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'''Crystal structure of Cytochrome c Peroxidase with a Proposed Electron Transfer Pathway Excised to Form a Ligand Binding Channel.''' | '''Crystal structure of Cytochrome c Peroxidase with a Proposed Electron Transfer Pathway Excised to Form a Ligand Binding Channel.''' | ||
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Crystal structure of Cytochrome c Peroxidase with a Proposed Electron Transfer Pathway Excised to Form a Ligand Binding Channel.
Overview
A previously proposed electron transfer (ET) pathway in the heme enzyme cytochrome c peroxidase has been excised from the structure, leaving an open ligand-binding channel in its place. Earlier studies on cavity mutants of this enzyme have revealed structural plasticity in this region of the molecule. Analysis of these structures has allowed the design of a variant in which the specific section of protein backbone representing a previously proposed ET pathway is accurately extracted from the protein. A crystal structure verified the creation of an open channel that overlays the removed segment, extending from the surface of the protein to the heme at the core of the protein. A number of heterocyclic cations were found to bind to the proximal-channel mutant with affinities that can be rationalized based on the structures. It is proposed that small ligands bind more weakly to the proximal-channel mutant than to the W191G cavity due to an increased off rate of the open channel, whereas larger ligands are able to bind to the channel mutant without inducing large conformational changes. The structure of benzimidazole bound to the proximal-channel mutant shows that the ligand accurately overlays the position of the tryptophan radical center that was removed from the wild-type enzyme and displaces four of the eight ordered solvent molecules seen in the empty cavity. Ligand binding also caused a small rearrangement of the redesigned protein loop, perhaps as a result of improved electrostatic interactions with the ligand. The engineered channel offers the potential for introducing synthetic replacements for the removed structure, such as sensitizer-linked substrates. These installed "molecular wires" could be used to rapidly initiate reactions, trap reactive intermediates, or answer unresolved questions about ET pathways.
About this Structure
1KXM is a Single protein structure of sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Excision of a proposed electron transfer pathway in cytochrome c peroxidase and its replacement by a ligand-binding channel., Rosenfeld RJ, Hays AM, Musah RA, Goodin DB, Protein Sci. 2002 May;11(5):1251-9. PMID:11967381 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 23:17:53 2008
