Crystal structure of C-terminal desundecapeptide nitrite reductase from Achromobacter cycloclastes |
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Authors: | Li Hai-Tao Chang Tschining Chang Wen-Chang Chen Chung-Jung Liu Ming-Yih Gui Lu-Lu Zhang Ji-Ping An Xiao-Min Chang Wen-Rui |
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Affiliation: | National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15th Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China. |
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Abstract: | Monoclinic crystal structure of C-terminal desundecapeptide nitrite reductase (NiRc-11) from Achromobacter cycloclastes was determined at 2.6A. NiRc-11 exists as a loose trimer in the crystal. Deletion of 11 residues eliminates all intersubunit hydrogen bonds mediated by the C-terminal tail. The rigid irregular coil 105-112, which constitutes part of the sidewall of the active site pocket, undergoes conformational changes and becomes highly flexible in NiRc-11. Correspondingly, the linker segments between the two copper sites 95-100 and 135-136 are partly relaxed in conformation, which leads to disrupted active site microenvironments responsible for the activity loss and spectral change of NiRc-11. Comparison with the native structure revealed a bulky residue Met331 fastened by hydrogen bonding, which may play a direct role in keeping the right copper site geometry by protruding its side chain against the irregular coil 105-112. Sequence alignment showed that the bulky residue is conserved at position 331, indicating an equal importance of C-terminal segment in other copper-containing nitrite reductases. |
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Keywords: | Crystal structure Nitrite reductase C-terminal truncation Copper coordination Trimer formation |
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