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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Arnaud Basle, Dr Abdelnasser El Ghazouani, Jaeick Lee, Professor Christopher Dennison
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© 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Methanobactins (Mbns) are modified peptides that sequester copper (Cu) methanotrophs use to oxidize methane. Limited structural information is available for this class of natural products, as is an understanding of how cells are able to utilize Mbn-bound Cu. The crystal structure of Methylosinus sporium NR3K CuI-Mbn provides further information about the structural diversity of Mbns and the first insight into their Cu-release mechanism. Nitrogen ligands from oxazolone and pyrazinediol rings chelate CuI along with adjacent coordinating sulfurs from thioamides. In vitro solution data are consistent with a CuI-Mbn monomer as found for previously characterized Mbns. In the crystal structure, the N-terminal region has undergone a conformational change allowing the formation of a CuI 2-Mbn2 dimer with CuI sites bound by chelating units from adjacent chains. Such a structural alteration will facilitate CuI release from Mbns.
Author(s): Baslé A, El Ghazouani A, Lee J, Dennison C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Chemistry - A European Journal
Year: 2018
Volume: 24
Issue: 18
Pages: 4515-4518
Print publication date: 26/03/2018
Online publication date: 24/01/2018
Acceptance date: 20/12/2017
Date deposited: 24/04/2018
ISSN (print): 0947-6539
ISSN (electronic): 1521-3765
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201706035
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201706035
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