Abstract:
:Nitric oxide (NO) synthases (NOS) are thiolate-ligated heme-, tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4))-, and flavin-containing monooxygenases which catalyze the NADPH-dependent conversion of L-arginine (L-Arg) to NO AND citrulline. NOS consists of two domains: an N-terminal oxygenase (heme- and BH(4)-bound) domain and a C-terminal reductase (FMN- and FAD-bound) domain. In this study, we have spectroscopically examined the binding of L-Agr and BH(4) to the dimeric, BH(4)-free ferric neuronal NOS (NNOS) oxygenase domain expressed in Escherichia coli separately from the reductase domain. Addition of L-Arg or its analogue inhibitors (N(G)()-methyl-L-Arg, N(G)()-nitro-L-Arg) and BH(4), together with dithiothreitol (DTT), to the pterin-free ferric low-spin oxygenase domain (gamma(MAX): 419, 538, 568 NM) and incubation for 2-3 days at 4 degrees C converted the domain to a native enzyme-type, predominantly high-spin state (gamma(MAX): approximately 395, approximately 512, approximately 650 NM). 7,8-Dihydrobiopterin and other thiols (E.G., beta-mercaptoethanol, cysteine, and glutathione, with less effectiveness) can replace BH(4) and DTT, respectively. the UV-visible absorption spectrum of L-Arg-bound ferric full length NNOS, which exhibits a relatively intense band at approximately 650 NM (epsilon equals 7.5-8 MM(-)(1) CM(-)(1)) due to the presence of a neutral flavin semiquinone, can then be quantitatively reconstructed by combining the spectra of equimolar amounts of the oxygenase and reductase domains. Of particular note, the heme spin-state conversion does not occur in the absence of a thiol even after prolonged (35-48 H) incubation of the oxygenase domain with BH(4) and/or L-Arg under anaerobic conditions. Thus, DTT (or other thiols) plays a significant role(s) beyond keeping BH(4) in its reduced form, In restoring the pterin- and/or substrate-binding capability of the E. coli-expressed, BH(4) free, dimeric NNOS oxygenase domain. Our results in combination with recently available X-ray crystallography and site-directed mutagenesis data suggest that the observed DTT effects arise from the involvement of an intersubunit disulfide bond or its rearrangement in the NOS dimer.
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Biochemistryjournal_title
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Sono M,Ledbetter AP,McMillan K,Roman LJ,Shea TM,Masters BS,Dawson JHdoi
10.1021/bi991580jsubject
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1999-11-30 00:00:00pages
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1520-4995pii
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