Modulation of Y [subscript 356] Photooxidation in E. Coli Class Ia Ribonucleotide Reductase by Y [subscript 731] Across the α [subscript 2] :β [subscript 2] Interface
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Pizano, Arturo A.; Olshansky, Lisa; Holder, Patrick; Stubbe, JoAnne; Nocera, Daniel G.
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Substrate turnover in class Ia ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) requires reversible radical transport across two subunits over 35 Å, which occurs by a multistep proton-coupled electron-transfer mechanism. Using a photooxidant-labeled β[subscript 2] subunit of Escherichia coli class Ia RNR, we demonstrate photoinitiated oxidation of a tyrosine in an α[subscript 2]:β[subscript 2] complex, which results in substrate turnover. Using site-directed mutations of the redox-active tyrosines at the subunit interface, Y[subscript 356]F(β) and Y[subscript 731]F(α), this oxidation is identified to be localized on Y[subscript 356]. The rate of Y[subscript 356] oxidation depends on the presence of Y[subscript 731] across the interface. This observation supports the proposal that unidirectional PCET across the Y[subscript 356](β)–Y[subscript 731](α)–Y[subscript 730](α) triad is crucial to radical transport in RNR.
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2013-08Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of ChemistryJournal
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Pizano, Arturo A., Lisa Olshansky, Patrick G. Holder, JoAnne Stubbe, and Daniel G. Nocera. “ Modulation of Y [subscript 356] Photooxidation in E. Coli Class Ia Ribonucleotide Reductase by Y [subscript 731] Across the α [subscript 2] :β [subscript 2] Interface .” Journal of the American Chemical Society 135, no. 36 (September 11, 2013): 13250–13253.
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0002-7863
1520-5126