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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014

Transient conformational fluctuation of TePixD during a reaction.

Kunisato Kuroi, Koji Okajima, Masahiko Ikeuchi, Satoru Tokutomi, Masahide Terazima

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Kunisato KuroiDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan;
Koji OkajimaDepartment of Life Sciences (Biology), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan; and Research Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
Masahiko IkeuchiDepartment of Life Sciences (Biology), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan; and.
Satoru TokutomiResearch Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
Masahide TerazimaDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan; mterazima@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp.

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Abstract

Knowledge of the dynamical behavior of proteins, and in particular their conformational fluctuations, is essential to understanding the mechanisms underlying their reactions. Here, transient enhancement of the isothermal partial molar compressibility, which is directly related to the conformational fluctuation, during a chemical reaction of a blue light sensor protein from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 (TePixD, Tll0078) was investigated in a time-resolved manner. The UV-Vis absorption spectrum of TePixD did not change with the application of high pressure. Conversely, the transient grating signal intensities representing the volume change depended significantly on the pressure. This result implies that the compressibility changes during the reaction. From the pressure dependence of the amplitude, the compressibility change of two short-lived intermediate (I1 and I2) states were determined to be +(5.6 ± 0.6) × 10(-2) cm(3) ⋅ mol(-1) ⋅ MPa(-1) for I1 and +(6.6 ± 0.7) × 10(-2) cm(3) ⋅ mol(-1) ⋅ MPa(-1) for I2. This result showed that the structural fluctuation of intermediates was enhanced during the reaction. To clarify the relationship between the fluctuation and the reaction, the compressibility of multiply excited TePixD was investigated. The isothermal compressibility of I1 and I2 intermediates of TePixD showed a monotonic decrease with increasing excitation laser power, and this tendency correlated with the reactivity of the protein. This result indicates that the TePixD decamer cannot react when its structural fluctuation is small. We concluded that the enhanced compressibility is an important factor for triggering the reaction of TePixD. To our knowledge, this is the first report showing enhanced fluctuations of intermediate species during a protein reaction, supporting the importance of fluctuations.

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Absorption, PhysicochemicalBacterial ProteinsCyanobacteriaLasersPhotochemical ProcessesPressureProtein ConformationBacterial Proteins

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PMID25267654
PMCPMC4205621

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