Escherichia coli class Ib ribonucleotide reductase contains a dimanganese(III)-tyrosyl radical cofactor in vivo
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Cotruvo, Joseph A.
Stubbe, JoAnne
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January 2011
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Biochemistry
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Cotruvo, Joseph A., and JoAnne Stubbe. “Escherichia Coli Class Ib Ribonucleotide Reductase Contains a Dimanganese(III)-Tyrosyl Radical Cofactor in Vivo.” Biochemistry 50.10 (2011): 1672–1681.
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Escherichia coli class Ib ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) converts nucleoside 5′-diphosphates to deoxynucleoside 5′-diphosphates in iron-limited and oxidative stress conditions. We have recently demonstrated in vitro that this RNR is active with both diferric-tyrosyl radical (FeIII[subscript 2-]Y[superscript •]) and dimanganese(III)-Y[superscript •] (MnIII[subscript 2-]Y[superscript •]) cofactors in the β2 subunit, NrdF [Cotruvo, J. A., Jr., and Stubbe, J. (2010) Biochemistry 49, 1297−1309]. Here we demonstrate, by purification of this protein from its endogenous levels in an E. coli strain deficient in its five known iron uptake pathways and grown under iron-limited conditions, that the MnIII[subscript 2-]Y[superscript •] cofactor is assembled in vivo. This is the first definitive determination of the active cofactor of a class Ib RNR purified from its native organism without overexpression. From 88 g of cell paste, 150 μg of NrdF was isolated with 95% purity, with 0.2 Y[superscript •]/β2, 0.9 Mn/β2, and a specific activity of 720 nmol min[superscript −1] mg[superscript −1]. Under these conditions, the class Ib RNR is the primary active RNR in the cell. Our results strongly suggest that E. coli NrdF is an obligate manganese protein in vivo and that the MnIII[subscript 2-]Y[superscript •] cofactor assembly pathway we have identified in vitro involving the flavodoxin-like protein NrdI, present inside the cell at catalytic levels, is operative in vivo.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.1021/bi101881d
