Flavin mononucleotide-binding flavoprotein family in the domain Archaea

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Ding, YHR [1 ]
Ferry, JG [1 ]
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[1] Penn State Univ, Eberly Coll Sci, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, 205 S Frear Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
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10.1128/JB.186.1.90-97.2004
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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The protein (AfpA, for archaeoflavoprotein) encoded by AF1518 in the genome of Archaeoglobus fulgidus was produced in Escherichia coli and characterized. AfpA was found to be a homodimer with a native molecular mass of 43 kDa and containing two noncovalently bound flavin mononucleotides (FMNs). The cell extract of A. fulgidus catalyzed the CO-dependent reduction of AfpA that was stimulated by the addition of ferredoxin. Ferredoxin was found to be a direct electron donor to purified AfpA, whereas rubredoxin was unable to substitute. Neither NADH nor NADPH was an electron donor. Ferricyanide, 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol, several quinones, ferric citrate, bovine cytochrome c, and O-2. accepted electrons from reduced AfpA, whereas coenzyme F-420, did not. The rate of cytochrome c reduction was enhanced in the presence of O-2 suggesting that superoxide is a product of the interaction of reduced AfpA with O-2. Although AF1518 was previously annotated as encoding a decarboxylase involved in coenzyme A biosynthesis, the results establish that AfpA is an electron carrier protein with ferredoxin as the physiological electron donor. The genomes of several diverse Archaea contained afpA homologs clustered with open reading frames annotated as homologs of genes encoding reductases involved in the oxidative stress response of anaerobes from the domain Bacteria. A potential role for AfpA in coupling electron How from ferredoxin to the putative reductases is discussed. A search of the databases suggests that AfpA is the prototype of a previously unrecognized flavoprotein family unique to the domain Archaea for which the name archaeoflavoprotein is proposed.
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