The solution structure of photosystem I accessory protein E from the cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain PCC 8009.
The solution structure of photosystem I accessory protein E from the cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain PCC 8009.
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蓝藻发菜光系统 I 辅助蛋白 E 的溶液结构。
DOI:
10.1021/bi9910373
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发表时间:
1999
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Falzone,CJ
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作者:
Mayer,KL;Shen,G;Bryant,DA;Lecomte,JT;Falzone,CJ
PsaE is a small basic subunit located on the stromal (cytoplasmic) side of photosystem I. In cyanobacteria, this subunit participates in cyclic electron transport and modulates the interactions of the complex with soluble ferredoxin. The PsaE protein isolated from the cyanobacteriumSynechococcussp. strain PCC 7002 adopts the β topology of an SH3 domain, with five β strands (βA through βE) and a turn of 310helix between strands βD and βE [Falzone, C. J., Kao, Y.-H., Zhao, J., Bryant, D. A., and Lecomte, J. T. J. (1994)Biochemistry33, 6052−6062]. The primary structure of the PsaE protein is strongly conserved across all oxygen-evolving photosynthetic organisms. However, variability in loop lengths, as well as N- or C-terminal extensions, suggests that the structure of a second representative PsaE subunit would be useful to characterize the interactions among photosystem I polypeptides. In this work, the solution structure of PsaE from the cyanobacteriumNostocsp. strain PCC 8009 was determined by NMR methods. Compared to PsaE fromSynechococcussp. strain PCC 7002, this PsaE has a seven-residue deletion in the loop connecting strands βC and βD, and an eight-residue C-terminal extension. Angular and distance restraints derived from homonuclear and heteronuclear NMR experiments were used to calculate structures by a distance-geometry/simulated-annealing protocol. A family of 20 structures (rmsd of 0.24 Å in the regular secondary structure) is presented. Differences between the two cyanobacterial proteins are mostly confined to the CD loop region; the C-terminal extension is disordered. The thermodynamic stability ofNostocsp. strain PCC 8009 PsaE toward urea denaturation was measured by circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy, and thermal denaturation was monitored by UV absorption spectroscopy. Chemical and thermal denaturation curves are modeled satisfactorily with two-state processes. The ΔG° of unfolding at room temperature is 12.4 ± 0.3 kJ mol-1(pH 5), and the thermal transition midpoint is 59 ± 1 °C (pH 7). Interactions with other proteins in the photosystem I complex may aid in maintaining PsaE in its native state under physiological conditions.