Publication
Title
Ligand binding to chlorite dismutase from magnetospirillum sp.
Author
Abstract
Chlorite dismutase (Cld) catalyzes the reduction of chlorite to chloride and dioxygen. Here, the ligand binding to Cld of Magnetospirillum sp. (MaCld) is investigated with X-ray crystallography and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). EPR reveals a large heterogeneity in the structure of wild-type MaCld, showing a variety of low- and high-spin ferric heme forms. Addition of an axial ligand, such as azide or imidazole, removes this heterogeneity almost entirely. This is in line with the two high resolution crystal structures of MaCld obtained in the presence of azide and thiocyanate that show the coordination of the ligands to the heme iron. The crystal structure of the MaCld azide complex reveals a single well-defined orientation of the azide molecule in the heme pocket. EPR shows, however, a pH-dependent heme structure, probably due to acid base transitions of the surrounding amino-acid residues stabilizing azide. For the azide and imidazole complex of MaCld, the hyperfine and nuclear quadrupole interactions with the close-by N-14 and H-1 nuclei are determined using pulsed EPR These values are compared to the corresponding data for the low-spin forms observed in the ferric wild-type MaCld and to existing EPR data on azide and imidazole complexes of other heme proteins.
Language
English
Source (journal)
The journal of physical chemistry : B : condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces and biophysical. - Washington, D.C.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : 2015
ISSN
1520-6106
1520-5207
DOI
10.1021/ACS.JPCB.5B04141
Volume/pages
119 :43 (2015) , p. 13859-13869
ISI
000363994000044
Pubmed ID
26287794
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
BIOSTRUCT-X: Transnational access and enhancement of integrated Biological Structure determination at synchrotron X-ray radiation facilities
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 09.12.2015
Last edited 09.10.2023
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