Elisabeth Lettau , Christian Lorent , Jens Appel , Marko Boehm , Paul R.F. Cordero , Lars Lauterbach
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Abstract
The NAD+-reducing soluble [NiFe] hydrogenase (SH) is the key enzyme for production and consumption of molecular hydrogen (H2) in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. In this study, we focused on the reductase module of the SynSH and investigated the structural and functional aspects of its subunits, particularly the so far elusive role of HoxE. We demonstrated the importance of HoxE for enzyme functionality, suggesting a regulatory role in maintaining enzyme activity and electron supply. Spectroscopic analysis confirmed that HoxE and HoxF each contain one [2Fe2S] cluster with an almost identical electronic structure. Structure predictions, alongside experimental evidence for ferredoxin interactions, revealed a remarkable similarity between SynSH and bifurcating hydrogenases, suggesting a related functional mechanism. Our study unveiled the subunit arrangement and cofactor composition essential for biological electron transfer. These findings enhance our understanding of NAD+-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenases in terms of their physiological function and structural requirements for biotechnologically relevant modifications.
期刊介绍:
BBA Bioenergetics covers the area of biological membranes involved in energy transfer and conversion. In particular, it focuses on the structures obtained by X-ray crystallography and other approaches, and molecular mechanisms of the components of photosynthesis, mitochondrial and bacterial respiration, oxidative phosphorylation, motility and transport. It spans applications of structural biology, molecular modeling, spectroscopy and biophysics in these systems, through bioenergetic aspects of mitochondrial biology including biomedicine aspects of energy metabolism in mitochondrial disorders, neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson''s and Alzheimer''s, aging, diabetes and even cancer.