Abstract
The Na(+)-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase from Vibrio cholerae contains a single Fe-S cluster localized in subunit NqrF. Here we study the electronic properties of the Fe-S center in a truncated version of the NqrF subunit comprising only its ferredoxin-like Fe-S domain. Mössbauer spectroscopy of the Fe-S domain in the oxidized state is consistent with a binuclear Fe-S cluster with tetrahedral sulfur coordination by the cysteine residues Cys(70), Cys(76), Cys(79), and Cys(111). Important sequence motifs surrounding these cysteines are conserved in the Fe-S domain and in vertebrate-type ferredoxins. The magnetic circular dichroism spectra of the photochemically reduced Fe-S domain exhibit a striking similarity to the magnetic circular dichroism spectra of vertebrate-type ferredoxins required for the in vivo assembly of iron-sulfur clusters. This study reveals a novel function for vertebrate-type [2Fe-2S] clusters as redox cofactors in respiratory dehydrogenases.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 22560-22563 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | The Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| Volume | 280 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| Early online date | 03 May 2005 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Jun 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Catalysis
- Circular Dichroism
- Cysteine/chemistry
- Ferredoxins/chemistry
- Iron-Sulfur Proteins/chemistry
- Magnetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oxidation-Reduction
- Oxygen Consumption
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Quinone Reductases/chemistry
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sodium/chemistry
- Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase/chemistry
- Spectroscopy, Mossbauer/methods
- Ultraviolet Rays
- Vertebrates
- Vibrio cholerae/enzymology