Identification of the titrating group in the heme cavity of myoglobin

Myoglobins reconstituted with aqua- and cyano-Co(III) tetradehydrocorrins, rMb(Co(III)(OH2)(TDHC)) and rMb(Co(III)(CN)(TDHC)), respectively, were prepared and investigated as models of a cobalamin-dependent enzyme. The former protein was obtained by oxidation of rMb(Co(II)(TDHC)) with K3[Fe(CN)6]. The cyanide-coordinated Co(III) species in the latter protein was prepared by ligand exchange of rMb(Co(III)(OH2)(TDHC)) with exogenous cyanide upon addition of KCN. The X-ray crystallographic study reveals the hexacoordinated structures of rMb(Co(III)(OH)(TDHC)) and rMb(Co(III)(CN)(TDHC)) at 1.20 and 1.40 Å resolution, respectively. The (13)C NMR chemical shifts of the cyanide in rMb(Co(III)(CN)(TDHC)) were determined to be 108.6 and 110.6 ppm. IR measurements show that the cyanide of rMb(Co(III)(CN)(TDHC)) has a stretching frequency peak at 2151 cm(-1) which is higher than that of cyanocobalamin. The (13)C NMR and IR measurements indicate weaker coordination of the cyanide to Co(III)(TDHC) relative to cobalamin, a vitamin B12 derivative. Thus, the extent of π-back-donation from the cobalt ion to the cyanide ion is lower in rMb(Co(III)(CN)(TDHC)). Furthermore, the pK(1/2) values of rMb(Co(III)(OH2)(TDHC)) and rMb(Co(III)(CN)(TDHC)) were determined by a pH titration experiment to be 3.2 and 5.5, respectively, indicating that the cyanide ligation weakens the Co-N(His93) bond. Theoretical calculations also demonstrate that the axial ligand exchange from water to cyanide elongates the Co-N(axial) bond with a decrease in the bond dissociation energy. Taken together, the cyano-Co(III) tetradehydrocorrin in myoglobin is appropriate for investigation as a structural analogue of methylcobalamin, a key intermediate in methionine synthase reaction.

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“… a This work. b Reference . c Reference . d Aquacobalamin. In the following graphic, X is the 6th ligand: X = OH – , CN – , or CH 3 – . …”

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Crystal Structures and Coordination Behavior of Aqua- and Cyano-Co(III) Tetradehydrocorrins in the Heme Pocket of Myoglobin

et al. 2016

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“…proteins (Rousseau et al, 1982;Krishnamoorthi & La Mar, 1984). A major dipolar contribution to the observed isotropic shift is ruled out as the cause, since some of the hyperfineshifted resonances, including the farthest downfield shifted peak, show normal behavior.3…”

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Hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of high-potential iron-sulfur proteins from Ectothiorhodospira halophila and Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata: a comparative study of hyperfine-shifted resonances

Krishnamoorthi¹,

Markley²,

Cusanovich³

et al. 1986

Biochemistry

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Proton NMR spectra of the oxidized and reduced forms of high-potential iron-sulfur proteins (HiPIPs) were recorded at 200 MHz. The proteins studied were the HiPIPs I and II from Ectothiorhodospira halophila and Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata. Hyperfine-shifted peaks in spectra of the oxidized proteins were assigned to some of the protons of the cysteinyl ligands and aromatic residues at the active site on the basis of their chemical shifts, longitudinal relaxation times, and temperature-dependent behavior. The cysteinyl C beta-H protons were found to resonate downfield (about 100 ppm) and the C alpha-H protons upfield (about-25 ppm). This hyperfine shift pattern is consistent with the observed isotropic shift being contact in origin; it probably results from a pi-spin-transfer mechanism. The large magnitudes of the chemical shifts of peaks assigned to aromatic residues suggest that these residues interact with the iron-sulfur cluster via pi-pi overlap. Some of the hyperfine-shifted peaks observed in water were found to disappear in 2H2O solution. Such resonances probably arise from exchange-labile hydrogens of amino acid residues directly hydrogen bonded to the iron-sulfur cluster. In the case of HiPIPs I and II from E. vacuolata, whose spectra are similar except for the number of such peaks, the relative number of hydrogen bonds inferred to be present in the oxidized and reduced proteins qualitatively explains the difference between their midpoint redox potentials. On the other hand, for E. halophila HiPIPs I and II, consideration of the inferred number of hydrogen bonds alone fails to predict the sign of the difference between their midpoint redox potentials.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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“…This histidine is in van der Waals contact with the heme pyrrole D, which bears the 5-methyl group. By monitoring the chemical shift of the 5-methyl resonance in metcyano Mb (a low-spin complex), Krishnamoorthy and La Mar (1984) determined the pK a of His 97 to be 5.3. In metMbH 2 O, the pH response of the heme 5-methyl group yielded a pK a of 5.1 in the absence of salt.…”

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Salt Effects on Ionization Equilibria of Histidines in Myoglobin

Kao

Fitch

Bhattacharya

et al. 2000

Biophysical Journal

118

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The salt dependence of histidine pK(a) values in sperm whale and horse myoglobin and in histidine-containing peptides was measured by (1)H-NMR spectroscopy. Structure-based pK(a) calculations were performed with continuum methods to test their ability to capture the effects of solution conditions on pK(a) values. The measured pK(a) of most histidines, whether in the protein or in model compounds, increased by 0.3 pH units or more between 0.02 M and 1.5 M NaCl. In myoglobin two histidines (His(48) and His(36)) exhibited a shallower dependence than the average, and one (His(113)) showed a steeper dependence. The (1)H-NMR data suggested that the salt dependence of histidine pK(a) values in the protein was determined primarily by the preferential stabilization of the charged form of histidine with increasing salt concentrations rather than by screening of electrostatic interactions. The magnitude and salt dependence of interactions between ionizable groups were exaggerated in pK(a) calculations with the finite-difference Poisson-Boltzmann method applied to a static structure, even when the protein interior was treated with arbitrarily high dielectric constants. Improvements in continuum methods for calculating salt effects on pK(a) values will require explicit consideration of the salt dependence of model compound pK(a) values used for reference in the calculations.

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Identification of the titrating group in the heme cavity of myoglobin

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Crystal Structures and Coordination Behavior of Aqua- and Cyano-Co(III) Tetradehydrocorrins in the Heme Pocket of Myoglobin

Crystal Structures and Coordination Behavior of Aqua- and Cyano-Co(III) Tetradehydrocorrins in the Heme Pocket of Myoglobin

Hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of high-potential iron-sulfur proteins from Ectothiorhodospira halophila and Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata: a comparative study of hyperfine-shifted resonances

Salt Effects on Ionization Equilibria of Histidines in Myoglobin

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