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The class Ib ribonucleotide reductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis has two active R2F subunits. 2014

Marta Hammerstad, and Asmund K Røhr, and Niels H Andersen, and Astrid Gräslund, and Martin Högbom, and K Kristoffer Andersson
Department of Biosciences, Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066, Blindern, 0316, Oslo, Norway.

Ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) catalyze the reduction of ribonucleotides to their corresponding deoxyribonucleotides, playing a crucial role in DNA repair and replication in all living organisms. Class Ib RNRs require either a diiron-tyrosyl radical (Y·) or a dimanganese-Y· cofactor in their R2F subunit to initiate ribonucleotide reduction in the R1 subunit. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, contains two genes, nrdF1 and nrdF2, encoding the small subunits R2F-1 and R2F-2, respectively, where the latter has been thought to serve as the only active small subunit in the M. tuberculosis class Ib RNR. Here, we present evidence for the presence of an active Fe 2 (III) -Y· cofactor in the M. tuberculosis RNR R2F-1 small subunit, supported and characterized by UV-vis, X-band electron paramagnetic resonance, and resonance Raman spectroscopy, showing features similar to those for the M. tuberculosis R2F-2-Fe 2 (III) -Y· cofactor. We also report enzymatic activity of Fe 2 (III) -R2F-1 when assayed with R1, and suggest that the active M. tuberculosis class Ib RNR can use two different small subunits, R2F-1 and R2F-2, with similar activity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009169 Mycobacterium tuberculosis A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation. Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
D012264 Ribonucleotide Reductases Ribonucleotide Reductase,Reductase, Ribonucleotide,Reductases, Ribonucleotide
D020134 Catalytic Domain The region of an enzyme that interacts with its substrate to cause the enzymatic reaction. Active Site,Catalytic Core,Catalytic Region,Catalytic Site,Catalytic Subunit,Reactive Site,Active Sites,Catalytic Cores,Catalytic Domains,Catalytic Regions,Catalytic Sites,Catalytic Subunits,Core, Catalytic,Cores, Catalytic,Domain, Catalytic,Domains, Catalytic,Reactive Sites,Region, Catalytic,Regions, Catalytic,Site, Active,Site, Catalytic,Site, Reactive,Sites, Active,Sites, Catalytic,Sites, Reactive,Subunit, Catalytic,Subunits, Catalytic
D021122 Protein Subunits Single chains of amino acids that are the units of multimeric PROTEINS. Multimeric proteins can be composed of identical or non-identical subunits. One or more monomeric subunits may compose a protomer which itself is a subunit structure of a larger assembly. Protomers,Protein Subunit,Protomer,Subunit, Protein,Subunits, Protein

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