The crystal structures of the ferric and ferrous forms of the heme complex of HmuO, a heme oxygenase of Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
Crystal structures of the ferric and ferrous heme complexes of HmuO, a 24-kDa heme oxygenase of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, have been refined to 1.4 and 1.5 A resolution, respectively. The HmuO structures show that the heme group is closely sandwiched between the proximal and distal helices. The imidazole group of His-20 is the proximal heme ligand, which closely eclipses the beta- and delta-meso axis of the porphyrin ring. A long range hydrogen bonding network is present, connecting the iron-bound water ligand to the solvent water molecule. This enables proton transfer from the solvent to the catalytic site, where the oxygen activation occurs. In comparison to the ferric complex, the proximal and distal helices move closer to the heme plane in the ferrous complex. Together with the kinked distal helix, this movement leaves only the alpha-meso carbon atom accessible to the iron-bound dioxygen. The heme pocket architecture is responsible for stabilization of the ferric hydroperoxo-active intermediate by preventing premature heterolytic O-O bond cleavage. This allows the enzyme to oxygenate selectively at the alpha-meso carbon in HmuO catalysis.
Hirotsu
Shoko
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Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Chu
Grace C
GC
Unno
Masaki
M
Lee
Dong-Sun
DS
Yoshida
Tadashi
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Park
Sam-Yong
SY
Shiro
Yoshitsugu
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Ikeda-Saito
Masao
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D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000201:enzymology*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D006418:Heme / Q000737:chemistry*; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006418:Heme; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); C104107:HmuO protein, bacteria