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Binuclear CuA Formation in Biosynthetic Models of CuA in Azurin Proceeds via a Novel Cu(Cys)2His Mononuclear Copper Intermediate

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BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 54, 期 39, 页码 6071-6081

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00659

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  1. U.S. National Science Foundation [CHE-1413328]
  2. U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF Graduate Research Fellowship) [DGE-0925180]
  3. U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) [GM054803, 5T32-GM070421]
  4. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional Research Opportunities Program
  5. NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering [P30-EB-009998]
  6. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-98CH10886]

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Cu-A is a binuclear electron transfer (ET) center found in cytochrome c oxidases (CcOs), nitrous oxide reductases (N(2)ORs), and nitric oxide reductase (NOR). In these proteins, the Cu-A centers facilitate efficient ET (k(ET) > 10(4) s(-1)) under low thermodynamic driving forces (10-90 mV). While the structure and functional properties of Cu-A are well understood, a detailed mechanism of the incorporation of copper into the protein and the identity of the intermediates formed during the Cu-A maturation process are still lacking. Previous studies of the Cu-A assembly mechanism in vitro using a biosynthetic model Cu-A center in azurin (Cu(A)Az) identified a novel intermediate X (I-x) during reconstitution of the binuclear site. However, because of the instability of I-x and the coexistence of other Cu centers, such as Cu-A and type 1 copper centers, the identity of this intermediate could not be established. Here, we report the mechanism of Cu-A' assembly using variants of Glu114XCu(A)Az (X = Gly, Ala, Leu, or Gln), the backbone carbonyl of which acts as a ligand to the Cu-A site, with a major focus on characterization of the novel intermediate I-x. We show that Cu-A assembly in these variants proceeds through several types of Cu centers, such as mononuclear red type 2 Cu, the novel intermediate I-x, and blue type 1 Cu. Our results show that the backbone flexibility of the Glu114 residue is an important factor in determining the rates of T2Cu -> I-x formation, suggesting that Cu-A formation is facilitated by swinging of the ligand loop, which internalizes the T2Cu capture complex to the protein interior. The kinetic data further suggest that the nature of the Glu114 side chain influences the time scales on which these intermediates are formed, the wavelengths of the absorption peaks, and how cleanly one intermediate is converted to another. Through careful understanding of these mechanisms and optimization of the conditions, we have obtained I-x in similar to 80-85% population in these variants, which allowed us to employ ultraviolet-visible, electron paramagnetic resonance, and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopic techniques to identify the I-x as a mononuclear Cu(Cys)(2)(His) complex. Because some of the intermediates have been proposed to be involved in the assembly of native Cu-A, these results shed light on the structural features of the important intermediates and mechanism of Cu-A formation.

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