ENDOR spectroscopy shows that guanine N1 binds to [4Fe-4S] cluster II of the S-adenosylmethionine-dependent enzyme MoaA: mechanistic implications.

ABSTRACT: The S-adenosylmethionine-dependent enzyme MoaA, in concert with MoaC, catalyzes the first step of molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis, the conversion of guanosine 5'-triphosphate (5'-GTP) into precursor Z. A published X-ray crystal structure of MoaA with the substrate 5'-GTP revealed that the substrate might be bound to the unique iron of one of two 4Fe-4S clusters through either or both the amino and N1 nitrogen nuclei. Use of 35 GHz continuous-wave ENDOR spectroscopy of MoaA with unlabeled and (15)N-labeled substrate and a reduced [4Fe-4S](+) cluster now demonstrates that only one nitrogen nucleus is bound to the cluster. Experiments with the substrate analogue inosine 5'-triphosphate further demonstrate that it is the N1 nitrogen that binds. Two of the more distant nitrogen nuclei have als

SUBMITTER: Lees NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2757093 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature