title: Tryptophan-accelerated electron flow across a protein-protein interface.
abstract: We report a new metallolabeled blue copper protein, Re126W122Cu(I) Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin, which has three redox sites at well-defined distances in the protein fold: Re(I)(CO)3(4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) covalently bound at H126, a Cu center, and an indole side chain W122 situated between the Re and Cu sites (Re-W122(indole) = 13.1 Å, dmp-W122(indole) = 10.0 Å, Re-Cu = 25.6 Å). Near-UV excitation of the Re chromophore leads to prompt Cu(I) oxidation (<50 ns), followed by slow back ET to regenerate Cu(I) and ground-state Re(I) with biexponential kinetics, 220 ns and 6 μs. From spectroscopic measurements of kinetics and relative ET yields at different concentrations, it is likely that the photoinduced ET reactions occur in protein dimers, (Re126W122Cu(I))2 and that the forward ET is accelerated by intermolecular electron hopping through the interfacial tryptophan: *Re//←W122←Cu(I), where // denotes a protein-protein interface. Solution mass spectrometry confirms a broad oligomer distribution with prevalent monomers and dimers, and the crystal structure of the Cu(II) form shows two Re126W122Cu(II) molecules oriented such that redox cofactors Re(dmp) and W122-indole on different protein molecules are located at the interface at much shorter intermolecular distances (Re-W122(indole) = 6.9 Å, dmp-W122(indole) = 3.5 Å, and Re-Cu = 14.0 Å) than within single protein folds. Whereas forward ET is accelerated by hopping through W122, BET is retarded by a space jump at the interface that lacks specific interactions or water molecules. These findings on interfacial electron hopping in (Re126W122Cu(I))2 shed new light on optimal redox-unit placements required for functional long-range charge separation in protein complexes.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, California 91125, United States.
authors.forename: Kana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takematsu
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Blanco-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sokolová
authors.forename: Pavle
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nikolovski
authors.forename: Jens T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Towrie
authors.forename: Ian P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Antonín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vlček
authors.forename: Jay R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: Harry B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D001400:Azurin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004579:Electron Transport; D004583:Electrons; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017510:Protein Folding; D054730:Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012211:Rhenium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001400:Azurin; D012211:Rhenium; D014364:Tryptophan
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