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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 134, 期 43, 页码 17945-17954出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja3055782
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- NSF
- NIH/NIGMS via NSF award [DMR-0936384]
- NIH/NCRR award [RR-01646]
- National Institutes of Health [K99GM100008, F32GM090486, GM69857, GM39451]
In the Wood-Ljungdahl carbon fixation pathway, protein-protein interactions between methyltransferase (MeTr) and corrinoid iron-sulfur protein (CFeSP) are required for the transfer of a methyl group. While crystal structures have been determined for MeTr and CFeSP both free and in complex, solution structures have not been established. Here, we examine the transient interactions between MeTr and CFeSP in solution using anaerobic small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and present a global analysis approach for the deconvolution of heterogeneous mixtures formed by weakly interacting proteins. We further support this SAXS analysis with complementary results obtained by anaerobic isothermal titration calorimetry. Our results indicate that solution conditions affect the cooperativity with which CFeSP binds to MeTr, resulting in two distinct CFeSP/MeTr complexes with differing oligomeric compositions, both of which are active. One assembly resembles the CFeSP/MeTr complex observed crystallographically with 2:1 protein stoichiometry, while the other best fits a 1:1 CFeSP/MeTr arrangement. These results demonstrate the value of SAXS in uncovering the rich solution behavior of transient protein interactions visualized by crystallography.
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