Solution structure of reduced Clostridium pasteurianum rubredoxin |
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Authors: | I. Bertini Donald M. Kurtz Jr. Marly K. Eidsness Gaohua Liu Claudio Luchinat Antonio Rosato Robert A. Scott |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via Gino Capponi 7, I-50121, Florence, Italy e-mail: bertini@lrm.fi.cnr.it Fax: +39-55-2757555, Tel.: +39-55-2757549, IT;(2) Department of Chemistry and Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2556, USA, GE;(3) Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, University of Florence, P. le delle Cascine 28, I-50144 Florence, Italy, IT |
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Abstract: | The solution structure of reduced Clostridium pasteurianum rubredoxin (MW 6100) is reported here. The protein is highly paramagnetic, with iron(II) being in the S=2 spin state. The Hβ protons of the ligating cysteines are barely observed, and not specifically assigned. Seventy-six percent of the protons have been assigned and 1267 NOESY peaks (of which 1037 are meaningful) have been observed. Nonselective T 1 measurements have been measured by recording four nonselective 180°-τ-NOESY at different τ values, and fitting the intensity recoveries to an exponential recovery. Thirty-six metal-proton upper and lower distance constraints have been obtained from the above measurements. The use of such constraints is assessed with respect to spin delocalization on the sulfur donor atoms. The solution structure obtained with the program DYANA has been refined through restrained energy minimization. A final family of 20 conformers is obtained with no distance violations larger than 0.24?Å, and RMSD values to the mean structure of 0.58 and 1.03?Å for backbone and all heavy atoms, respectively (measured on residues 3–53). The structure is compared to the X-ray structure of the oxidized and of the zinc substituted protein, and to the available structures of other rubredoxins. In particular, the comparison with the crystal structure and the solution structure of the Zn derivative of the highly thermostable Pyrococcus furiosus rubredoxin suggested that the relatively low thermal stability of the clostridial rubredoxin may be tentatively ascribed to the loosening of its secondary structure elements. This research is a further achievement at the frontier of solution structure determinations of paramagnetic proteins. |
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Keywords: | Rubredoxin Solution structure Paramagnetism Nuclear relaxation |
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