Spectroscopic, kinetic, and electrochemical characterization of heterologously expressed wild-type and mutant forms of copper-containing nitrite reductase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.3

Biochemistry
K OlesenJ P Shapleigh

Abstract

We report the development of a high-yield heterologous expression system for the copper-containing nitrite reductase from a denitrifying variant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Typical yields of wild-type protein are 20 mg L-1, which can be fully loaded with copper. Nitrite reductase contains an unusual blue-green Type 1 copper center with a redox/electron transfer function and a nearby Type 2 center where nitrite binds and is reduced to nitric oxide. The wild-type enzyme was characterized by: (1) its blue-green Type 1 optical spectrum; (2) its EPR spectrum showing rhombic character to its Type 1 center and nitrite perturbation to its Type 2 center; (3) its 247-mV Type 1 midpoint potential which is low relative to other Type 1 centers; and (4) its kinetics as measured by both steady-state and stopped-flow methods. The Type 2 copper reduction potential as monitored by EPR in the absence of nitrite was below 200 mV so that reduction of the Type 2 center by the Type 1 center in the absence of nitrite is not energetically favored. The mutation M182T in which the methionine ligand of Type 1 copper was changed to a threonine resulted in a blue rather than blue-green Type 1 center, a midpoint potential that increased by more than 100 mV a...Continue Reading

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