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Small-angle neutron scattering solution structures of NADPH-dependent sulfite reductase

Journal

JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Volume 213, Issue 2, Pages -

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107724

Keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Assimilatory NADPH-dependent sulfite reductase; Electron transfer; Oxidoreductase; Solution scattering

Funding

  1. Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy
  2. The Office of Biological and Environmental Research
  3. National Science Foundation [MCB1856502, CHE1904612]

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The study presents the solution structures of Sulfite reductase (SiR) heterodimers, showing how the subunits bind and how both subunit binding and oxidation state impact SiRF's conformation. SiRHP binding induces a change in SiRFP's position, while reduction of SiRFP leads to a more open structure for electron transfer between the subunits. These results provide insights into the mechanisms of electron transfer within SiR.
Sulfite reductase (SiR), a dodecameric complex of flavoprotein reductase subunits (SiRFP) and hemoprotein oxidase subunits (SiRHP), reduces sulfur for biomass incorporation. Electron transfer within SiR requires intraand inter-subunit interactions that are mediated by the relative position of each protein, governed by flexible domain movements. Using small-angle neutron scattering, we report the first solution structures of SiR heterodimers containing a single copy of each subunit. These structures show how the subunits bind and how both subunit binding and oxidation state impact SiRF's conformation. Neutron contrast matching experiments on selectively deuterated heterodimers allow us to define the contribution of each subunit to the solution scattering. SiRHP binding induces a change in the position of SiRFP's flavodoxin-like domain relative to its ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase domain while compacting SiRHP's N-terminus. Reduction of SiRFP leads to a more open structure relative to its oxidized state, re-positioning SiRFP's N-terminal flavodoxin-like domain towards the SiRHP binding position. These structures show, for the first time, how both SiRHP binding to, and reduction of, SiRFP positions SiRFP for electron transfer between the subunits.

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