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EPR Monitored Redox Titration of the Cofactors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nar1
Published on: November 26, 2014
リボヌクレオチド還元酵素のレドックス関連構造変化
A R Offenbacher1, I R Vassiliev, M R Seyedsayamdost
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 4, 2009
まとめ
リボヌクレオチド還元酵素 (RNR) は,チロシル基 (Y122*) を用いて,触媒作用を開始する. この研究は,近隣のアミド結合のリドックス関連構造変化を明らかにし,それは,根幹の静電的なシフトによって引き起こされる.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- スペクトロスコーピーは,スペクトロスコーピーを用います.
背景:
- リボヌクレオチド還元酵素 (RNR) は,DNA合成に不可欠であり,デオキシリボヌクレオチド生成を触媒化する.
- クラスIのRNRは,E. coli beta2サブユニットと同様に,鉄中心と,触媒作用のための重要なチロシルフリーラジカル (Y122*) を特徴としています.
- Y122*のレドックス依存型構造の変化は,陽子結合電子伝送を調節する可能性がある.
研究 の 目的:
- E. coli beta2.2のY122*ラジカルに関連したレドックス関連構造変化を調査する.
- 触媒反応を開始するチロシルラジカルの役割を理解する.
- 陽子結合電子伝送調節のメカニズムを探求する.
主な方法:
- フーリエ変換赤外線 (FT-IR) スペクトロスコピーは,反応誘発のスペクトル変化を検出するために使用されました.
- (2) H (((4) ティロシンと (15) N ティロシンによる同位体ラベル付けは,スペクトルの割り当てを助けました.
- 差異スペクトルは,Y122*をヒドロキシウレアで還元する過程で得られた.
主要な成果:
- FT-IR分析により,Y122 (1514 cm(-1)) とY122* (1498 cm(-1)) と関連した特定の振動帯が特定されました.
- 反応誘発スペクトルは,アミドI帯 (1661と1652cm(-1) の変化を示し,構造的変化を示した.
- これらのアミド帯のシフトは,モデルペンタペプチドで観察されたシフトを反映し,配列媒介効果を示唆しました.
結論:
- Y122*の減少は,近くのアミド結合の構造的混乱と結びついている.
- これらの構造の変化は,チロシル基を囲むアミノ酸配列の影響を受けます.
- 提案されたメカニズムは,チロシルラジカルのアロマティックリング内のレドックス結合電気静的変化が,アミド結合の混乱を誘発することを含む.
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