Oxygen Activation of Apo-obelin-Coelenterazine Complex
Oxygen Activation of Apo-obelin-Coelenterazine Complex
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DOI:
10.1002/cbic.201300002
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发表时间:
2013-04-15
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影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Vysotski, Eugene S.
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作者:
Eremeeva, Elena V.;Natashin, Pavel V.;Vysotski, Eugene S.
Ca2+-regulated photoproteins use a noncovalently bound 2-hydroperoxycoelenterazine ligand to emit light in response to Ca2+ binding. To better understand the mechanism of formation of active photoprotein from apoprotein, coelenterazine and molecular oxygen, we investigated the spectral properties of the anaerobic apo-obelincoelenterazine complex and the kinetics of its conversion into active photoprotein after exposure to air. Our studies suggest that coelenterazine bound within the anaerobic complex might be a mixture of N7-protonated and C2() anionic forms, and that oxygen shifts the equilibrium in favor of the C2() anion as a result of peroxy anion formation. Proton removal from N7 and further protonation of peroxy anion and the resulting formation of 2-hydroperoxycoelenterazine in obelin might occur with the assistance of His175. It is proposed that this conserved His residue might play a key role both in formation of active photoprotein and in Ca2+-triggering of the bioluminescence reaction.