Structure and mechanism of the flavocytochrome c fumarate reductase of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1 |
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Authors: | Leys D Tsapin A S Nealson K H Meyer T E Cusanovich M A Van Beeumen J J |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry and Protein Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium. |
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Abstract: | Fumarate respiration is one of the most widespread types of anaerobic respiration. The soluble fumarate reductase of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1 is a periplasmic tetraheme flavocytochrome c. The crystal structures of the enzyme were solved to 2.9 A for the uncomplexed form and to 2.8 A and 2.5 A for the fumarate and the succinate-bound protein, respectively. The structures reveal a flexible capping domain linked to the FAD-binding domain. A catalytic mechanism for fumarate reduction based on the structure of the complexed protein is proposed. The mechanism for the reverse reaction is a model for the homologous succinate dehydrogenase (complex II) of the respiratory chain. In flavocytochrome c fumarate reductase, all redox centers are in van der Waals contact with one another, thus providing an efficient conduit of electrons from the hemes via the FAD to fumarate. |
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