1m34

[[Image:1m34.gif|left|200px]]

|PDB= 1m34 |SIZE=350|CAPTION= <scene name='initialview01'>1m34</scene>, resolution 2.3&Aring;

|SITE=

|LIGAND= <scene name='pdbligand=ADP:ADENOSINE-5&#39;-DIPHOSPHATE'>ADP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=ALF:TETRAFLUOROALUMINATE+ION'>ALF</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CA:CALCIUM+ION'>CA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CFM:FE-MO-S+CLUSTER'>CFM</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CLF:FE(8)-S(7)+CLUSTER'>CLF</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=HCA:3-HYDROXY-3-CARBOXY-ADIPIC+ACID'>HCA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=SF4:IRON/SULFUR+CLUSTER'>SF4</scene>

|ACTIVITY= <span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogenase Nitrogenase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=1.18.6.1 1.18.6.1] </span>

|RESOURCES=<span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1m34 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1m34 OCA], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1m34 PDBsum], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1m34 RCSB]</span>

 

 

==Overview==

The transient formation of a complex between the component Fe- and MoFe-proteins of nitrogenase represents a central event in the substrate reduction mechanism of this enzyme. Previously, we have isolated an N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-N'-ethylcarbodiimide (EDC) cross-linked complex of these proteins stabilized by a covalent isopeptide linkage between Glu 112 and Lys beta400 of the Fe-protein and MoFe-protein, respectively [Willing, A., et al. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 8499-8503; Willing, A., and Howard, J. B. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 6596-6599]. We report here the biochemical and structural characterization of the cross-linked complex to assess the mechanistic relevance of this species. Glycinamide inhibits the cross-linking reaction, and is found to be specifically incorporated into Glu 112 of the Fe-protein, without detectable modification of either of the neighboring residues (Glu 110 and Glu 111). This modified protein is still competent for substrate reduction, demonstrating that formation of the cross-linked complex is responsible for the enzymatic inactivation, and not the EDC reaction or the modification of the Fe-protein. Crystallographic analysis of the EDC-cross-linked complex at 3.2 A resolution confirms the site of the isopeptide linkage. The nature of the protein surfaces around the cross-linking site suggests there is a strong electrostatic component to the formation of the complex, although the interface area between the component proteins is small. The binding footprints between proteins in the cross-linked complex are adjacent, but with little overlap, to those observed in the complex of the nitrogenase proteins stabilized by ADP-AlF(4)(-). The results of these studies suggest that EDC cross-linking traps a nucleotide-independent precomplex of the nitrogenase proteins driven by complementary electrostatic interactions that subsequently rearranges in a nucleotide-dependent fashion to the electron transfer competent state observed in the ADP-AlF(4)(-) structure.

 

1M34 is a [[Protein complex]] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azotobacter_vinelandii Azotobacter vinelandii]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1M34 OCA].

 

Biochemical and structural characterization of the cross-linked complex of nitrogenase: comparison to the ADP-AlF4(-)-stabilized structure., Schmid B, Einsle O, Chiu HJ, Willing A, Yoshida M, Howard JB, Rees DC, Biochemistry. 2002 Dec 31;41(52):15557-65. PMID:[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12501184 12501184]

[[Category: Nitrogenase]]

[[Category: Protein complex]]

[[Category: Chiu, H J.]]

[[Category: Einsle, O.]]

[[Category: Howard, J B.]]

[[Category: Howard, J B.Rees, D C.]]

[[Category: Schmid, B.]]

[[Category: Willing, A.]]

[[Category: Yoshida, M.]]