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Conformationally Dynamic Radical Transfer within Ribonucleotide Reductase.

ABSTRACT: Ribonucleotide reductases (RNR) catalyze the reduction of nucleotides to deoxynucleotides through a mechanism involving an essential cysteine based thiyl radical. In the E. coli class 1a RNR the thiyl radical (C439•) is a transient species generated by radical transfer (RT) from a stable diferric-tyrosyl radical cofactor located >35 Å away across the ?2:?2 subunit interface. RT is facilitated by sequential proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) steps along a pathway of redox active amino acids (Y122? ? [W48??] ? Y356? ? Y731? ? Y730? ? C439?). The mutant R411A(?) disrupts the H-bonding environment and conformation of Y731, ostensibly breaking the RT pathway in ?2. However, the R411A protein retains significant enzymatic activity, suggesting Y731 is conformationally dynamic on the time scale of turnover. Installation of the radical trap 3-amino tyrosine (NH2Y) by amber codon suppression at positions Y731 or Y730 and investigation of the NH2Y• trapped state in the active ?2:?2 complex by HYSCORE spectroscopy validate that the perturbed conformation of Y731 in R411A-?2 is dynamic, reforming the H-bond between Y731 and Y730 to allow RT to propagate to Y730. Kinetic studies facilitated by photochemical radical generation reveal that Y731 changes conformation on the ns-?s time scale, significantly faster than the enzymatic kcat. Furthermore, the kinetics of RT across the subunit interface were directly assessed for the first time, demonstrating conformationally dependent RT rates that increase from 0.6 to 1.6 × 104 s-1 when comparing wild type to R411A-?2, respectively. These results illustrate the role of conformational flexibility in modulating RT kinetics by targeting the PCET pathway of radical transport.

SUBMITTER: Greene BL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5702266 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Conformationally Dynamic Radical Transfer within Ribonucleotide Reductase.

Greene Brandon L BL Taguchi Alexander T AT Stubbe JoAnne J Nocera Daniel G DG

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20171109 46

Ribonucleotide reductases (RNR) catalyze the reduction of nucleotides to deoxynucleotides through a mechanism involving an essential cysteine based thiyl radical. In the E. coli class 1a RNR the thiyl radical (C439•) is a transient species generated by radical transfer (RT) from a stable diferric-tyrosyl radical cofactor located >35 Å away across the α2:β2 subunit interface. RT is facilitated by sequential proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) steps ...[more]

PMID: 29037038

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Project description:Ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) catalyze the conversionof nucleotides to 2'-deoxynucleotides and are classified on the basis of the metallo-cofactor used to conduct this chemistry. The class Ia RNRs initiate nucleotide reduction when a stable diferric-tyrosyl radical (Y•, t1/2 of 4 days at 4 °C) cofactor in the ?2 subunit transiently oxidizes a cysteine to a thiyl radical (S•) in the active site of the ?2 subunit. In the active ?2?2 complex of the class Ia RNR from E. coli , researchers have proposed that radical hopping occurs reversibly over 35 Å along a specific pathway comprised of redox-active aromatic amino acids: Y122• ? [W48?] ? Y356 in ?2 to Y731 ? Y730 ? C439 in ?2. Each step necessitates a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET). Protein conformational changes constitute the rate-limiting step in the overall catalytic scheme and kinetically mask the detailed chemistry of the PCET steps. Technology has evolved to allow the site-selective replacement of the four pathway tyrosines with unnatural tyrosine analogues. Rapid kinetic techniques combined with multifrequency electron paramagnetic resonance, pulsed electron-electron double resonance, and electron nuclear double resonance spectroscopies have facilitated the analysis of stable and transient radical intermediates in these mutants. These studies are beginning to reveal the mechanistic underpinnings of the radical transfer (RT) process. This Account summarizes recent mechanistic studies on mutant E. coli RNRs containing the following tyrosine analogues: 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) or 3-aminotyrosine (NH2Y), both thermodynamic radical traps; 3-nitrotyrosine (NO2Y), a thermodynamic barrier and probe of local environmental perturbations to the phenolic pKa; and fluorotyrosines (FnYs, n = 2 or 3), dual reporters on local pKas and reduction potentials. These studies have established the existence of a specific pathway spanning 35 Å within a globular ?2?2 complex that involves one stable (position 122) and three transient (positions 356, 730, and 731) Y•s. Our results also support that RT occurs by an orthogonal PCET mechanism within ?2, with Y122• reduction accompanied by proton transfer from an Fe1-bound water in the diferric cluster and Y356 oxidation coupled to an off-pathway proton transfer likely involving E350. In ?2, RT likely occurs by a co-linear PCET mechanism, based on studies of light-initiated radical propagation from photopeptides that mimic the ?2 subunit to the intact ?2 subunit and on [(2)H]-ENDOR spectroscopic analysis of the hydrogen-bonding environment surrounding a stabilized NH2Y• formed at position 730. Additionally, studies on the thermodynamics of the RT pathway reveal that the relative reduction potentials decrease according to Y122 < Y356 < Y731 ? Y730 ? C439, and that the pathway in the forward direction is thermodynamically unfavorable. C439 oxidation is likely driven by rapid, irreversible loss of water during the nucleotide reduction process. Kinetic studies of radical intermediates reveal that RT is gated by conformational changes that occur on the order of >100 s(-1) in addition to the changes that are rate-limiting in the wild-type enzyme (?10 s(-1)). The rate constant of one of the PCET steps is ?10(5) s(-1), as measured in photoinitiated experiments.

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Conformationally Dynamic Radical Transfer within Ribonucleotide Reductase.

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Conformationally Dynamic Radical Transfer within Ribonucleotide Reductase.

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