Transmembrane type-2-like Cu2+ site in the P1B-3-type ATPase CopB: implications for metal selectivity
Gabriele Meloni1, Limei Zhang, Douglas C Rees
1Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and ‡Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, California 91125, United States of America.
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Metal selectivity in P1B-type ATPase transporters is determined by conserved amino acid residues in their transmembrane helices responsible for metal binding and transport across the cellular membrane. The Cu(2+)-selective CopB from Archaeoglobus fulgidus has been investigated to explore the coordination chemistry of the transition metal binding sites in P1B-3-type ATPases. Electronic absorption, electron paramagnetic resonance, and X-ray absorption spectroscopic studies indicate the presence of a high-affinity transmembrane Type-2-like Cu(2+) center in which a single cupric ion is coordinated in a distorted square pyramidal geometry by mixed nitrogen/oxygen and sulfur ligands.
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