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The thioreduction component CcmG confers efficiency and the heme ligation component CcmH ensures stereo-specificity during cytochrome c maturation

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Verissimo, Andreia F., Khalfaoui-Hassani, Bahia, Hwang, Josephine, Steimle, Stefan, Selamoglu, Nur, Sanders, Carsten, Khatchikian, Camilo E., Daldal, Fevzi·2017·Journal of Biological Chemistry

Abstract

In many Gram-negative bacteria, including Rhodobacter capsulatus, cytochrome c maturation (Ccm) is carried out by a membrane-integral machinery composed of nine proteins (CcmA to I). During this process, the periplasmic thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase DsbA is thought to catalyze the formation of a disulfide bond between the Cys residues at the apocytochrome c heme-binding site (C XX CH). Subsequently, a Ccm-specific thioreductive pathway involving CcmG and CcmH reduces this disulfide bond to allow covalent heme ligation. Currently, the sequence of thioredox reactions occurring between these components and apocytochrome c and the identity of their active Cys residues are unknown. In this work, we first investigated protein–protein interactions among the apocytochrome c, CcmG, and the heme-ligation components CcmF, CcmH, and CcmI. We found that they all interact with each other, forming a CcmFGHI–apocytochrome c complex. Using purified wild-type CcmG, CcmH, and apocytochrome c, as well as their respective Cys mutant variants, we determined the rates of thiol-disulfide exchange reactions between selected pairs of Cys residues from these proteins. We established that CcmG can efficiently reduce the disulfide bond of apocytochrome c and also resolve a mixed disulfide bond formed between apocytochrome c and CcmH. We further show that Cys-45 of CcmH and Cys-34 of apocytochrome c are most likely to form this mixed disulfide bond, which is consistent with the stereo-specificity of the heme–apocytochrome c ligation reaction. We conclude that CcmG confers efficiency, and CcmH ensures stereo-specificity during Ccm and present a comprehensive model for thioreduction reactions that lead to heme–apocytochrome c ligation.

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Authors
Verissimo, A. F., Khalfaoui-Hassani, B., Hwang, J., Steimle, S., Selamoglu, N., Sanders, C., Khatchikian, C. E., & Daldal, F.
Affiliations
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Kutztown University (US)
  • The University of Texas at El Paso (US)
Corresponding author
Daldal, Fevzi
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-08
Volume
292
Issue
32
Pages
13154-13167
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2629863205
Cited by
21
References
52
Citations by year
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0.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences (DOE DE-FG02–91ER20052)
  • Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (GM 38237, 5G12MD007592)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Keywords
cytochrome c maturation, apocytochrome c, heme ligation, disulfide bond reduction, thiol-disulfide exchange, protein-protein interaction, Rhodobacter capsulatus, DsbA
MeSH terms
Apoenzymes, Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins, Bacterial Proteins, Binding Sites, Cysteine, Cystine, Heme, Models, Biological, Mutation, Oxidation-Reduction, Peptide Fragments, Protein Disulfide Reductase (Glutathione), Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Recombinant Proteins, Stereoisomerism, Rhodobacter capsulatus, Amino Acid Substitution, Cytochromes c, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Protein Multimerization

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