5N0J

Structure of a novel oxidoreductase from Gloeobacter violaceus

Summary for 5N0J

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb5n0j/pdb
• Descriptor: Gll2934 protein, FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE, SULFATE ION, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: oxidoreductase, flavoprotein
• Biological source: Gloeobacter violaceus
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 82249.82

Authors

Buey, R.M.,Galindo-Trigo, S.,de Pereda, J.M.,Balsera, M. (deposition date: 2017-02-03, release date: 2017-11-15, Last modification date: 2024-01-17)

Primary citation

Buey, R.M.,Arellano, J.B.,Lopez-Maury, L.,Galindo-Trigo, S.,Velazquez-Campoy, A.,Revuelta, J.L.,de Pereda, J.M.,Florencio, F.J.,Schurmann, P.,Buchanan, B.B.,Balsera, M.
Unprecedented pathway of reducing equivalents in a diflavin-linked disulfide oxidoreductase.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 114:12725-12730, 2017

PubMed Abstract: Flavoproteins participate in a wide variety of physiologically relevant processes that typically involve redox reactions. Within this protein superfamily, there exists a group that is able to transfer reducing equivalents from FAD to a redox-active disulfide bridge, which further reduces disulfide bridges in target proteins to regulate their structure and function. We have identified a previously undescribed type of flavin enzyme that is exclusive to oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes and that is based on the primary sequence that had been assigned as an NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase (NTR). However, our experimental data show that the protein does not transfer reducing equivalents from flavins to disulfides as in NTRs but functions in the opposite direction. High-resolution structures of the protein from and sp. PCC6803 obtained by X-ray crystallography showed two juxtaposed FAD molecules per monomer in redox communication with an active disulfide bridge in a variant of the fold adopted by NTRs. We have tentatively named the flavoprotein "DDOR" (diflavin-linked disulfide oxidoreductase) and propose that its activity is linked to a thiol-based transfer of reducing equivalents in bacterial membranes. These findings expand the structural and mechanistic repertoire of flavoenzymes with oxidoreductase activity and pave the way to explore new protein engineering approaches aimed at designing redox-active proteins for diverse biotechnological applications.

PubMed: 29133410
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713698114

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.949 Å)