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Insight into the cation-? interaction at the metal binding site of the copper metallochaperone CusF.


ABSTRACT: The periplasmic Cu(+)/Ag(+) chaperone CusF features a novel cation-? interaction between a Cu(+)/Ag(+) ion and Trp44 at the metal binding site. The nature and strength of the Cu(+)/Ag(+)-Trp44 interactions were investigated using computational methodologies. Quantum-mechanical (QM) calculations showed that the Cu(+) and Ag(+) interactions with Trp44 are of similar strength (~14 kcal/mol) and bond order. Quantum-mechanical/molecular-mechanical (QM/MM) calculations showed that Cu(+) binds in a distorted tetrahedral coordination environment in the Trp44Met mutant, which lacks the cation-? interaction. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of CusF in the apo and Cu(+)-bound states emphasized the importance of the Cu(+)-Trp44 interaction in protecting Cu(+) from water oxidation. The protein structure does not change over the time scale of hundreds of nanoseconds in the metal-bound state. The metal recognition site exhibits small motions in the apo state but remains largely preorganized toward metal binding. Trp44 remains oriented to form the cation-? interaction in the apo state and faces an energetic penalty to move away from the metal ion. Cu(+) binding quenches the protein's internal motions in regions linked to binding CusB, suggesting that protein motions play an essential role in Cu(+) transfer to CusB.

SUBMITTER: Chakravorty DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3227766 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Insight into the cation-π interaction at the metal binding site of the copper metallochaperone CusF.

Chakravorty Dhruva K DK   Wang Bing B   Ucisik Melek N MN   Merz Kenneth M KM  

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20111110 48


The periplasmic Cu(+)/Ag(+) chaperone CusF features a novel cation-π interaction between a Cu(+)/Ag(+) ion and Trp44 at the metal binding site. The nature and strength of the Cu(+)/Ag(+)-Trp44 interactions were investigated using computational methodologies. Quantum-mechanical (QM) calculations showed that the Cu(+) and Ag(+) interactions with Trp44 are of similar strength (~14 kcal/mol) and bond order. Quantum-mechanical/molecular-mechanical (QM/MM) calculations showed that Cu(+) binds in a dis  ...[more]

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