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BFRB_PSEAE The major iron-storage protein, part of the heterooligomeric bacterioferritin (BFR) complex. The ferroxidase center binds Fe(2+), oxidizes it using dioxygen to Fe(3+), and participates in the subsequent Fe(3+) oxide mineral core formation within the central cavity of the BFR protein shell. Can store up to 600 iron atoms per bacterioferritin protein molecule (PubMed:19575528, PubMed:20067302, PubMed:25640193, PubMed:26368531). In iron-sufficient conditions (10 uM Fe(2+)) iron accumulates in BFR until about 12 hours, when it starts to deplete; stored iron is no longer detectable by 24 hours growth, iron is mobilized from the BFR as levels drop in the growth media (PubMed:28318006). Iron release from the BFR requires ferredoxin NADP reductase (FPR) and bacterioferritin-associated ferredoxin (Bfd) (PubMed:19575528, PubMed:22812654, PubMed:26368531). Reduction of the BfrB heme group occurs in the presence of Bfd, strongly suggesting that the BfrB-Bfd complex allows heme to mediate electron transfer from FPR to the Fe(3+) iron core in the BFR shell prior to its release as Fe(2+) (PubMed:19575528, PubMed:22812654, PubMed:26368531).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Mobilization of iron stored in the interior cavity of BfrB requires electron transfer from the [2Fe-2S] cluster in Bfd to the core iron in BfrB. A crystal structure of the P. aeruginosa BfrB:Bfd complex revealed that BfrB can bind up to 12 Bfd molecules at 12 structurally identical binding sites, placing the [2Fe-2S] cluster of each Bfd immediately above a heme group in BfrB [Yao, H., Wang, Y., Lovell, S., Kumar, R., Ruvinsky, A. M., Battaile, K. P., Vakser, I. A., and Rivera, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2012), 134, 13470-13481]. We report here a study aimed at characterizing the strength of the P. aeruginosa BfrB:Bfd association using surface plasmon resonance and isothermal titration calorimetry, as well as determining the binding energy hot spots at the protein-protein interaction interface. The results show that the 12 Bfd-binding sites on BfrB are equivalent and independent, and that the protein-protein association at each of these sites is driven entropically and is characterized by a dissociation constant (Kd) of approximately 3 muM. Determination of the binding energy hot spots was carried out by replacing certain residues that comprise the protein-protein interface with alanine, and by evaluating the effect of the mutation on Kd and on the efficiency of core iron mobilization from BfrB. The results identified hot-spot residues in both proteins [L_B^68, E_A^81 and E_A^85 in BfrB (superscript for residue number and subscript for chain) and Y2 and L5 in Bfd], which network at the interface to produce a highly complementary hot region for the interaction. The hot-spot residues are conserved in the amino acid sequences of Bfr and Bfd proteins from a number of gram negative pathogens, indicating that the BfrB:Bfd interaction is of widespread significance in bacterial iron metabolism.
Characterization of the Bacterioferritin/Bacterioferritin Associated Ferredoxin (BfrB:Bfd) Protein-Protein Interaction in Solution and Determination of Binding Energy Hot Spots.,Wang Y, Yao H, Cheng Y, Lovell SW, Battaile KP, Middaugh CR, Rivera M Biochemistry. 2015 Sep 28. PMID:26368531[7]
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- ↑ Weeratunga SK, Gee CE, Lovell S, Zeng Y, Woodin CL, Rivera M. Binding of Pseudomonas aeruginosa apobacterioferritin-associated ferredoxin to bacterioferritin B promotes heme mediation of electron delivery and mobilization of core mineral iron. Biochemistry. 2009 Aug 11;48(31):7420-31. PMID:19575528 doi:10.1021/bi900561a
- ↑ Weeratunga SK, Lovell S, Yao H, Battaile KP, Fischer CJ, Gee CE, Rivera M. Structural Studies of Bacterioferritin B from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Suggest a Gating Mechanism for Iron Uptake via the Ferroxidase Center . Biochemistry. 2010 Jan 21. PMID:20067302 doi:10.1021/bi9015204
- ↑ Yao H, Wang Y, Lovell SW, Kumar R, Ruvinsky AM, Battaile KP, Vakser IA, Rivera M. The structure of the BfrB-Bfd complex reveals protein-protein interactions enabling iron release from bacterioferritin. J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Jul 19. PMID:22812654 doi:10.1021/ja305180n
- ↑ Yao H, Rui H, Kumar R, Eshelman K, Lovell S, Battaile KP, Im W, Rivera M. Concerted Motions Networking Pores and Distant Ferroxidase Centers Enable Bacterioferritin Function and Iron Traffic. Biochemistry. 2015 Jan 31. PMID:25640193 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi501255r
- ↑ Wang Y, Yao H, Cheng Y, Lovell SW, Battaile KP, Middaugh CR, Rivera M. Characterization of the Bacterioferritin/Bacterioferritin Associated Ferredoxin (BfrB:Bfd) Protein-Protein Interaction in Solution and Determination of Binding Energy Hot Spots. Biochemistry. 2015 Sep 28. PMID:26368531 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00937
- ↑ Eshelman K, Yao H, Punchi Hewage AND, Deay JJ, Chandler JR, Rivera M. Inhibiting the BfrB:Bfd interaction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes irreversible iron accumulation in bacterioferritin and iron deficiency in the bacterial cytosol. Metallomics. 2017 Jun 21;9(6):646-659. PMID:28318006 doi:10.1039/c7mt00042a
- ↑ Wang Y, Yao H, Cheng Y, Lovell SW, Battaile KP, Middaugh CR, Rivera M. Characterization of the Bacterioferritin/Bacterioferritin Associated Ferredoxin (BfrB:Bfd) Protein-Protein Interaction in Solution and Determination of Binding Energy Hot Spots. Biochemistry. 2015 Sep 28. PMID:26368531 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00937
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