Ionic Atmosphere Effect on the Absorption Spectrum of a Flavoprotein: A Reminder to Consider Solution Ions
Benjamin D Dratch1, Yoelvis Orozco-Gonzalez1, Giovanni Gadda1,2,3
1Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, United States.
Abstract:
This study utilizes the FMN-dependent NADH:quinone oxidoreductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 to investigate the effect of introducing an active site negative charge on the flavin absorption spectrum both in the absence and presence of a long-range electrostatic potential coming from solution ions. There were no observed changes in the flavin UV-visible spectrum when an active site tyrosine (Y277) becomes deprotonated in vitro. These results could only be reproduced computationally using average solvent electrostatic configuration (ASEC) QM/MM simulations that include both positive and negative solution ions. The same calculations performed with minimal ions to neutralize the total protein charge predicted that deprotonating Y277 would significantly alter the flavin absorption spectrum. Analyzing the distribution of solution ions indicated that the ions reorganize around the protein surface upon Y277 deprotonation to cancel the effect of the tyrosinate on the flavin absorption spectrum. Additional biochemical experiments were performed to test this hypothesis.
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