Site-directed mutagenesis of the highly perturbed copper site of auracyanin D. 2014

Jeremy D King, and Lucas Harrington, and Bryan M Lada, and Guannan He, and Jason W Cooley, and Robert E Blankenship
Graduate Program in Plant Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States.

Type-1 copper proteins participate in redox reactions and biological catalysis. Significant variation exists within the electronic structure of type-1 copper sites, producing both blue and green proteins. Classical, "blue" sites have been extensively studied, but "green" sites have been poorly characterized. We recently discovered a green copper protein, called auracyanin D. Here, we report a series of axial ligand mutations in auracyanin D, and characterize the resulting spectral and redox changes. The resulting mutants appear blue, green, and red and vary in redox potential from +56mV to +786mV. This is the largest change in redox potential to date for any type-1 center. We found that in this green protein, modifications of the axial ligand produce significantly larger changes than similar mutations in blue type-1 copper sites.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008667 Metalloproteins Proteins that have one or more tightly bound metal ions forming part of their structure. (Dorland, 28th ed) Metalloprotein
D003300 Copper A heavy metal trace element with the atomic symbol Cu, atomic number 29, and atomic weight 63.55. Copper-63,Copper 63
D001426 Bacterial Proteins Proteins found in any species of bacterium. Bacterial Gene Products,Bacterial Gene Proteins,Gene Products, Bacterial,Bacterial Gene Product,Bacterial Gene Protein,Bacterial Protein,Gene Product, Bacterial,Gene Protein, Bacterial,Gene Proteins, Bacterial,Protein, Bacterial,Proteins, Bacterial
D001665 Binding Sites The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule. Combining Site,Binding Site,Combining Sites,Site, Binding,Site, Combining,Sites, Binding,Sites, Combining
D016297 Mutagenesis, Site-Directed Genetically engineered MUTAGENESIS at a specific site in the DNA molecule that introduces a base substitution, or an insertion or deletion. Mutagenesis, Oligonucleotide-Directed,Mutagenesis, Site-Specific,Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis,Site-Directed Mutagenesis,Site-Specific Mutagenesis,Mutageneses, Oligonucleotide-Directed,Mutageneses, Site-Directed,Mutageneses, Site-Specific,Mutagenesis, Oligonucleotide Directed,Mutagenesis, Site Directed,Mutagenesis, Site Specific,Oligonucleotide Directed Mutagenesis,Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutageneses,Site Directed Mutagenesis,Site Specific Mutagenesis,Site-Directed Mutageneses,Site-Specific Mutageneses

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