The rubredoxin from Clostridium pasteurianum: Mutation of the iron cysteinyl ligands to serine. Crystal and molecular structures of oxidized and dithionite-treated forms of the Cys42Ser mutant

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Xiao, ZG
Lavery, MJ
Ayhan, M
Scrofani, SDB
Wilce, MCJ
Guss, JM
Tregloan, PA
George, GN
Wedd, AG [1 ]
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[1] Univ Sydney, Dept Biochem, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
[2] Univ Melbourne, Sch Chem, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia
[3] Stanford Univ, Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr, Stanford Synchrotron Radiat Lab, Stanford, CA 94309 USA
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10.1021/ja973162c
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Isolation is reported of the four mutant proteins of the electron-transfer protein rubredoxin from Clostridium pasteurianum in which each of the four cysteine ligands is changed in turn to serine. They fall into two pairs whose properties depend on whether an interior (C6, C39) or a surface (C9, C42) cysteine ligand is substituted. A crystal structure of the oxidized C42S protein (1.65 Angstrom; R, 18.5%) confirms the presence of an Fe-III(Sv-Cys)(3)(O-gamma-Ser) center (Fe-O, 1.82(8) Angstrom). Significant structural change is restricted to the region around the mutation. EXAFS experiments confirm (FeS3O)-S-III (O = O-gamma-Ser or OHx) centers in each oxidized protein at pH 8. The reduction potentials of the Fe-III/II couple are decreased by about 100 and 200 mV, respectively, in the interior and surface ligand mutants. The potentials are pH-dependent with respective pK(a)(red) values of about 9 and 7. EXAFS data indicate an increase of 0.2-0.3 Angstrom in the Fe-II-O distances in passing through these characteristic pK(a)(red) values. H-1 NMR experiments on Cd-II forms, reveal the presence of Cd-II-(S-Cys)(3)(O(H)-Ser) centers in the surface ligand mutants C9S and C42S by the detection of Cd-113-O-CH2beta coupling and S-OHgamma resonances. The assumption of the presence of Fe-II(S-Cys)(3)(O-Ser) centers in each mutant protein at pH values above the characteristic pK(a)(red) allows a simple interpretation Of the electrochemical behavior. Protonation of the Fe-O-gamma-Ser link upon reduction is proposed, followed by hydrolysis at lower pH values: Fe-III-O-gamma-Ser + H+ + e(-) --> Fe-II-O-gamma(H)-Ser; Fe-II-O-gamma(H)-Ser + H2O --> Fe-II-OH2 + HOgamma-Ser. The differences in reduction potentials, their pH-dependence, and the onset of irreversible electrochemistry can be attributed to differences in the Fe-O bonds of the interior and surface ligands. These differences appear to result from variation in the conformational flexibility of the protein chelate loops which carry the ligands. An attempt to generate crystals of the reduced Fe-II-C42S protein by treatment of Fe-III-C42S crystals with dithionite at pH 4 led to loss of iron. A crystal structure (1.6 Angstrom; R, 16.8%) reveals that cysteine residues 6 and 9 have trapped the oxidation product SO2, a result confirmed by reactions in solution: Cys-SH + SO2 --> Cys-S-II-(SO2-)-O-IV + H+.
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