title: Amino acid sequence and molecular modelling of a thermostable two (4Fe-4S) ferredoxin from the archaebacterium Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus.
abstract: The amino acid sequence of a two (4Fe-4S) ferredoxin from the methanogenic bacterium Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus (FdMt) has been determined. This thermostable protein comprises 60 amino acid residues (Mr 6541) and two (4Fe-4S) clusters chelated to the protein through the eight cysteines. FdMt contains a relatively high number of lysines [5], threonines [4] and valines [10]. The three-dimensional molecular model generated from the Peptococcus aerogenes X-ray structure keeps the characteristic overall ferredoxin folding thanks to complementary substitutions of residues of the hydrophobic core. The major structural features of the model are the different environments of both clusters, and the patch of three lysines at one end of the molecule. The possible role of several structural factors in the thermostability of the protein is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruschi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonicel
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Hatchikian
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fardeau
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Belaich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frey
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000032:analysis*; D005288:Ferredoxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D005288:Ferredoxins