Subunit dissociation and unfolding of macrophage NO synthase: relationship between enzyme structure, prosthetic group binding, and catalytic function

Biochemistry
H M Abu-SoudDennis J Stuehr

Abstract

Macrophage NO synthase is a homodimer of 130 kDa subunits. Each subunit contains an oxygenase domain that binds iron protoporphyrin IX (heme) and tetrahydrobiopterin (H4biopterin) and a reductase domain that binds FAD, FMN, and calmodulin (CaM) [Ghosh & Stuehr (1995) Biochemistry 34, 801-807]. We have studied the dissociation and unfolding reactions of dimeric iNOS in urea to learn how enzyme structure relates to catalysis and prosthetic group binding. The iNOS dimer dissociated between 0 and 2.5 M urea, and the subunits partially unfolded at 2.5 M urea and above. Dimer dissociation was accompanied by loss of NO synthesis activity and release of bound H4biopterin from the protein. However, the dissociated subunits maintained their cytochrome c and ferricyanide reductase activities and retained near stoichiometric quantities of bound heme. The subunit unfolding transition was accompanied by loss of reductase activities and partial loss of bound heme but retention of bound flavins and CaM. The heme iron in the dissociated subunits remained coordinated through axial cysteine thiolate ligation. Kinetic analysis of dimer dissociation showed that loss of NO synthesis correlated with a loss of heme Soret absorbance at 398 nm and an ap...Continue Reading

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