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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
FixL is a heme-based O(2) sensor protein involved in a two-component system of a symbiotic bacterium. In the present study, the iron coordination structure in the heme domain of Rhizobium meliloti FixLT (RmFixLT, a soluble truncated FixL) was examined using Fe K-edge extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and resonance Raman spectroscopic techniques. In the EXAFS analyses, the interatomic distances and angles of the Fe-ligand bond and the iron displacement from the heme plane were obtained for RmFixLT in the Fe(2+), Fe(2+)O(2), Fe(2+)CO, Fe(3+), Fe(3+)F(-), and Fe(3+)CN(-) states. An apparent correlation was found between the heme-nitrogen (proximal His-194) distance in the heme domain and the phosphorylation activity of the histidine kinase domain. Comparison of the Fe-CO coordination geometry between RmFixLT and RmFixLH (heme domain of RmFixL), based on the EXAFS and Raman results, has suggested that the kinase domain directly or indirectly influences steric interaction between the iron-bound ligand and the heme pocket. Referring to the crystal structure of the heme domain of Bradyrhizobium japonicum FixL (Gong, W., Hao, B., Mansy, S. S., Gonzalez, G., Gilles-Gonzalez, M. A., and Chan, M. K. (1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 95, 15177-15182), we discussed details of the iron coordination structure of RmFixLT and RmFixLH in relation to an intramolecular signal transduction mechanism in its O(2) sensing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
274
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23176-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Iron coordination structures of oxygen sensor FixL characterized by Fe K-edge extended x-ray absorption fine structure and resonance raman spectroscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, RIKEN Harima Institute, Mikazuki-cho, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5143, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article