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El átomo intersticial del cofactor FeMo de la nitrogenasa: pruebas de ENDOR y ESEEM de que no es un nitrógeno
Tran-Chin Yang1, Nathan K Maeser, Mikhail Laryukhin
1Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 15, 2005
Resumen
La proteína MoFe de la proteína nitrogenasa es el MoFe.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Química bioorgánica Química bioorgánica.
- Biología Estructural Biología estructural.
Sus antecedentes:
- El complejo enzimático de la nitrogenasa es crucial para la fijación biológica del nitrógeno.
- El sitio activo de la proteína MoFe contiene el complejo [MoFe7S9:homocitrato] FeMo-cofactor.
- La cristalografía de rayos X anterior sugirió un átomo no identificado (X) dentro del cofactor FeMo.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar si el átomo no identificado (X) dentro del cofactor FeMo es nitrógeno.
- Para investigar la composición del sitio activo de la proteína nitrogenasa MoFe.
Principales métodos:
- La cristalografía de rayos X se utilizó para identificar la densidad de electrones para el átomo X.
- Se emplearon espectroscopias de doble resonancia nuclear de electrones de banda Q (ENDOR) y modulación de la envoltura de eco de espín de electrones (ESEEM).
- Comparación de las señales espectroscópicas de la proteína MoFe y el cofactor FeMo extraído de NMF cultivado con isótopos 14N o 15N.
Principales resultados:
- Se observó una densidad de electrones consistente con un solo átomo N, O o C.
- Las señales espectroscópicas atribuidas al nitrógeno (14N o 15N) se asociaron exclusivamente con la proteína.
- Estas señales específicas de nitrógeno se perdieron tras la extracción del cofactor FeMo.
Conclusiones:
- El átomo X no identificado dentro del cofactor FeMo no es nitrógeno.
- Los átomos de nitrógeno detectados espectroscópicamente se encuentran en el componente proteico, no en el propio cofactor FeMo.
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