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Toluene 4-monooxygenase catalyzes the NADH- and O2-dependent hydroxylation of toluene to form p-cresol. The four-protein complex consists of a diiron hydroxylase, an oxidoreductase, a catalytic effector protein, and a Rieske-type ferredoxin (T4moC). Phylogenetic analysis suggests that T4moC is part of a clade specialized for reaction with diiron hydroxylases, possibly reflected in the conservation of W69, whose indole side chain makes close contacts with a bridging sulfide. In order to further investigate the possible origins of this specialization, T4moC, mutated variants of T4moC, and three other purified ferredoxins (the Thermus Rieske protein, the Burkholderia cepacia Rieske-type biphenyl dioxygenase ferredoxin BphF, and the Ralstonia pickettii PK01 toluene monooxygenase TbuB, the Rieske-type ferredoxin from another diiron monooxygenase complex) were studied by redox potential measurements and their ability to complement the catalytic function of the reconstituted toluene 4-monooxygenase complex. A saturation mutagenesis of T4moC W69 indicates that an aromatic residue may modulate the redox potential and is also necessary for activity and/or stability. The redox potential of T4moC was determined to be -173 mV, W69F T4moC was -139 mV, and TbuB was -150 mV. For comparison, BphF had a redox potential of -157 mV [Couture et al. (2001) Biochemistry 40, 84-92]. Of these ferredoxins, all except BphF were able to provide catalytic activity. Given the range in redox potentials observed in the active ferredoxins, shape and electrostatics are strongly implicated in the catalytic specialization. Mutagenesis of other T4moC surface residues gave further insight into possible origins of catalytic specialization. Thus R65A T4moC gave an alteration in apparent KM only, while D82A/D83A T4moC gave alterations in both apparent kcat and KM. Since the different catalytic results were obtained by mutagenesis of residues lying on different sides of the protein adjacent to the [2Fe-2S] cluster, the results suggest that two different faces of T4moC may be involved in protein-protein interactions during catalysis.
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Complejo III de Transporte de Electrones/química , Complejo III de Transporte de Electrones/metabolismo , Proteínas Hierro-Azufre/química , Proteínas Hierro-Azufre/metabolismo , Oxigenasas/química , Oxigenasas/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Burkholderia cepacia/enzimología , Burkholderia cepacia/genética , Complejo III de Transporte de Electrones/genética , Ferredoxinas/química , Ferredoxinas/genética , Ferredoxinas/metabolismo , Prueba de Complementación Genética , Enlace de Hidrógeno , Proteínas Hierro-Azufre/genética , Modelos Moleculares , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Mutagénesis Sitio-Dirigida , Oxidación-Reducción , Oxigenasas/genética , Pseudomonas/enzimología , Pseudomonas/genética , Ralstonia pickettii/enzimología , Ralstonia pickettii/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Homología de Secuencia de Aminoácido , Espectrofotometría , Electricidad Estática , Thermus thermophilus/enzimología , Thermus thermophilus/genéticaRESUMEN
As part of a comprehensive investigation of electronic effects on the stereochemistry of base-catalyzed 1,2-elimination reactions, we observed a new syn intramolecular pathway in the elimination of acetic acid from beta-acetoxy esters and thioesters. 1H and 2H NMR investigation of reactions using stereospecifically labeled tert-butyl (2R*,3R*)-3-acetoxy-2,3-2H2-butanoate (1) and its (2R*,3S*) diastereomer (2) shows that 23 +/- 2% syn elimination occurs. The elimination reactions were catalyzed with KOH or (CH3)4NOH in ethanol/water under rigorously non-ion-pairing conditions. By contrast, the more sterically hindered beta-trimethylacetoxy ester produces only 6 +/- 1% syn elimination. These data strongly support an intramolecular (Ei) syn path for elimination of acetic acid, most likely through the oxyanion produced by nucleophilic attack at the carbonyl carbon of the beta-acetoxy group. The analogous thioesters, S-tert-butyl (2R*,3R*)-3-acetoxy-2,3-2H2-butanethioate (3) and its (2R*,3S*) diastereomer (4), showed 18 +/- 2% syn elimination, whereas the beta-trimethylacetoxy substrate gave 5 +/- 1% syn elimination. The more acidic thioester substrates do not produce an increased amount of syn stereoselectivity even though their elimination reactions are at the E1cb interface.
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Álcalis/química , Butiratos/química , Ésteres/química , Compuestos de Sulfhidrilo/química , Ácido Acético/química , Catálisis , Espectroscopía de Resonancia Magnética , Modelos Químicos , Solventes/química , Coloración y Etiquetado , Estereoisomerismo , TemperaturaRESUMEN
A fluorophore-labeled form of the T4moD, the catalytic effector protein of the toluene 4-monooxygenase complex, was prepared by engineering the N-terminal region to contain a tetraCys motif and treatment with biarsenical fluorescein. Fluorescence anisotropy was used to study the protein-protein interactions among various combinations of the four components of the complex. Binding interactions were detected between T4moD and the hydroxylase component T4moH [K(D) value of 83 nM for interaction with the alphabetagamma protomer] and between T4moD and the Rieske [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin component T4moC (K(D) value of 78 nM). No binding interactions were detected between T4moD and the NADH oxidoreductase component T4moF, but T4moF was able to disrupt binding between T4moC and T4moD. The detected binding interactions suggest an intermediary electron transfer complex between T4moC and T4moD that excludes T4moF. The results indicate that specialization of effector protein function may include specific protein-protein interactions with [2Fe-2S] domains as well as the hydroxylase component.
