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Structurally Mapping Endogenous Heme in the CcmCDE Membrane Complex for Cytochrome c Biogenesis

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Sutherland, Molly C., Jarodsky, Joshua M., Ovchinnikov, Sergey, Baker, David, Kranz, Robert G.·2018·Journal of Molecular Biology

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Although many putative heme transporters have been discovered, it has been challenging to prove that these proteins are directly involved with heme trafficking in vivo and to identify their heme binding domains. The prokaryotic pathways for cytochrome c biogenesis, Systems I and II, transport heme from inside the cell to outside for stereochemical attachment to cytochrome c, making them excellent models to study heme trafficking. System I is composed of eight integral membrane proteins (CcmA-H) and is proposed to transport heme via CcmC to an external "WWD" domain for presentation to the membrane-tethered heme chaperone, CcmE. Herein, we develop a new cysteine/heme crosslinking approach to trap and map endogenous heme in CcmC (WWD domain) and CcmE (defining "2-vinyl" and "4-vinyl" pockets for heme). Crosslinking occurs when either of the two vinyl groups of heme localize near a thiol of an engineered cysteine residue. Double crosslinking, whereby both vinyls crosslink to two engineered cysteines, facilitated a more detailed structural mapping of the heme binding sites, including stereospecificity. Using heme crosslinking results, heme ligand identification, and genomic coevolution data, we model the structure of the CcmCDE complex, including the WWD heme binding domain. We conclude that CcmC trafficks heme via its WWD domain and propose the structural basis for stereochemical attachment of heme.

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Authors
Sutherland, M. C., Jarodsky, J. M., Ovchinnikov, S., Baker, D., & Kranz, R. G.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Kranz, Robert G.
Venue
Journal of Molecular Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-04
Volume
430
Issue
8
Pages
1065-1080
ISSN
0022-2836 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2793251203
Cited by
23
References
62
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0.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Molecular Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (R01 GM47909, F32GM115020)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Hemoglobin structure and function
Keywords
heme transport, cytochrome c biogenesis, CCMC, heme binding site, heme trafficking
MeSH terms
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins, Bacterial Proteins, Binding Sites, Cysteine, Escherichia coli, Heme, Hemeproteins, Membrane Proteins, Models, Molecular, Mutation, Protein Binding, Protein Transport, Escherichia coli Proteins, Cytochromes c, Multiprotein Complexes

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