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A chemically competent thiosulfuranyl radical on the Escherichia coli class III ribonucleotide reductase.

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Wei, Y; Mathies, G; Yokoyama, K; Chen, J; Griffin, RG; Stubbe, J
Published in: J Am Chem Soc
June 25, 2014

The class III ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) are glycyl radical (G•) enzymes that provide the balanced pool of deoxynucleotides required for DNA synthesis and repair in many facultative and obligate anaerobic bacteria and archaea. Unlike the class I and II RNRs, where reducing equivalents for the reaction are delivered by a redoxin (thioredoxin, glutaredoxin, or NrdH) via a pair of conserved active site cysteines, the class III RNRs examined to date use formate as the reductant. Here, we report that reaction of the Escherichia coli class III RNR with CTP (substrate) and ATP (allosteric effector) in the absence of formate leads to loss of the G• concomitant with stoichiometric formation of a new radical species and a "trapped" cytidine derivative that can break down to cytosine. Addition of formate to the new species results in recovery of 80% of the G• and reduction of the cytidine derivative, proposed to be 3'-keto-deoxycytidine, to dCTP and a small amount of cytosine. The structure of the new radical has been identified by 9.5 and 140 GHz EPR spectroscopy on isotopically labeled varieties of the protein to be a thiosulfuranyl radical [RSSR2]•, composed of a cysteine thiyl radical stabilized by an interaction with a methionine residue. The presence of a stable radical species on the reaction pathway rationalizes the previously reported [(3)H]-(k(cat)/K(M)) isotope effect of 2.3 with [(3)H]-formate, requiring formate to exchange between the active site and solution during nucleotide reduction. Analogies with the disulfide anion radical proposed to provide the reducing equivalent to the 3'-keto-deoxycytidine intermediate by the class I and II RNRs provide further evidence for the involvement of thiyl radicals in the reductive half-reaction catalyzed by all RNRs.

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J Am Chem Soc

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EISSN

1520-5126

Publication Date

June 25, 2014

Volume

136

Issue

25

Start / End Page

9001 / 9013

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Ribonucleotide Reductases
  • Molecular Structure
  • General Chemistry
  • Free Radicals
  • Escherichia coli
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
 

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Wei, Y., Mathies, G., Yokoyama, K., Chen, J., Griffin, R. G., & Stubbe, J. (2014). A chemically competent thiosulfuranyl radical on the Escherichia coli class III ribonucleotide reductase. J Am Chem Soc, 136(25), 9001–9013. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja5030194
Wei, Yifeng, Guinevere Mathies, Kenichi Yokoyama, Jiahao Chen, Robert G. Griffin, and JoAnne Stubbe. “A chemically competent thiosulfuranyl radical on the Escherichia coli class III ribonucleotide reductase.J Am Chem Soc 136, no. 25 (June 25, 2014): 9001–13. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja5030194.
Wei Y, Mathies G, Yokoyama K, Chen J, Griffin RG, Stubbe J. A chemically competent thiosulfuranyl radical on the Escherichia coli class III ribonucleotide reductase. J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Jun 25;136(25):9001–13.
Wei, Yifeng, et al. “A chemically competent thiosulfuranyl radical on the Escherichia coli class III ribonucleotide reductase.J Am Chem Soc, vol. 136, no. 25, June 2014, pp. 9001–13. Pubmed, doi:10.1021/ja5030194.
Wei Y, Mathies G, Yokoyama K, Chen J, Griffin RG, Stubbe J. A chemically competent thiosulfuranyl radical on the Escherichia coli class III ribonucleotide reductase. J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Jun 25;136(25):9001–9013.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Chem Soc

DOI

EISSN

1520-5126

Publication Date

June 25, 2014

Volume

136

Issue

25

Start / End Page

9001 / 9013

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Ribonucleotide Reductases
  • Molecular Structure
  • General Chemistry
  • Free Radicals
  • Escherichia coli
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 03 Chemical Sciences