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Crystal structures of deoxy and CO-bound bjFixLH reveal details of ligand recognition and signaling

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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 44, Issue 12, Pages 4627-4635

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi047942r

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  1. NCRR NIH HHS [RR07707] Funding Source: Medline
  2. NIGMS NIH HHS [GM036452] Funding Source: Medline

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Rhizobia directly regulate the expression of genes required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in response to oxygen concentration via the sensor protein FixL. The N-terminal PAS domain of FixL contains a histidine-coordinated heme and regulates the activity of its effector domain, a C-terminal histidine kinase, in response to binding of oxygen and other ligands at the heme. To further investigate ligand-induced inhibition of FixL, we have determined the crystal structures of the heme domain in both the deoxy state and bound to carbon monoxide, a weak inhibitor of FixL kinase activity. Structures collected at room temperature are presented in each state from two crystallographic space groups at 1.8 and 2 angstrom resolution. These structures reveal displacement of the residues of the H-beta and I-beta strands by Leu236 upon CO, binding, and this structural change propagates more than 15 angstrom to a region of the structure implicated in signal transduction in PAS proteins. Displacement of residues Ile215, Ile216, and Gly217 in the FG loop is also evident, accompanied by the movement of heme propionate 6 upon change in iron ligation. CO binding increases the temperature factors in the FG loop of the protein and disorders the side chain of Arg206, a conserved residue involved in the FG loop switch mechanism. We relate these results to structural changes in other PAS sensor domains and their involvement in catalytic control.

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