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  • Title: Redox intermediates of the Mn-Fe Site in subunit R2 of Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase: an X-ray absorption and EPR study.
    Author: Voevodskaya N, Lendzian F, Sanganas O, Grundmeier A, Gräslund A, Haumann M.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 2009 Feb 13; 284(7):4555-66. PubMed ID: 19095645.
    Abstract:
    The R2 protein of class I ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) from Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) can contain a Mn-Fe instead of the standard Fe-Fe cofactor. Ct R2 has a redox-inert phenylalanine replacing the radical-forming tyrosine of classic RNRs, which implies a different mechanism of O(2) activation. We studied the Mn-Fe site by x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and EPR. Reduced R2 in the R1R2 complex (R2(red)) showed an isotropic six-line EPR signal at g approximately 2 of the Mn(II)Fe(II) state. In oxidized R2 (R2(ox)), the Mn(III)Fe(III) state exhibited EPR g values of 2.013, 2.009, and 2.015. By XAS, Mn-Fe distances and oxidation states of intermediates were determined and assigned as follows: approximately 4.15 A, Mn(II)Fe(II); approximately 3.25 A, Mn(III)Fe(II); approximately 2.90 A, Mn(III)Fe(III); and approximately 2.75 A, Mn(IV)Fe(III). Shortening of the Mn/Fe-ligand bond lengths indicated formation of additional metal bridges, i.e. microO(H) and/or peroxidic species, upon O(2) activation at the site. The structural parameters suggest overall configurations of the Mn-Fe site similar to those of homo-metallic sites in other R2 proteins. However, the approximately 2.90 A and approximately 2.75 A Mn-Fe distances, typical for di-microO(H) metal bridging, are shorter than inter-metal distances in any R2 crystal structure. In diffraction data collection, such bridges may be lost due to rapid x-ray photoreduction of high-valent metal ions, as demonstrated here for Fe(III) by XAS.
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