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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 26, Issue 15, Pages 3509-3520Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601799
Keywords
disulfide bond; disulfide reductase; DsbD; thioredoxin; transmembrane electron transporter
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM041883] Funding Source: Medline
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The membrane-embedded domain of the unusual electron transporter DsbD (DsbD beta) uses two redox-active cysteines to catalyze electron transfer between thioredoxin-fold polypeptides on opposite sides of the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane. How the electrons are transferred across the membrane is unknown. Here, we show that DsbD beta displays an inherent functional and structural symmetry: first, the two cysteines of DsbD beta can be alkylated from both the cytoplasm and the periplasm. Second, when the two cysteines are disulfide-bonded, cysteine scanning shows that the C-terminal halves of the cysteine-containing transmembrane segments 1 and 4 are exposed to the aqueous environment while the N-terminal halves are not. Third, proline residues located pseudo-symmetrically around the two cysteines are required for redox activity and accessibility of the cysteines. Fourth, mixed disulfide complexes, apparent intermediates in the electron transfer process, are detected between DsbD beta and thioredoxin molecules on each side of the membrane. We propose a model where the two redox-active cysteines are located at the center of the membrane, accessible on both sides of the membrane to the thioredoxin proteins.
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