scholarly journals Ligand migration in the truncated hemoglobin of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

IUBMB Life ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxime S. Heroux ◽  
Anne D. Mohan ◽  
Kenneth W. Olsen
F1000Research ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Boron ◽  
Juan Pablo Bustamante ◽  
Kelly S Davidge ◽  
Sandip Singh ◽  
Lesley AH Bowman ◽  
...  

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis, has two proteins belonging to the truncated hemoglobin (trHb) family. Mt-trHbN presents well-defined internal hydrophobic tunnels that allow O2 and •NO to migrate easily from the solvent to the active site, whereas Mt-trHbO possesses tunnels that are partially blocked by a few bulky residues, particularly a tryptophan at position G8. Differential ligand migration rates allow Mt-trHbN to detoxify •NO, a crucial step for pathogen survival once under attack by the immune system, much more efficiently than Mt-trHbO. In order to investigate the differences between these proteins, we performed experimental kinetic measurements, •NO decomposition, as well as molecular dynamics simulations of the wild type Mt-trHbN and two mutants, VG8F and VG8W. These mutations introduce modifications in both tunnel topologies and affect the incoming ligand capacity to displace retained water molecules at the active site. We found that a single mutation allows Mt-trHbN to acquire ligand migration rates comparable to those observed for Mt-trHbO, confirming that ligand migration is regulated by the internal tunnel architecture as well as by water molecules stabilized in the active site.


2008 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 372-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Boechi ◽  
Marcelo A. Martí ◽  
Mario Milani ◽  
Martino Bolognesi ◽  
F. Javier Luque ◽  
...  

F1000Research ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Boron ◽  
Juan Pablo Bustamante ◽  
Kelly S Davidge ◽  
Sandip Singh ◽  
Lesley AH Bowman ◽  
...  

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis, has two proteins belonging to the truncated hemoglobin (trHb) family. Mt-trHbN presents well-defined internal hydrophobic tunnels that allow O2 and •NO to migrate easily from the solvent to the active site, whereas Mt-trHbO possesses tunnels interrupted by a few bulky residues, particularly a tryptophan at position G8. Differential ligand migration rates allow Mt-trHbN to detoxify •NO, a crucial step for pathogen survival once under attack by the immune system, much more efficiently than Mt-trHbO. In order to investigate the differences between these proteins, we performed experimental kinetic measurements, •NO decomposition, as well as molecular dynamics simulations of the wild type Mt-trHbN and two mutants, VG8F and VG8W. These mutations affect both the tunnels accessibility as well as the affinity of distal site water molecules, thus modifying the ligand access to the iron. We found that a single mutation allows Mt-trHbN to acquire ligand migration rates comparable to those observed for Mt-trHbO, confirming that ligand migration is regulated by the internal tunnel architecture as well as by water molecules stabilized in the active site.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. e39884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnese Marcelli ◽  
Stefania Abbruzzetti ◽  
Juan Pablo Bustamante ◽  
Alessandro Feis ◽  
Alessandra Bonamore ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 97 (11) ◽  
pp. 2967-2977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Daigle ◽  
Julie-Anne Rousseau ◽  
Michel Guertin ◽  
Patrick Lagüe

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. e49291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Oliveira ◽  
Sandeep Singh ◽  
Axel Bidon-Chanal ◽  
Flavio Forti ◽  
Marcelo A. Martí ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (21) ◽  
pp. 6782-6788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Bidon-Chanal ◽  
Marcelo A. Martí ◽  
Darío A. Estrin ◽  
F. Javier Luque

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. e69762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Ascenzi ◽  
Andrea Coletta ◽  
Yu Cao ◽  
Viviana Trezza ◽  
Loris Leboffe ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 396 ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrius Jasaitis ◽  
Hugues Ouellet ◽  
Jean-Christophe Lambry ◽  
Jean-Louis Martin ◽  
Joel M. Friedman ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Bidon-Chanal ◽  
Marcelo A. Martí ◽  
Alejandro Crespo ◽  
Mario Milani ◽  
Modesto Orozco ◽  
...  

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