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Four Cys residues in heterodimeric 2-oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase are required for CoA-dependent oxidative decarboxylation but not for a non-oxidative decarboxylation
Authors:Zhen Yan  Shinya FushinobuTakayoshi Wakagi
Affiliation:Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Abstract:Heterodimeric 2-oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (OFOR) from Sulfolobus tokodaii (StOFOR) has only one [4Fe–4S]2 + cluster, ligated by 4 Cys residues, C12, C15, C46, and C197. The enzyme has no other Cys. To elucidate the role of these Cys residues in holding of the iron–sulfur cluster in the course of oxidative decarboxylation of a 2-oxoacid, one or two of these Cys residues was/were substituted with Ala to yield C12A, C15A, C46A, C197A and C12/15A mutants. All the mutants showed the loss of iron–sulfur cluster, except the C197A one which retained some unidentified type of iron–sulfur cluster. On addition of pyruvate to OFOR, the wild type enzyme exhibited a chromophore at 320 nm and a stable large EPR signal corresponding to a hydroxyethyl-ThDP radical, while the mutant enzymes did not show formation of any radical intermediate or production of acetyl-CoA, suggesting that the intact [4Fe–4S] cluster is necessary for these processes. The stable radical intermediate in wild type OFOR was rapidly decomposed upon addition of CoA in the absence of an electron acceptor. Non-oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate, yielding acetaldehyde, has been reported to require CoA for other OFORs, but StOFOR catalyzed acetaldehyde production from pyruvate independent of CoA, regardless of whether the iron–sulfur cluster is intact [4Fe–4S] type or not. A comprehensive reaction scheme for StOFOR with a single cluster was proposed.
Keywords:OFOR, 2-oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase   EPR, electron paramagnetic resonance   ThDP, thiamine diphosphate   Fe&ndash  S, iron&ndash  sulfur cluster   PFOR, pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase   TCA, tricarboxylic acid
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