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Jarett Wilcoxen¹, Simon Arragain², Alessandro A Scandurra²

¹Department of Chemistry, University of California , Davis, California 95616, United States.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|June 9, 2016

Resumen

Este estudio muestra que la enzima NifB de Methanocaldococcus infernus es una enzima radical de S-adenosil metionina (SAM). Desempeña un papel clave en la maduración del cofactor hierro-molibdeno (FeMo-co) esencial para la función de la nitrogenasa.

Área de la Ciencia:

La bioquímica
Enzimología
Microbiología

Sus antecedentes:

La nitrogenasa es crucial para la fijación biológica del nitrógeno.
El cofactor hierro-molibdeno (FeMo-co) es esencial para la actividad de la nitrogenasa.
NifB es una enzima clave en la vía de biosíntesis de FeMo-co.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar el mecanismo de NifB del metanógeno Methanocaldococcus infernus.
Caracterizar el papel de NifB en la formación del cofactor NifB (NifB-co).
Para aclarar la función de los grupos auxiliares [Fe-S] en NifB.

Principales métodos:

Espectroscopia por resonancia paramagnética de electrones (EPR).
Pruebas bioquímicas para evaluar la actividad enzimática.
Caracterización de los mecanismos de las enzimas SAM radicales.

Principales resultados:

El NifB de M. infernus funciona como una enzima radical de S-adenosil metionina (SAM).
NifB divide reductivamente el SAM para formar un radical 5'-deoxyadenosina.
Se caracterizaron tres grupos [4Fe-4S], incluidos los grupos de unión y auxiliares de SAM.
La coordinación de nitrógeno a los grupos auxiliares sugiere un papel en la formación y disociación de NifB-co.

Conclusiones:

El NifB de M. infernus es competente en la maduración FeMo-co.
Los cúmulos auxiliares identificados son probablemente sustratos para la formación de NifB-co.
Comprender el mecanismo de NifB proporciona información sobre la biosíntesis de la nitrogenasa.

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