Two-Dimensional Magnetization Exchange Spectroscopy of Anabaena 7120 Ferredoxin. Nuclear Overhauser Effect and Electron Self-Exchange Cross Peaks from Amino Acid Residues Surrounding the 2Fe–2S* Cluster

Lars Skjeldal, Byung Ha Oh, William M. Westler, Andrzej M. Krezel, John L. Markley, Hazel M. Holden, Bruce L. Jacobson, Ivan Rayment

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Abstract

Hyperfine 1H NMR signals of the 2Fe–2S* vegetative ferredoxin from Anabaena 7120 have been studied by two-dimensional (2D) magnetization exchange spectroscopy. The rapid longitudinal relaxation rates of these signals required the use of very short nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) mixing times (0.5–20 ms). The resulting pattern of NOE cross-relaxation peaks when combined with previous ID NOE results [Dugad, L. B., La Mar, G. N., Banci, L., & Bertini, I. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 2263-2271] led to elucidation of the carbon-bound proton spin systems from each of the four cysteines ligated to the 2Fe–2S* cluster in the reduced ferredoxin. Additional NOE cross peaks were observed that provide information about other amino acid residues that interact with the iron-sulfur cluster. NOE cross peaks were assigned tentatively to Leu27, Arg42, and Ala43 on the basis of the X-ray coordinates of oxidized Anabaena 7120 ferredoxin [Rypniewski, W. R., Breiter, D. R., Benning, M. M., Wesenberg, G., Oh, B.-H., Markley, J. L., Rayment, I., & Holden, H. M. (1991) Biochemistry 30, 4126-4131]. Three chemical exchange cross peaks were detected in magnetization exchange spectra of half-reduced ferredoxin and assigned to the 1Hα protons of Cys49 and Cys79 [both of whose sulfur atoms are ligated to Fe(III)] and Arg42 (whose amide nitrogen is hydrogen-bonded to one of the inorganic sulfurs of the 2Fe–2S* cluster). The chemical exchange cross peaks provide a means of extending assignments in the spectrum of reduced ferredoxin to assignments in the spectrum of the oxidized protein. Our results suggest that 2D magnetization exchange spectroscopy employing short mixing times will be useful for the assignment and characterization of hyperfine 1H peaks in a variety of paramagnetic proteins.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7363-7368
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemistry
Volume30
Issue number30
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 1991

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