Synergistic effects of copper sites on apparent stability of multicopper oxidase, Fet3p
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2018

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fet3p is a multicopper oxidase that contains three cupredoxin-like domains and four copper ions located in three distinct metal sites (T1 in domain 3; T2 and the binuclear T3 at the interface between domains 1 and 3). To probe the role of the copper sites in Fet3p thermodynamic stability, we performed urea-induced unfolding experiments with holo-, apoand three partially-metallated (T1, T2 and T1/T2 sites depleted of copper) forms of Fet3p. Using a combination of spectroscopic probes (circular dichroism, fluorescence intensity and maximum, 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid (ANS) emission, oxidase activity and blue color), we reveal that all forms of Fet3p unfold in a four-state reaction with two partially-folded intermediates. Using phase diagrams, it emerged that Fet3p with all copper sites filled had a significantly higher stability as compared to the combined contributions of the individual copper sites. Hence, there is long-range inter-domain communication between distal copper sites that contribute to overall Fet3p stability.

Phase diagram method

Multicopper oxidases MCO

Multidomain protein stability

Cupredoxin-like domain

Fet3p

Författare

Erik Sedlák

Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika

Gabriel Žoldák

Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika

Pernilla Wittung Stafshede

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Kemisk biologi

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

16616596 (ISSN) 14220067 (eISSN)

Vol. 19 1 269

Ämneskategorier

Biokemi och molekylärbiologi

Annan medicinsk grundvetenskap

Strukturbiologi

DOI

10.3390/ijms19010269

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