The thioreduction component CcmG confers efficiency and the heme ligation component CcmH ensures stereo-specificity during cytochrome c maturation
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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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CcmFGH covalently attaches the heme to nascent cytochrome c-type proteins.
“Subsequently, CcmFGH covalently attaches the heme to nascent cytochrome c-type proteins45,46.”
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After entering the reaction groove, apocyt c is first reduced by Cys80 and Cys83 of CcmG.
“Of the previously proposed mechanisms46, our model supports the following: after entering the reaction groove, apocyt c is first reduced by Cys80 and Cys83 of CcmG.”
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The reduction of a mixed disulfide between the CXXC motifs of CcmG and H as proposed in an alternate mechanism is unlikely according to these models.
“and hence the reduction of a mixed disulfide between these two motifs as proposed in an alternate mechanism46 is unlikely according to these models.”
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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)
- PMC
- PMC5555179
- OpenAlex
- W2629863205
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- 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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