Assignments of 15N and 1H NMR resonances and a neutral pH ionization in Rhodospirillum rubrum cytochrome c2.
Assignments of 15N and 1H NMR resonances and a neutral pH ionization in Rhodospirillum rubrum cytochrome c2.
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红色红螺菌细胞色素 c2 中 15N 和 1H NMR 共振和中性 pH 电离的归属。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00464a004
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发表时间:
1990
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Smith,GM
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作者:
Yu,LP;Smith,GM
Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 Received April 14, 1989; Revised Manuscript Received November 21, 1989 abstract: The proton and 15N resonances of the ligand histidine of Rhodospirillum rubrum ferricytochrome c2 are found at 14.7 and 184 ppm, respectively, contradicting the proposal that this proton is absent in the R. rubrum ferricytochrome. Substitution of the deuterium atom for this proton causes small upfield shifts of the nitrogen in both oxidation states, indicating that the-peptide carboxyl hydrogen bond is not substantially weakened by the substitution. The proton and 15N resonances of the indolic NH group of the invariant tryptophan-62 and numerous proton resonances of the heme and extraheme ligands in the spectrum of the ferricytochrome are also assigned. An ionization in the ferrocytochrome occurring at neutralpH is assignedto the single nonligand histidine. This attribution is supported by the direct measurement of the ionization by NOE difference spectroscopy and by comparative structural arguments involving closely related cytochromes and chemically modified cytochromes. uclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has played an important role in characterizing electron-transfer proteins including cytochromes c. Subtle structural differences between the solution and crystal structures of mitochondrial cytochrome c have been demonstrated by NMR techniques (Moore et al., 1985; Williams et al., 1985a, b), as have conformational changes around the heme propionic acid groups and the loop in Rhodospirillum rubrum cytochrome c2 (Yu & Smith, 1988a, b). Even the stereochemistry of the iron coordination in different cytochromes c has been investigated and found to be different (Senn & Wuthrich, 1983a, b; Senn et al., 1983b). The influence of ionizations on the redox properties of cytochromes c has also been investigated by using NMR techniques (Moore et al., 1980, 1984; Leitch et al., 1984). The primary problem in the structural interpretation using NMR techniques is that of resolving individual resonances and assigning them to individual atoms in the molecule. The assignments for theheme, axial ligand methionine and his-tidine, and other residues have been reported (Keller & Wuthrich, 1978a; Moore & Williams, 1980a-f, 1984). The proton NMR spectra of the mitochondrial cytochrome (horse) have recently been assigned (Wand et al., 1989; Feng et al., 1989). However, the assignments of important groups in both oxidation states of the bacterial cytochromes are incomplete, including several important resonances near the heme iron, such as the ligand histidine proton and the C2 proton in the oxidized state. These resonances are particularly important in characterizing the state of the ligand histidine (Brautigan et al., 1977), and the structural differencebetween the oxidized and reduced cytochromes in terms of internal charge, hydrophobicity, exchange rates of exchangeable protons, hydrogen bonding, and local dynamics. They are also important in explaining the variation of redox potentialwith pH.