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DOI 10.1073/pnas.1819636116
Title (Primary) One-megadalton metalloenzyme complex in Geobacter metallireducens involved in benzene ring reduction beyond the biological redox window
Author Huwiler, S.G.; Löffler, C.; Anselmann, S.E.L.; Stärk, H.-J.; von Bergen, M.; Flechsler, J.; Rachel, R.; Boll, M.
Source Titel Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Year 2019
Department ANA; MOLSYB
Volume 116
Issue 6
Page From 2259
Page To 2264
Language englisch
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Abstract Reversible biological electron transfer usually occurs between redox couples at standard redox potentials ranging from +0.8 to −0.5 V. Dearomatizing benzoyl-CoA reductases (BCRs), key enzymes of the globally relevant microbial degradation of aromatic compounds at anoxic sites, catalyze a biological Birch reduction beyond the negative limit of this redox window. The structurally characterized BamBC subunits of class II BCRs accomplish benzene ring reduction at an active-site tungsten cofactor; however, the mechanism and components involved in the energetic coupling of endergonic benzene ring reduction have remained hypothetical. We present a 1-MDa, membrane-associated, Bam[(BC)2DEFGHI]2 complex from the anaerobic bacterium Geobacter metallireducens harboring 4 tungsten, 4 zinc, 2 selenocysteines, 6 FAD, and >50 FeS cofactors. The results suggest that class II BCRs catalyze electron transfer to the aromatic ring, yielding a cyclic 1,5-dienoyl-CoA via two flavin-based electron bifurcation events. This work expands our knowledge of energetic couplings in biology by high-molecular-mass electron bifurcating machineries.
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Huwiler, S.G., Löffler, C., Anselmann, S.E.L., Stärk, H.-J., von Bergen, M., Flechsler, J., Rachel, R., Boll, M. (2019):
One-megadalton metalloenzyme complex in Geobacter metallireducens involved in benzene ring reduction beyond the biological redox window
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116 (6), 2259 - 2264