Journal
CHEMBIOCHEM
Volume 19, Issue 11, Pages 1147-1153Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800130
Keywords
europium; lanthanides; methanol dehydrogenases; oxidoreductases; rare earths
Funding
- LMU
- European Research Council (ERC Advanced Grant project) [VOLCANO 669371]
- [SFB 749]
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Since the discovery of the biological relevance of rare earth elements (REEs) for numerous different bacteria, questions concerning the advantages of REEs in the active sites of methanol dehydrogenases (MDHs) over calcium(II) and of why bacteria prefer light REEs have been a subject of debate. Here we report the cultivation and purification of the strictly REE-dependent methanotrophic bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum SolV with europium(III), as well as structural and kinetic analyses of the first methanol dehydrogenase incorporating Eu in the active site. Crystal structure determination of the EuMDH demonstrated that overall no major structural changes were induced by conversion to this REE. Circular dichroism (CD) measurements were used to determine optimal conditions for kinetic assays, whereas inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) showed 70% incorporation of Eu in the enzyme. Our studies explain why bacterial growth of SolV in the presence of Eu3+ is significantly slower than in the presence of La3+/Ce3+/Pr3+: Eu-MDH possesses a decreased catalytic efficiency. Although REEs have similar properties, the differences in ionic radii and coordination numbers across the series significantly impact MDH efficiency.
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