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Engineering neuroglobin nitrite reductase activity based on myoglobin models.

Mark D Williams¹, Venkata Ragireddy¹, Matthew R Dent¹

¹Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

|November 6, 2023

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Neuroglobin, a nervous system protein, was studied for its nitrite reductase activity. Mutations designed to enhance this function did not increase reaction rates, revealing key structural differences in heme coordination.

Keywords:

Neuroglobin Nitric oxide Nitrite reduction Protein engineering

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Area of Science:

Biochemistry
Neuroscience
Protein Chemistry

Background:

Neuroglobin is a hemoprotein in the nervous system with unclear physiological roles.
It shares structural similarity with hemoglobin and myoglobin but features hexacoordinate heme, unlike their pentacoordinate heme.
Heme proteins, including neuroglobin, can reduce nitrite to nitric oxide (NO), a potential in vivo NO generation pathway under hypoxia.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effect of specific mutations (F28H and F42Y) on the nitrite reductase activity of neuroglobin.
To test the hypothesis that mimicking the active site of cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase could enhance neuroglobin's activity.
To understand the structural determinants of nitrite reduction in hexacoordinate globins.

Main Methods:

Site-directed mutagenesis was used to introduce phenylalanine to histidine (F28H) and phenylalanine to tyrosine (F42Y) mutations in neuroglobin.
Nitrite reductase activity assays were performed on wild-type and mutant neuroglobin.
Kinetic analysis was conducted to determine reaction rate constants.

Main Results:

The introduced mutations (F28H and F42Y) did not lead to an increase in the nitrite reduction rates of neuroglobin.
The results indicate that these specific mutations do not enhance the enzyme's activity.
The study highlights subtle yet significant structural differences between hexacoordinate and pentacoordinate globins.

Conclusions:

The tested mutations do not enhance neuroglobin's nitrite reductase activity.
Minor structural variations in the heme pocket significantly influence the enzyme's function.
Further research is needed to fully elucidate the physiological roles and regulatory mechanisms of neuroglobin.