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Site-Specific Oxidation State Assignments of the Iron Atoms in the [4Fe:4S]2+/1+/0 States of the Nitrogenase Fe-Protein.


ABSTRACT: The nitrogenase iron protein (Fe-protein) contains an unusual [4Fe:4S] iron-sulphur cluster that is stable in three oxidation states: 2+, 1+, and 0. Here, we use spatially resolved anomalous dispersion (SpReAD) refinement to determine oxidation assignments for the individual irons for each state. Additionally, we report the 1.13-Å resolution structure for the ADP bound Fe-protein, the highest resolution Fe-protein structure presently determined. In the dithionite-reduced [4Fe:4S]1+ state, our analysis identifies a solvent exposed, delocalized Fe2.5+ pair and a buried Fe2+ pair. We propose that ATP binding by the Fe-protein promotes an internal redox rearrangement such that the solvent-exposed Fe pair becomes reduced, thereby facilitating electron transfer to the nitrogenase molybdenum iron-protein. In the [4Fe:4S]0 and [4Fe:4S]2+ states, the SpReAD analysis supports oxidation states assignments for all irons in these clusters of Fe2+ and valence delocalized Fe2.5+ , respectively.

SUBMITTER: Wenke BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519357 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Site-Specific Oxidation State Assignments of the Iron Atoms in the [4Fe:4S]<sup>2+/1+/0</sup> States of the Nitrogenase Fe-Protein.

Wenke Belinda B BB   Spatzal Thomas T   Rees Douglas C DC  

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20190214 12


The nitrogenase iron protein (Fe-protein) contains an unusual [4Fe:4S] iron-sulphur cluster that is stable in three oxidation states: 2+, 1+, and 0. Here, we use spatially resolved anomalous dispersion (SpReAD) refinement to determine oxidation assignments for the individual irons for each state. Additionally, we report the 1.13-Å resolution structure for the ADP bound Fe-protein, the highest resolution Fe-protein structure presently determined. In the dithionite-reduced [4Fe:4S]<sup>1+</sup> st  ...[more]

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