iron-protoporphyrin-IX model compound. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:8544-51. [PMID: 21524059 DOI: 10.1021/ja201663p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A heme model system has been developed in which the heme-propionate is the only proton donating/accepting site, using protoporphyrin IX-monomethyl esters (PPIX(MME)) and N-methylimidazole (MeIm). Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions of these model compounds have been examined in acetonitrile solvent. (PPIX(MME))Fe(III)(MeIm)(2)-propionate (Fe(III)~CO(2)) is readily reduced by the ascorbate derivative 5,6-isopropylidine ascorbate to give (PPIX(MME))Fe(II)(MeIm)(2)-propionic acid (Fe(II)~CO(2)H). An excess of the hydroxylamine TEMPOH or of hydroquinone similarly reduces Fe(III)~CO(2), and TEMPO and benzoquinone oxidize Fe(II)~CO(2)H to return to Fe(III)~CO(2). The measured equilibrium constants, and the determined pK(a) and E(1/2) values, indicate that Fe(II)~CO(2)H has an effective bond dissociation free energy (BDFE) of 67.8 ± 0.6 kcal mol(-1). In these PPIX models, electron transfer occurs at the iron center and proton transfer occurs at the remote heme propionate. According to thermochemical and other arguments, the TEMPOH reaction occurs by concerted proton-electron transfer (CPET), and a similar pathway is indicated for the ascorbate derivative. Based on these results, heme propionates should be considered as potential key components of PCET/CPET active sites in heme proteins.
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- Jeffrey J Warren
- Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, MC 139-74, Pasadena, California 91125-0001, USA.
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Liu W, Wu G, Tsai AL, Kulmacz RJ. High-yield production, purification and characterization of functional human duodenal cytochrome b in an Escherichia coli system. Protein Expr Purif 2011; 79:115-21. [PMID: 21501687 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2011] [Revised: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 04/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Human duodenal cytochrome b (Dcytb) is a transmembrane hemoprotein found in the duodenal brush border membrane and in erythrocytes. Dcytb has been linked to uptake of dietary iron and to ascorbate recycling in erythrocytes. Detailed biophysical and biochemical characterization of Dcytb has been limited by difficulties in expressing sufficient amounts of functional recombinant protein in yeast and insect cell systems. We have developed an Escherichia coli Rosetta-gami B(DE3) cell system for production of recombinant His-tagged human Dcytb with a yield of ∼26 mg of purified, ascorbate-reducible cytochrome per liter of culture. The recombinant protein is readily solubilized with n-dodecyl-β-D-maltoside and purified to electrophoretic homogeneity by one-step chromatography on cobalt affinity resin. The purified recombinant Dcytb has a heme to protein ratio very close to the theoretical value of 2 and retains functional reactivity with ascorbate, as assessed by spectroscopic and kinetic measurements. Ascorbate showed a marked kinetic selectivity for the high-potential heme center over the low-potential heme center in purified Dcytb. This new E. coli expression system for Dcytb offers ∼7-fold improvement in yield and other substantial advantages over existing expression systems for reliable production of functional Dcytb at levels suitable for biochemical, biophysical and structural characterization.
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- Wen Liu
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, United States.
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Konkle ME, Elsenheimer KN, Hakala K, Robicheaux JC, Weintraub ST, Hunsicker-Wang LM. Chemical modification of the Rieske protein from Thermus thermophilus using diethyl pyrocarbonate modifies ligating histidine 154 and reduces the [2FE-2S] cluster. Biochemistry 2010; 49:7272-81. [PMID: 20684561 DOI: 10.1021/bi1007904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
Rieske proteins are a class of electron transport proteins that are intricately involved in respiratory and photosynthetic processes. One unique property of Rieske proteins is that the reduction potential is pH-dependent. The ionizable groups responding to changes in pH have recently been shown to be the two histidine residues that ligate the [2Fe-2S] cluster. To probe the chemical reactivity toward and the accessibility of the ligating histidines to small molecules, akin to the substrate quinol and the inhibitor stigmatellin, the Thermus thermophilus Rieske protein was reacted with diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEPC) over a range of pH values. The modification was followed by UV-visible, circular dichroism, and EPR spectroscopies and the end product analyzed by mass spectrometry. The ligating His154, as well as the two nonligating histidines and surface-exposed lysines, were modified. Interestingly, modification of the protein by DEPC was also found to reduce the metal cluster. The ability to control the redox state was examined by the addition of oxidants and reductants and removal of the DEPC-histidine adduct by sodium hydroxide. Characterization of the DEPC-modified Rieske protein, which remains redox active, offers a probe to analyze the effects of small molecules that inhibit the function of the bc(1) complex and that have also been shown to interact with the ligating histidines of the Rieske [2Fe-2S] cluster in crystal structures of the complex.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mary E Konkle
- Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
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