Flexibility of the CueR Metal Site Probed by Instantaneous Change of Element and Oxidation State from AgI to CdII

Balogh, Ria K. and Gyurcsik, Béla and Jensen, Mikael and Thulstrup, Peter W. and Köster, Ulli and Christensen, Niels Johan and Mørch, Frederik J. and Jensen, Marianne L. and Jancsó, Attila and Hemmingsen, Lars (2020) Flexibility of the CueR Metal Site Probed by Instantaneous Change of Element and Oxidation State from AgI to CdII. CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 26 (33). pp. 7451-7457. ISSN 0947-6539 (print); 1521-3765 (online)

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Abstract

Selectivity for monovalent metal ions is an important facet of the function of the metalloregulatory protein CueR. 111Ag perturbed angular correlation of g-rays (PAC) spectroscopy probes the metal site structure and the relaxation accompanying the instantaneous change from AgI to CdII upon 111Ag radioactive decay. That is, a change from AgI, which activates transcription, to CdII, which does not. In the frozen state (@196 8C) two nuclear quadrupole interactions (NQIs) are observed; one (NQI1) agrees well with two coordinating thiolates and an additional longer contact to the S77 backbone carbonyl, and the other (NQI2) reflects that CdII has attracted additional ligand(s). At 1 8C only NQI2 is observed, demonstrating that relaxation to this structure occurs within &10 ns of the decay of 111Ag. Thus, transformation from AgI to CdII rapidly disrupts the functional linear bis(thiolato)AgI metal site structure. This inherent metal site flexibility may be central to CueR function, leading to re-modelling into a non-functional structure upon binding of non-cognate metal ions. In a broader perspective, 111Ag PAC spectroscopy may be applied to probe the flexibility of protein metal sites.

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