A multigeneration analysis of cytochrome b(562) redox variants: evolutionary strategies for modulating redox potential revealed using a library approach

Biochemistry
Stacy L SpringsGeorge L McLendon

Abstract

The redox potential of cytochromes sets the energy yield possible in metabolism and is also a key determinant of the rate at which redox reactions proceed. Here, the heme protein, cytochrome b(562), is used to study the in vitro evolution of redox potential within a library of variants containing the same structural archetype, the four-helix bundle. Multisite variations in the active site of cytochrome b(562) were introduced. A library of variants containing random mutations in place of R98 and R106 was created, and the redox potentials of a statistical sampling of this library were measured. This procedure was carried out for both the low- and high-potential variants of a previously studied F61X/F65X, first-generation library [Springs, S. L., Bass, S. E., and McLendon, G. L. (2000) Biochemistry 39, 6075]. The second-generation library reported here has a range of redox potentials which is greater than 40% (160 mV) of the known accessible potential among cytochromes with identical axial ligands (but different folds) and exceeds the range exhibited phylogenetically by the cytochrome c' family which internally maintains the same axial ligation and fold. A statistical analysis of the libraries examined reveals that the redox poten...Continue Reading

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