Volume 77, Issue 4 pp. 867-880
Research Article

Crystal structure of a ferredoxin reductase for the CYP199A2 system from Rhodopseudomonas palustris

Feng Xu

Feng Xu

Tsinghua-Nankai-IBP Joint Research Group for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China

F. Xu and S.G. Bell contributed equally to this work.

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Stephen G. Bell

Corresponding Author

Stephen G. Bell

Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom

F. Xu and S.G. Bell contributed equally to this work.

Stephen G. Bell, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom===

Mark Bartlam, College of Life Sciences and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China===

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Ying Peng

Ying Peng

Tsinghua-Nankai-IBP Joint Research Group for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China

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Eachan O.D. Johnson

Eachan O.D. Johnson

Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom

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Mark Bartlam

Corresponding Author

Mark Bartlam

Center for Structural Biology, College of Life Sciences and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China

Stephen G. Bell, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom===

Mark Bartlam, College of Life Sciences and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China===

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Zihe Rao

Zihe Rao

Tsinghua-Nankai-IBP Joint Research Group for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China

Center for Structural Biology, College of Life Sciences and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China

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Luet-Lok Wong

Luet-Lok Wong

Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom

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First published: 19 June 2009
Citations: 37

Abstract

Cytochrome P450-199A2 from Rhodopseudomonas palustris oxidizes para-substituted benzoic acids and may play a role in lignin and aromatic acid degradation pathways in the bacterium. CYP199A2 has an associated [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin, palustrisredoxin (Pux) but not a ferredoxin reductase. A genome search identified the palustrisredoxin reductase (PuR) gene. PuR was produced in Escherichia coli and shown to be a flavin-dependent protein that supports efficient electron transfer from NADH to Pux, thus reconstituting CYP199A2 monooxygenase activity (kcat = 37.9 s–1 with 4-methoxybenzoic acid). The reduction of Pux by PuR shows Km = 4.2 μM and kcat = 262 s–1 in 50 mM Tris, pH 7.4. Km is increased to 154 μM in the presence of 200 mM KCl, indicating the importance of ionic interactions in PuR/Pux binding. The crystal structure of PuR has been determined at 2.2 Å resolution and found to be closely related to that of other oxygenase-coupled NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductases. Residues on the surface that had been proposed to be involved in ferredoxin reductase-ferredoxin binding are conserved in PuR. However, Lys328 in PuR lies over the FAD isoalloxazine ring and, together with His11 and Gln41, render the electrostatic potential of the surface more positive and may account for the greater involvement of electrostatic interactions in ferredoxin binding by PuR. Consistent with these observations the K328G mutation weakened Pux binding and virtually eliminated the dependence of PuR/Pux binding on salt concentration, thus confirming that the FAD si side surface in the vicinity of Lys328 is the ferredoxin binding site. Proteins 2009. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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