X-ray crystal structure of Flavobacterium johnsoniae dimanganese(II) ribonucleotide reductase beta subunit (anaerobic)X-ray crystal structure of Flavobacterium johnsoniae dimanganese(II) ribonucleotide reductase beta subunit (anaerobic)

Structural highlights

6cwp is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Cytophaga johnsonae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:
Gene:Fjoh_4066 (Cytophaga johnsonae)
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Publication Abstract from PubMed

A ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) from Flavobacterium johnsoniae ( Fj) differs fundamentally from known (subclass a-c) class I RNRs, warranting its assignment to a new subclass, Id. Its beta subunit shares with Ib counterparts the requirements for manganese(II) and superoxide (O2(-)) for activation, but it does not require the O2(-)-supplying flavoprotein (NrdI) needed in Ib systems, instead scavenging the oxidant from solution. Although Fj beta has tyrosine at the appropriate sequence position (Tyr 104), this residue is not oxidized to a radical upon activation, as occurs in the Ia/b proteins. Rather, Fj beta directly deploys an oxidized dimanganese cofactor for radical initiation. In treatment with one-electron reductants, the cofactor can undergo cooperative three-electron reduction to the II/II state, in contrast to the quantitative univalent reduction to inactive "met" (III/III) forms seen with I(a-c) betas. This tendency makes Fj beta unusually robust, as the II/II form can readily be reactivated. The structure of the protein rationalizes its distinctive traits. A distortion in a core helix of the ferritin-like architecture renders the active site unusually open, introduces a cavity near the cofactor, and positions a subclass-d-specific Lys residue to shepherd O2(-) to the Mn2(II/II) cluster. Relative to the positions of the radical tyrosines in the Ia/b proteins, the unreactive Tyr 104 of Fj beta is held away from the cofactor by a hydrogen bond with a subclass-d-specific Thr residue. Structural comparisons, considered with its uniquely simple mode of activation, suggest that the Id protein might most closely resemble the primordial RNR-beta.

Structural Basis for Superoxide Activation of Flavobacterium johnsoniae Class I Ribonucleotide Reductase and for Radical Initiation by Its Dimanganese Cofactor.,Rose HR, Ghosh MK, Maggiolo AO, Pollock CJ, Blaesi EJ, Hajj V, Wei Y, Rajakovich LJ, Chang WC, Han Y, Hajj M, Krebs C, Silakov A, Pandelia ME, Bollinger JM Jr., Boal AK Biochemistry. 2018 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00247. PMID:29609464[1]

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References

  1. Rose HR, Ghosh MK, Maggiolo AO, Pollock CJ, Blaesi EJ, Hajj V, Wei Y, Rajakovich LJ, Chang WC, Han Y, Hajj M, Krebs C, Silakov A, Pandelia ME, Bollinger JM Jr., Boal AK. Structural Basis for Superoxide Activation of Flavobacterium johnsoniae Class I Ribonucleotide Reductase and for Radical Initiation by Its Dimanganese Cofactor. Biochemistry. 2018 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00247. PMID:29609464 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00247

6cwp, resolution 1.92Å

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