Wei Wang, Peng Zhou, Yao He, Lu Yu, Ying Xiong, Changlin Tian, Fangming Wu
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2014 Sep 26Rhodanese domains are abundant structural modules that catalyze the transfer of a sulfur atom from thiolsulfates to cyanide via formation of a covalent persulfide intermediate that is bound to an essential conserved cysteine residue. In this study, the three-dimensional structure of the rhodanese domain of YgaP from Escherichia coli was determined using solution NMR. A typical rhodanese domain fold was observed, as expected from the high homology with the catalytic domain of other sulfur transferases. The initial sulfur-transfer step and formation of the rhodanese persulfide intermediate were monitored by addition of sodium thiosulfate using two-dimensional (1)H-(15)N correlation spectroscopy. Discrete sharp signals were observed upon substrate addition, indicting fast exchange between sulfur-free and persulfide-intermediate forms. Residues exhibiting pronounced chemical shift changes were mapped to the structure, and included both substrate binding and surrounding residues. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Wei Wang, Peng Zhou, Yao He, Lu Yu, Ying Xiong, Changlin Tian, Fangming Wu. Fast conformational exchange between the sulfur-free and persulfide-bound rhodanese domain of E. coli YgaP. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2014 Sep 26;452(3):817-21
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