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8PBB

CHAPSO treated partial catalytic component (comprising only AnfD & AnfK, lacking AnfG and FeFeco) of iron nitrogenase from Rhodobacter capsulatus

Summary for 8PBB
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb8pbb/pdb
Related8OIE
EMDB information17583
DescriptorNitrogenase protein alpha chain, Nitrogenase iron-iron protein, beta subunit, FE(8)-S(7) CLUSTER (3 entities in total)
Functional Keywordsnitrogen fixation, fe nitrogenase, oxidoreductase
Biological sourceRhodobacter capsulatus SB 1003
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Total number of polymer chains4
Total formula weight223337.46
Authors
Schmidt, F.V.,Schulz, L.,Zarzycki, J.,Prinz, S.,Erb, T.J.,Rebelein, J.G. (deposition date: 2023-06-09, release date: 2023-10-04, Last modification date: 2024-01-31)
Primary citationSchmidt, F.V.,Schulz, L.,Zarzycki, J.,Prinz, S.,Oehlmann, N.N.,Erb, T.J.,Rebelein, J.G.
Structural insights into the iron nitrogenase complex.
Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol., 31:150-158, 2024
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PubMed Abstract: Nitrogenases are best known for catalyzing the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia at a complex metallic cofactor. Recently, nitrogenases were shown to reduce carbon dioxide (CO) and carbon monoxide to hydrocarbons, offering a pathway to recycle carbon waste into hydrocarbon products. Among the three nitrogenase isozymes, the iron nitrogenase has the highest wild-type activity for the reduction of CO, but the molecular architecture facilitating these activities has remained unknown. Here, we report a 2.35-Å cryogenic electron microscopy structure of the ADP·AlF-stabilized iron nitrogenase complex from Rhodobacter capsulatus, revealing an [FeSC-(R)-homocitrate] cluster in the active site. The enzyme complex suggests that the iron nitrogenase G subunit is involved in cluster stabilization and substrate channeling and confers specificity between nitrogenase reductase and catalytic component proteins. Moreover, the structure highlights a different interface between the two catalytic halves of the iron and the molybdenum nitrogenase, potentially influencing the intrasubunit 'communication' and thus the nitrogenase mechanism.
PubMed: 38062208
DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-01124-2
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Experimental method
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (2.49 Å)
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