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Interacción cromóforo-proteína durante el fotociclo fitocromo revelado por espectroscopia FTIR de escaneo por pasos
Janne A Ihalainen1, Emil Gustavsson2, Lea Schroeder3
1Nanoscience Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science , University of Jyväskylä , Jyväskylä 40014 , Finland.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 6, 2018
Resumen
Proteínas del fitocromo
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica
- Biología molecular
- Espectroscopia
Sus antecedentes:
- Los fitocromos son fotorreceptores cruciales que regulan las respuestas vegetales y microbianas a la luz.
- La absorción de luz por el cromóforo biliverdin inicia cascadas de señalización a través de cambios estructurales en las proteínas.
- Los mecanismos moleculares precisos de la transducción de señales fitocromáticas siguen siendo incompletamente entendidos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar los cambios estructurales dinámicos en el bacteriofitocromo durante la fotoactivación.
- Para comprender la base molecular de la transducción de señales en fitocromos.
Principales métodos:
- Espectroscopia infrarroja de escaneo de dos colores aplicada al bacteriofitocromo de Deinococcus radiodurans.
- Etiquetado de isótopos (H2O y D2O) para rastrear la dinámica de los enlaces de hidrógeno.
- Simulaciones de dinámica molecular para complementar los datos espectroscópicos.
Principales resultados:
- Enlaces de hidrógeno desordenados con el carbonilo de anillo D de biliverdina en el intermedio Lumi-R, desprendiéndose completamente en Meta-R y reformándose en Pfr.
- Repliegue de la región de la lengua PHY conservada identificada durante la transición de Meta-R a Pfr.
- Los primeros cambios en la columna vertebral de la proteína se detectan en microsegundos en Lumi-R.
- Un puente de sal conservado se rompe en Lumi-R, con la arginina interactuando con el anillo D C = O.
Conclusiones:
- El estudio revela una interrupción y reforma gradual de los enlaces de hidrógeno alrededor del cromóforo durante la fotoactivación.
- El replegamiento de la lengua PHY conservado está vinculado a la transición final al estado de señalización.
- Los hallazgos proporcionan una explicación molecular para el vínculo entre la isomerización de cromóforos y los cambios estructurales globales de proteínas, avanzando en la comprensión del mecanismo fitocromo.
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