Electrochemistry of the [4Fe4S] Cluster in Base Excision Repair Proteins: Tuning the Redox Potential with DNA
Abstract
Escherichia coli endonuclease III (EndoIII) and MutY are DNA glycosylases that contain [4Fe4S] clusters and that serve to maintain the integrity of the genome after oxidative stress. Electrochemical studies on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) revealed that DNA binding by EndoIII leads to a large negative shift in the midpoint potential of the cluster, consistent with stabilization of the oxidized [4Fe4S]^(3+) form. However, the smooth, hydrophobic HOPG surface is nonideal for working with proteins in the absence of DNA. In this work, we use thin film voltammetry on a pyrolytic graphite edge electrode to overcome these limitations. Improved adsorption leads to substantial signals for both EndoIII and MutY in the absence of DNA, and a large negative potential shift is retained with DNA present. In contrast, the EndoIII mutants E200K, Y205H, and K208E, which provide electrostatic perturbations in the vicinity of the cluster, all show DNA-free potentials within error of wild type; similarly, the presence of negatively charged poly-L-glutamate does not lead to a significant potential shift. Overall, binding to the DNA polyanion is the dominant effect in tuning the redox potential of the [4Fe4S] cluster, helping to explain why all DNA-binding proteins with [4Fe4S] clusters studied to date have similar DNA-bound potentials.
Additional Information
© 2017 American Chemical Society. Received: December 22, 2016; Revised: February 15, 2017; Published: February 20, 2017. We are grateful to the NIH (GM61077 to J.K.B., CA067985 to S.S.D.), FAPESP-Brazil (Visiting Associate at Caltech Fellowship 13/10516-4 to F.N.C.), and the Moore Foundation for their support of this research. A.Z. was supported by an NSF fellowship, N.N.N. was supported by a Floyd and Mary Schwall Fellowship for Medical Research, and A.R.A. was supported by the National Institute of Aging of the NIH on a predoctoral NRSA (F31AG040954). Author Contributions: All authors have given approval to the final version of the manuscript. The authors declare no competing financial interest.Attached Files
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- PMC5423460
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20170306-132005349
- NIH
- GM61077
- NIH
- CA067985
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
- 13/10516-4
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Floyd and Mary Schwall Fellowship
- NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
- F31AG040954
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