Capturing an initial intermediate during the P450nor enzymatic reaction using time-resolved XFEL crystallography and caged-substrate.
Tosha, T., Nomura, T., Nishida, T., Saeki, N., Okubayashi, K., Yamagiwa, R., Sugahara, M., Nakane, T., Yamashita, K., Hirata, K., Ueno, G., Kimura, T., Hisano, T., Muramoto, K., Sawai, H., Takeda, H., Mizohata, E., Yamashita, A., Kanematsu, Y., Takano, Y., Nango, E., Tanaka, R., Nureki, O., Shoji, O., Ikemoto, Y., Murakami, H., Owada, S., Tono, K., Yabashi, M., Yamamoto, M., Ago, H., Iwata, S., Sugimoto, H., Shiro, Y., Kubo, M.(2017) Nat Commun 8: 1585-1585
- PubMed: 29147002
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01702-1
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
5Y5F, 5Y5G, 5Y5H, 5Y5I, 5Y5J, 5Y5K, 5Y5L, 5Y5M - PubMed Abstract:
Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography using an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) in conjunction with a photosensitive caged-compound offers a crystallographic method to track enzymatic reactions. Here we demonstrate the application of this method using fungal NO reductase, a heme-containing enzyme, at room temperature. Twenty milliseconds after caged-NO photolysis, we identify a NO-bound form of the enzyme, which is an initial intermediate with a slightly bent Fe-N-O coordination geometry at a resolution of 2.1 Å. The NO geometry is compatible with those analyzed by XFEL-based cryo-crystallography and QM/MM calculations, indicating that we obtain an intact Fe 3+ -NO coordination structure that is free of X-ray radiation damage. The slightly bent NO geometry is appropriate to prevent immediate NO dissociation and thus accept H - from NADH. The combination of using XFEL and a caged-compound is a powerful tool for determining functional enzyme structures during catalytic reactions at the atomic level.
Organizational Affiliation:
RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan.