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Record W1993957411 · doi:10.1074/jbc.m804215200

Ligand Binding to Truncated Hemoglobin N from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Strongly Modulated by the Interplay between the Distal Heme Pocket Residues and Internal Water

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VenueJournal of Biological Chemistry · 2008
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicHemoglobin structure and function
Canadian institutionsUniversité Laval
FundersNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
KeywordsHemeMycobacterium tuberculosisHemoglobinLigand (biochemistry)ChemistryHemeproteinTuberculosisBiochemistryBiophysicsStereochemistryBiologyMedicineReceptorPathology

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The survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires detoxification of host ·NO. Oxygenated Mycobacterium tuberculosis truncated hemoglobin N catalyzes the rapid oxidation of nitric oxide to innocuous nitrate with a second-order rate constant (kNOD' ≈ 745 × 106m-1·s-1), which is ∼15-fold faster than the reaction of horse heart myoglobin. We ask what aspects of structure and/or dynamics give rise to this enhanced reactivity. A first step is to expose what controls ligand/substrate binding to the heme. We present evidence that the main barrier to ligand binding to deoxy-truncated hemoglobin N (deoxy-trHbN) is the displacement of a distal cavity water molecule, which is mainly stabilized by residue Tyr(B10) but not coordinated to the heme iron. As observed in the Tyr(B10)/Gln(E11) apolar mutants, once this kinetic barrier is lowered, CO and O2 binding is very rapid with rates approaching 1-2 × 109m-1·s-1. These large values almost certainly represent the upper limit for ligand binding to a heme protein and also indicate that the iron atom in trHbN is highly reactive. Kinetic measurements on the photoproduct of the ·NO derivative of met-trHbN, where both the ·NO and water can be directly followed, revealed that water rebinding is quite fast (∼1.49 × 108 s-1) and is responsible for the low geminate yield in trHbN. Molecular dynamics simulations, performed with trHbN and its distal mutants, indicated that in the absence of a distal water molecule, ligand access to the heme iron is not hindered. They also showed that a water molecule is stabilized next to the heme iron through hydrogen-bonding with Tyr(B10) and Gln(E11). The survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires detoxification of host ·NO. Oxygenated Mycobacterium tuberculosis truncated hemoglobin N catalyzes the rapid oxidation of nitric oxide to innocuous nitrate with a second-order rate constant (kNOD' ≈ 745 × 106m-1·s-1), which is ∼15-fold faster than the reaction of horse heart myoglobin. We ask what aspects of structure and/or dynamics give rise to this enhanced reactivity. A first step is to expose what controls ligand/substrate binding to the heme. We present evidence that the main barrier to ligand binding to deoxy-truncated hemoglobin N (deoxy-trHbN) is the displacement of a distal cavity water molecule, which is mainly stabilized by residue Tyr(B10) but not coordinated to the heme iron. As observed in the Tyr(B10)/Gln(E11) apolar mutants, once this kinetic barrier is lowered, CO and O2 binding is very rapid with rates approaching 1-2 × 109m-1·s-1. These large values almost certainly represent the upper limit for ligand binding to a heme protein and also indicate that the iron atom in trHbN is highly reactive. Kinetic measurements on the photoproduct of the ·NO derivative of met-trHbN, where both the ·NO and water can be directly followed, revealed that water rebinding is quite fast (∼1.49 × 108 s-1) and is responsible for the low geminate yield in trHbN. Molecular dynamics simulations, performed with trHbN and its distal mutants, indicated that in the absence of a distal water molecule, ligand access to the heme iron is not hindered. They also showed that a water molecule is stabilized next to the heme iron through hydrogen-bonding with Tyr(B10) and Gln(E11). ·NO plays an important role in host defense against microbial pathogens by inhibiting or inactivating key enzymes such as the terminal respiratory oxidases (1.Brunori M. Trends Biochem. Sci. 2001; 26: 21-23Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (170) Google Scholar, 2.Brunori M. Giuffre A. Sarti P. Stubauer G. Wilson M.T. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 1999; 56: 549-557Crossref PubMed Scopus (83) Google Scholar, 3.Stevanin T.M. Ioannidis N. Mills C.E. Kim S.O. Hughes M.N. Poole R.K. J. Biol. Chem. 2000; 275: 35868-35875Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (144) Google Scholar, 4.Cleeter M.W. Cooper J.M. Darley-Usmar V.M. Moncada S. Schapira A.H. FEBS Lett. 1994; 345: 50-54Crossref PubMed Scopus (1154) Google Scholar, 5.Brown G.C. Cooper C.E. FEBS Lett. 1994; 356: 295-298Crossref PubMed Scopus (945) Google Scholar) and the iron/sulfur protein aconitase (6.Gardner P.R. Costantino G. Salzman A.L. J. Biol. Chem. 1998; 273: 26528-26533Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (71) Google Scholar, 7.Gardner P.R. Costantino G. Szabo C. Salzman A.L. J. Biol. Chem. 1997; 272: 25071-25076Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (210) Google Scholar). ·NO also combines at near diffusion-limited rate with superoxide produced by respiring cells to form the highly oxidizing agent peroxynitrite (8.Kissner R. Nauser T. Bugnon P. Lye P.G. Koppenol W.H. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 1997; 10: 1285-1292Crossref PubMed Scopus (566) Google Scholar, 9.Pfeiffer S. Gorren A.C.F. Schmidt K. Werner E. Hansert B. Bohle D.S. Mayer B. J. Biol. Chem. 1997; 272: 3465-3470Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (304) Google Scholar). ·NO-metabolizing reactions are, thus, required to defend microbial pathogens against ·NO poisoning. In Mycobacterium tuberculosis the glbN gene encodes the truncated hemoglobin N (trHbN) 4The abbreviations used are: trHbN, M. tuberculosis truncated hemoglobin N; ·NO, nitric oxide; NOD, nitric oxide dioxygenase; Hb, hemoglobin; Mb, myoglobin; MD, molecular dynamics; DHP, distal heme pocket; 5C, 5 coordinated. 4The abbreviations used are: trHbN, M. tuberculosis truncated hemoglobin N; ·NO, nitric oxide; NOD, nitric oxide dioxygenase; Hb, hemoglobin; Mb, myoglobin; MD, molecular dynamics; DHP, distal heme pocket; 5C, 5 coordinated. (Fig. 1). Inactivation of glbN in Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin impairs the ability of stationary phase cells to protect aerobic respiration from nitric oxide (·NO) inhibition, suggesting that trHbN may protect M. tuberculosis from ·NO toxicity in vivo (10.Ouellet H. Ouellet Y. Richard C. Labarre M. Wittenberg B. Wittenberg J. Guertin M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2002; 99: 5902-5907Crossref PubMed Scopus (237) Google Scholar). This functional assessment is supported by the observation that trHbN catalyzes the rapid oxidation of ·NO to nitrate (trHbN(Fe2+-O2)+·NO→trHbN(Fe3+)+NO3-), with a second-order rate constant kNOD' ≈ 745 × 106m-1·s-1 (23 °C) (10.Ouellet H. Ouellet Y. Richard C. Labarre M. Wittenberg B. Wittenberg J. Guertin M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2002; 99: 5902-5907Crossref PubMed Scopus (237) Google Scholar). The nitric oxide dioxygenase (NOD) reaction catalyzed by trHbN is at least 15-fold faster (kNOD' ≈ 45 × 106m-1·s-1 at 23 °C) than the one recorded for horse heart myoglobin (Mb) and is almost as efficient as the diffusion-controlled reaction of ·NO with free O2.̲ A critical issue in this context is what aspects of structure and/or dynamics give rise to this enhanced reactivity. A first step is to expose what controls ligand/substrate binding to the heme. Once the ligand/substrate accesses the distal heme pocket (DHP), the issue of reactivity focuses on local factors such as iron reactivity and steric effects originating within the DHP. Inspection of Mb and trHbN structures shows that in Mb the imidazole ring of the proximal His is in an eclipsed orientation with respect to the pyrrole nitrogen atoms. 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The yield and fast rates for the be to the very low of water within the DHP. this both kinetic measurements on the photoproduct of the ·NO derivative of met-trHbN, where both the ·NO and water can be directly followed, and to the of water within the of trHbN as a of and and studies indicated that Tyr(B10) and the coordinated water molecule in trHbN at 23 and Y. M. M. M. Guertin M. PubMed Scopus Google Scholar). the of apolar at Tyr(B10) and of heme with water coordinated to the iron atom Y. M. M. M. Guertin M. PubMed Scopus Google Scholar). 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A. Ouellet Y. P. Guertin M. M. J. 2001; PubMed Scopus Google Scholar, M. E. P. A. M. J. Mol. Biol. PubMed Scopus Google Scholar) and also indicate that the heme iron in trHbN is highly reactive. rapid access to the is to the of the which may rapid and of the apolar the distal heme In the rapid of apolar ligand to the may be responsible for the efficient reaction catalyzed by trHbN × In to ligand water in the can in important and and with trHbN that of the rapid of the distal heme which of the bond and rapid of the nitrate from the A. A. J. Chem. PubMed Scopus Google Scholar). water in the the rapid of which is to an efficient detoxification and survival of the with that water to the distal heme at a rate of × 108 with and that water the distal heme pocket at a rate of × and × The large in the rates of water rebinding a barrier for water in trHbN, which can be in to the interactions of water with the distal Tyr(B10) and Gln(E11). 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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.427

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

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Opus teacher head0.011
GPT teacher head0.239
Teacher spread0.229 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it