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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
The CO-sensing mechanism of the transcription factor CooA from Rhodospirillum rubrum was studied through a systematic mutational analysis of potential heme ligands. Previous electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic studies on wild-type CooA suggested that oxidized (FeIII) CooA contains a low-spin heme with a thiolate ligand, presumably a cysteine, bound to its heme iron. In the present report, electronic absorption and EPR analysis of various substitutions at Cys residues establish that Cys75 is a heme ligand in FeIII CooA. However, characterization of heme stability and electronic properties of purified C75S CooA suggest that Cys75 is not a ligand in FeII CooA. Mutational analysis of all CooA His residues showed that His77 is critical for CO-stimulated transcription. On the basis of findings that H77Y CooA is perturbed in its FeII electronic properties and is unable to bind DNA in a site-specific manner in response to CO, His77 appears to be an axial ligand to FeII CooA. These results imply a ligand switch from Cys75 to His77 upon reduction of CooA. In addition, an interaction has been identified between Cys75 and His77 in FeIII CooA that may be involved in the CO-sensing mechanism. Finally, His77 is necessary for the proper conformational change of CooA upon CO binding.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carbon Monoxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CooA protein, Rhodospirillum rubrum, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cysteine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ferric Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ferrous Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Heme, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hemeproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histidine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2669-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of two important heme site residues (cysteine 75 and histidine 77) in CooA, the CO-sensing transcription factor of Rhodospirillum rubrum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't