Structure and mechanism of the flavocytochrome c fumarate reductase of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1.
Leys, D., Tsapin, A.S., Nealson, K.H., Meyer, T.E., Cusanovich, M.A., Van Beeumen, J.J.(1999) Nat Struct Biol 6: 1113-1117
- PubMed: 10581551
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/70051
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1D4C, 1D4D, 1D4E - PubMed Abstract:
Fumarate respiration is one of the most widespread types of anaerobic respiration. The soluble fumarate reductase of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1 is a periplasmic tetraheme flavocytochrome c. The crystal structures of the enzyme were solved to 2.9 A for the uncomplexed form and to 2.8 A and 2.5 A for the fumarate and the succinate-bound protein, respectively. The structures reveal a flexible capping domain linked to the FAD-binding domain. A catalytic mechanism for fumarate reduction based on the structure of the complexed protein is proposed. The mechanism for the reverse reaction is a model for the homologous succinate dehydrogenase (complex II) of the respiratory chain. In flavocytochrome c fumarate reductase, all redox centers are in van der Waals contact with one another, thus providing an efficient conduit of electrons from the hemes via the FAD to fumarate.
- Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry and Protein Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
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