Importance of a single disulfide bond for the PsbO protein of photosystem II: protein structure stability and soluble overexpression in Escherichia coli |
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Authors: | Julia Nikitina Tatiana Shutova Bogdan Melnik Sergey Chernyshov Victor Marchenkov Gennady Semisotnov Vyacheslav Klimov Göran Samuelsson |
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Affiliation: | 1. Ume? Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Ume? University, 901 87, Umea, Sweden 2. Institute of Basic Biological Problems, RAS, 142290, Pushchino, Russia 3. Institute of Protein Research, RAS, 142290, Pushchino, Russia 4. Division of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, RAS, 142290, Pushchino, Russia
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Abstract: | PsbO protein is an important constituent of the water-oxidizing complex, located on the lumenal side of photosystem II. We report here the efficient expression of the spinach PsbO in E. coli where the solubility depends entirely on the formation of the disulfide bond. The PsbO protein purified from a pET32 system that includes thioredoxin fusion is properly folded and functionally active. Urea unfolding experiments imply that the reduction of the single disulfide bridge decreases stability of the protein. Analysis of inter-residue contact density through the PsbO molecule shows that Cys51 is located in a cluster with high contact density. Reduction of the Cys28-Cys51 bond is proposed to perturb the packing interactions in this cluster and destabilize the protein as a whole. Taken together, our results give evidence that PsbO exists in solution as a compact highly ordered structure, provided that the disulfide bridge is not reduced. |
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