title: Structural characterization of nitrosomonas europaea cytochrome c-552 variants with marked differences in electronic structure.
abstract: Nitrosomonas europaea cytochrome c-552 (Ne c-552) variants with the same His/Met axial ligand set but with different EPR spectra have been characterized structurally, to aid understanding of how molecular structure determines heme electronic structure. Visible light absorption, Raman, and resonance Raman spectroscopy of the protein crystals was performed along with structure determination. The structures solved are those of Ne c-552, which displays a "HALS" (or highly anisotropic low-spin) EPR spectrum, and of the deletion mutant Ne N64Δ, which has a rhombic EPR spectrum. Two X-ray crystal structures of wild-type Ne c-552 are reported; one is of the protein isolated from N. europaea cells (Ne c-552n, 2.35 Å resolution), and the other is of recombinant protein expressed in Escherichia coli (Ne c-552r, 1.63 Å resolution). Ne N64Δ crystallized in two different space groups, and two structures are reported [monoclinic (2.1 Å resolution) and hexagonal (2.3 Å resolution)]. Comparison of the structures of the wild-type and mutant proteins reveals that heme ruffling is increased in the mutant; increased ruffling is predicted to yield a more rhombic EPR spectrum. The 2.35 Å Ne c-552n structure shows 18 molecules in the asymmetric unit; analysis of the structure is consistent with population of more than one axial Met configuration, as seen previously by NMR. Finally, the mutation was shown to yield a more hydrophobic heme pocket and to expel water molecules from near the axial Met. These structures reveal that heme pocket residue 64 plays multiple roles in regulating the axial ligand orientation and the interaction of water with the heme. These results support the hypothesis that more ruffled hemes lead to more rhombic EPR signals in cytochromes c with His/Met axial ligation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 (USA).
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krucinska
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zoppellaro
authors.forename: Niels H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wedekind
authors.forename: Hans-Petter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Hersleth
authors.forename: K Kristoffer
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Kara L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Bren
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D004583:Electrons; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D006418:Heme / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D009154:Mutation; D043370:Nitrosomonas europaea / Q000378:metabolism*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006418:Heme; C022302:cytochrome C-552
keywords: EPR spectroscopy; crystal structure; cytochromes c; electronic structure; heme ruffling
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