The active-site cysteinyls and hydrophobic cavity residues of ResA are important for cytochrome c maturation in Bacillus subtilis

Hodson, Christopher T. C., Lewin, Allison, Hederstedt, Lars and Le Brun, Nick E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-4061 (2008) The active-site cysteinyls and hydrophobic cavity residues of ResA are important for cytochrome c maturation in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology, 190 (13). pp. 4697-4705. ISSN 1098-5530

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Abstract

ResA is an extracytoplasmic membrane-bound thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase required for cytochrome c maturation in Bacillus subtilis. Previous biochemical and structural studies have revealed that the active-site cysteinyls cycle between oxidized and reduced states with a low reduction potential and that, upon reduction, a hydrophobic cavity forms close to the active site. Here we report in vivo studies of ResA-deficient B. subtilis complemented with a series of ResA variants. Using a range of methods to analyze the cellular cytochrome c content, we demonstrated (i) that the N-terminal transmembrane segment of ResA serves principally to anchor the protein to the cytoplasmic membrane but also plays a role in mediating the activity of the protein; (ii) that the active-site cysteines are important for cytochrome c maturation activity; (iii) that Pro141, which forms part of the hydrophobic cavity and which adopts a cis conformation, plays an important role in protein stability; (iv) that Glu80, which lies at the base of the hydrophobic cavity, is important for cytochrome c maturation activity; and, finally, (v) that Pro141 and Glu80 ResA mutant variants promote selective maturation of low levels of one c-type cytochrome, subunit II of the cytochrome c oxidase caa3, indicating that this apocytochrome is distinct from the other three endogenous c-type cytochromes of B. subtilis.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science > School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy (former - to 2009)
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes
Depositing User: Rachel Smith
Date Deposited: 07 Apr 2011 14:19
Last Modified: 16 Jan 2023 16:31
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/28486
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00145-08

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