EPR spectral evidence for a binuclear Mn(II) center in dinitrogenase reductase-activating glycohydrolase from Rhodospirillum rubrum
EPR spectral evidence for a binuclear Mn(II) center in dinitrogenase reductase-activating glycohydrolase from Rhodospirillum rubrum
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DOI:
10.1021/ja9818912
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发表时间:
1998-09-02
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15
通讯作者:
Ludden, PW
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作者:
Antharavally, BS;Poyner, RR;Ludden, PW
Bacterial nitrogen fixation is catalyzed by the two oxygenlabile proteins dinitrogenase and dinitrogenase reductase, which compose the nitrogenase enzyme complex. 1 The nitrogenase enzyme complex catalyzes the reduction of atmospheric nitrogen to ammonium, which is a very energy-intensive reaction, in that at least 16 MgATP molecules are hydrolyzed per nitrogen molecule reduced. Therefore, Rhodospirillum rubrum2, 3 posttranslationally inactivates nitrogenase by reversible ADP-ribosylation of Arg-101 on a single subunit of the dinitrogenase reductase homodimer under the conditions of energy stress or nitrogen sufficiency. The transfer of the ADP-ribose moiety from NAD+ onto dinitrogenase reductase is catalyzed by dinitrogenase reductase ADP-ribosyltransferase (DRAT). 4 Activation via glycohydrolysis of the ADP-ribosyl protein linkage is catalyzed by dinitrogenase reductase-activating glycohydrolase (DRAG). 5-7 DRAG is a 32-kD monomeric enzyme which requires MgATP and free divalent metal for its activity with ADP-ribosylated dinitrogenase reductase as substrate, 6 and thus the binding site for the divalent metal is thought to be on the DRAG protein. 8, 9 Mn2+ is thought to be the physiological cofactor, although activation of the DRAG enzyme by Fe2+, Mg2+, and Co3+ has been reported. 10 We report here EPR evidence that DRAG isolated from Rhodospirillum rubrum contains a spin-coupled Mn-(II)-Mn (II) center.DRAG was purified from an overexpressing R. rubrum strain UR 276 following the published procedure. 6 Activity was measured by coupling the activity of dinitrogenase reductase with the reduction of acetylene by dinitrogenase, 11 and protein concentration was determined using bicinchoninic acid following the published procedure. 12 Samples for EPR spectroscopy were prepared by concentrating the enzyme with a Pall Filtron microconcentrator to 12 mg/mL in 50 mM MOPS, 0.2 M NaCl,