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The shortest known type 1 copper binding loop (that of amicyanin, Ami) has been introduced into three different cupredoxin β-barrel scaffolds. All of the loop-contraction variants possess copper centers with authentic type 1 properties and are redox active. The Cu(II) and Co(II) sites experience only small structural alterations upon loop contraction with the largest changes in the azurin variant (AzAmi), which can be ascribed to the removal of a hydrogen bond to the coordinating thiolate sulfur of the Cys ligand. In all cases, loop contraction leads to an increase in the pKa of the His ligand found on the loop in the reduced proteins, and in the pseudoazurin (Paz) and plastocyanin (Pc) variants the values are almost identical to that of Ami (∼6.7). Thus, in Paz, Pc, and Ami, the length of this loop tunes the pK a of the His ligand. In the AzAmi variant, the pKa is 5.5, which is considerably higher than the estimated value for Az (<2), and other controlling factors, along with loop length, are involved. The reduction potentials of the loop-contraction variants are all lower than those of the wild-type proteins by ∼30-60 mV, and thus this property of a type 1 copper site is fine-tuned by the C-terminal loop. The electron self-exchange rate constant of Paz is significantly diminished by the introduction of a shorter loop. However, in PcAmi only a 2-fold decrease is observed and in AzAmi there is no effect, and thus in these two cupredoxins loop contraction does not significantly influence electron-transfer reactivity. Loop contraction provides an active site environment in all of the cupredoxins which is preferable for Cu(II), whereas previous loop elongation experiments always favored the cuprous site. Thus, the ligand-containing loop plays an important role in tuning the entatic nature of a type 1 copper center.
Author(s): Yanagisawa S, Dennison C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Year: 2004
Volume: 126
Issue: 48
Pages: 15711-15719
ISSN (print): 0002-7863
ISSN (electronic): 1943-2984
Publisher: American Chemical Society
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja047295r
DOI: 10.1021/ja047295r
PubMed id: 15571393
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