scholarly journals Electron Transfer Complex Formation between Oxygenase and Ferredoxin Components in Rieske Nonheme Iron Oxygenase System

Structure ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 1779-1789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Ashikawa ◽  
Zui Fujimoto ◽  
Haruko Noguchi ◽  
Hiroshi Habe ◽  
Toshio Omori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Complex Formation ◽  
Nonheme Iron ◽  
Electron Transfer Complex

scholarly journals Non-covalent forces tune the electron transfer complex between ferredoxin and sulfite reductase to optimize enzymatic activity

2016 ◽  
Vol 473 (21) ◽  
pp. 3837-3854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju Yaen Kim ◽  
Misaki Kinoshita ◽  
Satoshi Kume ◽  
Hanke GT ◽  
Toshihiko Sugiki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Complex Formation ◽  
Enzymatic Activity ◽  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Structural Rearrangement ◽  
Intermolecular Forces ◽  
Sulfite Reductase ◽  
Electrostatic Forces ◽  
Activity Curve ◽  
Electron Transfer Complex

Although electrostatic interactions between negatively charged ferredoxin (Fd) and positively charged sulfite reductase (SiR) have been predominantly highlighted to characterize complex formation, the detailed nature of intermolecular forces remains to be fully elucidated. We investigated interprotein forces for the formation of an electron transfer complex between Fd and SiR and their relationship to SiR activity using various approaches over NaCl concentrations between 0 and 400 mM. Fd-dependent SiR activity assays revealed a bell-shaped activity curve with a maximum ∼40–70 mM NaCl and a reverse bell-shaped dependence of interprotein affinity. Meanwhile, intrinsic SiR activity, as measured in a methyl viologen-dependent assay, exhibited saturation above 100 mM NaCl. Thus, two assays suggested that interprotein interaction is crucial in controlling Fd-dependent SiR activity. Calorimetric analyses showed the monotonic decrease in interprotein affinity on increasing NaCl concentrations, distinguished from a reverse bell-shaped interprotein affinity observed from Fd-dependent SiR activity assay. Furthermore, Fd:SiR complex formation and interprotein affinity were thermodynamically adjusted by both enthalpy and entropy through electrostatic and non-electrostatic interactions. A residue-based NMR investigation on the addition of SiR to 15N-labeled Fd at the various NaCl concentrations also demonstrated that a combination of electrostatic and non-electrostatic forces stabilized the complex with similar interfaces and modulated the binding affinity and mode. Our findings elucidate that non-electrostatic forces are also essential for the formation and modulation of the Fd:SiR complex. We suggest that a complex configuration optimized for maximum enzymatic activity near physiological salt conditions is achieved by structural rearrangement through controlled non-covalent interprotein interactions.

Flavin radicals, conformational sampling and robust design principles in interprotein electron transfer: the trimethylamine dehydrogenase-electron-transferring flavoprotein complex

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
David Leys ◽  
Jaswir Basran ◽  
François Talfournier ◽  
Kamaldeep K. Chohan ◽  
Andrew W. Munro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Molecular Assembly ◽  
Conformational Sampling ◽  
Trimethylamine Dehydrogenase ◽  
Key Residues ◽  
Electron Transferring Flavoprotein ◽  
Electron Transfer Complex

TMADH (trimethylamine dehydrogenase) is a complex iron-sulphur flavoprotein that forms a soluble electron-transfer complex with ETF (electron-transferring flavoprotein). The mechanism of electron transfer between TMADH and ETF has been studied using stopped-flow kinetic and mutagenesis methods, and more recently by X-ray crystallography. Potentiometric methods have also been used to identify key residues involved in the stabilization of the flavin radical semiquinone species in ETF. These studies have demonstrated a key role for 'conformational sampling' in the electron-transfer complex, facilitated by two-site contact of ETF with TMADH. Exploration of three-dimensional space in the complex allows the FAD of ETF to find conformations compatible with enhanced electronic coupling with the 4Fe-4S centre of TMADH. This mechanism of electron transfer provides for a more robust and accessible design principle for interprotein electron transfer compared with simpler models that invoke the collision of redox partners followed by electron transfer. The structure of the TMADH-ETF complex confirms the role of key residues in electron transfer and molecular assembly, originally suggested from detailed kinetic studies in wild-type and mutant complexes, and from molecular modelling.

Formation of CT complexes and electron transfer from excited molecules of anthracene derivatives to methylviologen in aqueous and micellar media

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 1658-1665
Author(s):  
Viktor Řehák ◽  
Jana Boledovičová
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Complex Formation ◽  
Fluorescence Quenching ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Formation Constants ◽  
Dynamic Quenching ◽  
Micellar Media ◽  
Complex Formation Constants ◽  
Anthracene Derivatives ◽  
Ct Complexes

Disodium 1,5- and 1,8-anthracenedisulphonate (ADS) and 9-acetylanthracene form coloured CT complexes with methylviologen (MV2+) in aqueous and micellar media. The complex formation constants and molar absorptivities were determined by the Benesi-Hildebrandt method. In the fluorescence quenching, its static component plays the major role. The dynamic quenching component is determined by the rate constant of electron transfer from the S1 state of ADS to MV2+.

The electron transfer complex rubredoxin – rubredoxin reductase fromP. aeruginosa

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (a1) ◽  
pp. s131-s131
Author(s):  
G. Hagelüeken ◽  
D. W. Heinz ◽  
B. Tümmler ◽  
W. D. Schubert
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electron Transfer Complex
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