Structural highlights
Function
[AZUP_ACHCY] This soluble electron transfer copper protein is required for the inactivation of copper-containing nitrite reductase in the presence of oxygen.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The crystal structures of oxidized and reduced pseudoazurins from a denitrifying bacterium, Achromobacter cycloclastes IAM1013, have been determined at 1.35- and 1.6-A resolutions, respectively. The copper site in the oxidized state exhibits a distorted tetrahedral structure like those of other pseudoazurins. However, not only a small change of the copper geometry, but concerted peptide bond flips are identified. The imidazole ring of remote His6 has a hydrogen bonding distance of 2.73 A between N-delta1(His6) and O-gamma1(Thr36) in the oxidized protein. When the protein is reduced at pH 6.0, the imidazole ring rotates by 30.3 degrees and moves 1.00 A away from the position of the oxidized state. A new hydrogen bond between N-epsilon2(His6) and O-epsilon1(Glu4) is formed with a distance of 3.03 A, while the hydrogen bond between N-delta1(His6)-O-gamma1(Thr36) is maintained with an interatomic distance of 2.81 A. A concomitant peptide bond flip of main chain between Ile34 and Thr36 occurs.
Crystal structure determinations of oxidized and reduced pseudoazurins from Achromobacter cycloclastes. Concerted movement of copper site in redox forms with the rearrangement of hydrogen bond at a remote histidine.,Inoue T, Nishio N, Suzuki S, Kataoka K, Kohzuma T, Kai Y J Biol Chem. 1999 Jun 18;274(25):17845-52. PMID:10364229[1]
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References
- ↑ Inoue T, Nishio N, Suzuki S, Kataoka K, Kohzuma T, Kai Y. Crystal structure determinations of oxidized and reduced pseudoazurins from Achromobacter cycloclastes. Concerted movement of copper site in redox forms with the rearrangement of hydrogen bond at a remote histidine. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jun 18;274(25):17845-52. PMID:10364229
