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Biophysical Characterization of CowN from Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus

固氮酶 化学 固氮 生物化学 腿血红蛋白 氮气 有机化学 根瘤
作者
Kevin Bretzing,Cedric P. Owens,Christine Lo Verde,Alejandro Espinoza
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期刊:The FASEB Journal [Wiley]
卷期号:34 (S1): 1-1
标识
DOI:10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.09813
摘要

Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus is a nitrogen fixing bacterium that associates with plants and plays a crucial part in providing fixed nitrogen to many crops such as sugar cane. The enzyme responsible for reducing atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia is nitrogenase. The presence of carbon monoxide gas will inhibit nitrogen fixation by nitrogenase. Many diazotrophs have a mechanism of protecting nitrogenase in vivo. In G. diazotrophicus , a protein called CowN protects nitrogenase from inhibition by carbon monoxide. Here, we present structural and biophysical characterization of CowN. Following heterologous expression of CowN in Escherichia coli and purification by affinity and size exclusion chromatography, CowN is found in two different oligomeric states; monomer and large soluble aggregate. Dynamic light scattering indicates the monomer has a radius of 1.9 nm, whereas the aggregate is larger than 5 nm. While the monomer protects nitrogenase from carbon monoxide inhibition, the aggregate does not. To determine what causes CowN aggregation and if it represents a physiologically relevant process, we investigated the mechanism of CowN aggregation. We discovered that high salt and protein concentration increase the propensity of CowN to aggregate. We further determined that under reducing conditions the monomeric state is preferred, suggesting that oxidation of CowN’s single cysteine residue plays a role in aggregation. Together, the data suggests that CowN may be most active under oxidizing conditions and, further, that aggregation might represent a mechanism to inactivate the enzyme at high concentration. Support or Funding Information This research was supported by the Chapman Center for Undergraduate Excellence, USDA‐NIFA (Grant no. 2015‐67012‐22895) and the National Science Foundation (Grant no. 1905399).

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