A Brownian dynamics study of the interaction of Phormidium laminosum plastocyanin with Phormidium laminosum cytochrome f

Biophysical Journal
Elizabeth L Gross

Abstract

The interaction of Phormidium laminosum plastocyanin (PC) with P. laminosum cytochrome f (cyt f) was studied using Brownian dynamics (BD) simulations. Few complexes and a low rate of electron transfer were observed for wild-type PC. Increasing the positive electrostatic field on PC by the addition of a Zn(2+) ion in the neighborhood of D44 and D45 on PC (as found in crystal structure of plastocyanin) increased the number of complexes formed and the calculated rates of electron transfer as did PC mutations D44A, D45A, E54A, and E57A. Mutations of charged residues on Phormidium PC and Phormidium cyt f were used to map binding sites on both proteins. In both the presence and absence of the Zn(2+) ion, the following residues on PC interact with cyt f: D44, D45, K6, D79, R93, and K100 that lie in a patch just below H92 and Y88 and D10, E17, and E70 located on the upper portion of the PC molecule. In the absence of the Zn(2+) ion, K6 and K35 on the top of the PC molecule also interact with cyt f. Cyt f residues involved in binding PC, in the absence of the Zn(2+) ion, include E165, D187, and D188 that are located on the small domain of cyt f. The orientation of PC in the complexes was quite random in accordance with NMR results. In t...Continue Reading

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