Journal
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 158, Issue -, Pages 70-76Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.12.021
Keywords
Copper transport; ATCUN; bis-His; Ctr1; EXAFS; Reductase
Funding
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Chemistry [1362662] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- NIBIB NIH HHS [P30 EB009998] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM084176] Funding Source: Medline
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The critical nature of the copper transporter 1 (Ctr1) in human health has spurred investigation of Ctr1 structure and function. Ctr1 specifically transports Cu(I), the reduced form of copper, across the plasma membrane. Thus, extracellular Cu(II) must be reduced prior to transport. Unlike yeast Ctr1, mammalian Ctr1 does not rely on any known mammalian reductase. Previous spectroscopic studies of model peptides indicate that human Ctr1 could serve as both copper reductase and transporter. Ctr1 peptides bind Cu(II) at an amino terminal high-affinity Cu(II), Ni(II) ATCUN site. Ascorbate-dependent reduction of the Cu(II)-ATCUN complex is possible by virtue of an adjacent HH (bis-His), as this bis-His motif and one methionine ligand constitute a high affinity Ctr1 Cu(I) binding site. Here, we synthetically varied the distance between the ATCUN and bis-His motifs in a series of peptides based on the human Ctr1 amino terminal, with the general sequence MDHA(n)HHMGMSYMDS, where n = 0-4. We tested the ability of each peptide to reduce Cu(II) with ascorbate and stabilize Cu(I) under ambient conditions (20% O-2). This study reveals that significant differences in coordination structure and chemical behavior with ascorbate and O-2 result from changes in the sequence proximity of ATCUN and bis-His. Peptides that deviate from the native Ctr1 pattern were less effective at forming stable Cu(I)-peptide complexes and/or resulted in O-2-dependent oxidative damage to the peptide. (c) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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