The flexible N-terminus of BchL autoinhibits activity through interaction with its [4Fe-4S] cluster and released upon ATP binding.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Elliot I CorlessEDwin Antony

Abstract

A key step in bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis is the reduction of protochlorophyllide to chlorophyllide, catalyzed by dark-operative protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase. Dark-operative protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase contains two [4Fe-4S]-containing component proteins (BchL and BchNB) that assemble upon ATP binding to BchL to coordinate electron transfer and protochlorophyllide reduction. But the precise nature of the ATP-induced conformational changes is poorly understood. We present a crystal structure of BchL in the nucleotide-free form where a conserved, flexible region in the N-terminus masks the [4Fe-4S] cluster at the docking interface between BchL and BchNB. Amino acid substitutions in this region produce a hyperactive enzyme complex, suggesting a role for the N-terminus in autoinhibition. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry shows that ATP binding to BchL produces specific conformational changes leading to release of the flexible N-terminus from the docking interface. The release also promotes changes within the local environment surrounding the [4Fe-4S] cluster and promotes BchL-complex formation with BchNB. A key patch of amino acids, Asp-Phe-Asp (the 'DFD patch'), situated at the mouth of the BchL ATP-bi...Continue Reading

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