A vertebrate-type ferredoxin domain in the Na+-translocating NADH dehydrogenase from Vibrio cholerae

  • Po-Chi Lin
  • , Andrea Puhar
  • , Karin Türk
  • , Stergios Piligkos
  • , Eckhard Bill
  • , Frank Neese
  • , Julia Steuber*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22560-22563
Number of pages4
JournalThe Journal of Biological Chemistry
Volume280
Issue number24
Early online date03 May 2005
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2005
Externally publishedYes

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

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