title: 1H NMR studies on the CuA center of nitrous oxide reductase from Pseudomonas stutzeri.
abstract: 1H NMR spectra of the CuA center of N2OR from Pseudomonas stutzeri, and a mutant enzyme that contains only CuA, were recorded in both H2O- and D2O-buffered solution at pH 7.5. Several sharp, well-resolved hyperfine-shifted 1H NMR signals were observed in the 60 to -10 ppm chemical shift range. Comparison of the native and mutant N2OR spectra recorded in H2O-buffered solutions indicated that several additional signals are present in the native protein spectrum. These signals are attributed to a dinuclear copperII center. At least two of the observed hyperfine-shifted signals associated with the dinuclear center, those at 23.0 and 13.2 ppm, are lost upon replacement of H2O buffer with D2O buffer. These data indicate that at least two histidine residues are ligands of a dinuclear CuII center. Comparison of the mutant N2OR 1H NMR spectra recorded in H2O and D2O indicates that three signals, c (27.5 ppm), e (23.6 ppm), and i (12.4 ppm), are solvent exchangeable. The two most strongly downfield-shifted signals (c and e) are assigned to the two N epsilon 2H (N-H) protons of the coordinated histidine residues, while the remaining exchangeable signal is assigned to a backbone N-H proton in close proximity to the CuA cluster. Signal e was found to decrease in intensity as the temperature was increased, indicating that proton e resides on a more solvent-exposed histidine residue. One-dimensional nOe studies at pH 7.5 allowed the histidine ring protons to be definitively assigned, while the remaining signals were assigned by comparison to previously reported spectra from CuA centers. The temperature dependence of the observed hyperfine-shifted 1H NMR signals of mutant N2OR were recorded over the temperature range of 276-315 K. Both Curie and anti-Curie temperature dependencies are observed for sets of hyperfine-shifted protons. Signals a and h (cysteine protons) follow anti-Curie behavior (contact shift increases with increasing temperatures), while signals b-g, i, and j (histidine protons) follow Curie behavior (contact shift decreases with increasing temperatures). Fits of the temperature dependence of the observed hyperfine-shifted signals provided the energy separation (Delta EL) between the ground (2B3u) and excited (2B2u) states. The temperature data obtained for all of the observed hyperfine-shifted histidine ligand protons provided a Delta EL value of 62 +/- 35 cm-1. The temperature dependence of the observed cysteine C beta H and C alpha H protons (a and h) were fit in a separate experiment providing a Delta EL value of 585 +/- 125 cm-1. The differences between the Delta EL values determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy and those determined by EPR or MCD likely arise from coupling between relatively low-frequency vibrational states and the ground and excited electronic states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan 84322-0330, USA. rholz@cc.usu.edu
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Holz
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Zumft
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dooley
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004579:Electron Transport; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011522:Protons; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011522:Protons; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003300:Copper; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C022763:nitrous oxide reductase