title: A structural characterization of human SCO2.
abstract: Human Sco2 is a mitochondrial membrane-bound protein involved in copper supply for the assembly of cytochrome c oxidase in eukaryotes. Its precise action is not yet understood. We report here a structural and dynamic characterization by NMR of the apo and copper(I) forms of the soluble fragment. The structural and metal binding features of human Cu(I)Sco2 are similar to the more often studied Sco1 homolog, although the dynamic properties and the conformational disorder are quite different when the apo forms and the copper(I)-loaded forms of the two proteins are compared separately. Such differences are accounted for in terms of the different physicochemical properties in strategic protein locations. The misfunction of the known pathogenic mutations is discussed on the basis of the obtained structure.
authors.affiliation: Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Banci
authors.forename: Ivano
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bertini
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciofi-Baffoni
authors.forename: Ioannis P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Gerothanassis
authors.forename: Iliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leontari
authors.forename: Manuele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: Shenlin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D017354:Point Mutation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; C400285:SCO2 protein, human