title: Life on carbon monoxide: X-ray structure of Rhodospirillum rubrum Ni-Fe-S carbon monoxide dehydrogenase.
abstract: A crystal structure of the anaerobic Ni-Fe-S carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) from Rhodospirillum rubrum has been determined to 2.8-A resolution. The CODH family, for which the R. rubrum enzyme is the prototype, catalyzes the biological oxidation of CO at an unusual Ni-Fe-S cluster called the C-cluster. The Ni-Fe-S C-cluster contains a mononuclear site and a four-metal cubane. Surprisingly, anomalous dispersion data suggest that the mononuclear site contains Fe and not Ni, and the four-metal cubane has the form [NiFe(3)S(4)] and not [Fe(4)S(4)]. The mononuclear site and the four-metal cluster are bridged by means of Cys(531) and one of the sulfides of the cube. CODH is organized as a dimer with a previously unidentified [Fe(4)S(4)] cluster bridging the two subunits. Each monomer is comprised of three domains: a helical domain at the N terminus, an alpha/beta (Rossmann-like) domain in the middle, and an alpha/beta (Rossmann-like) domain at the C terminus. The helical domain contributes ligands to the bridging [Fe(4)S(4)] cluster and another [Fe(4)S(4)] cluster, the B-cluster, which is involved in electron transfer. The two Rossmann domains contribute ligands to the active site C-cluster. This x-ray structure provides insight into the mechanism of biological CO oxidation and has broader significance for the roles of Ni and Fe in biological systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. cdrennan@mit.edu
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Drennan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sintchak
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schreiter
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Ludden
mesh_terms: D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D019281:Dimerization; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012247:Rhodospirillum rubrum / Q000201:enzymology; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D013455:Sulfur; D009532:Nickel; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D007501:Iron; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; C019823:carbon monoxide dehydrogenase