Paramagnetic Properties of a Crystalline Iron-Sulfur Protein by Magic-Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy

Andrea Bertarello (1) , Tobias Schubeis (1, 2) , Carmelo Fuccio (3) , Enrico Ravera (3) , Marco Fragai (3, 4) , Giacomo Parigi (3, 4) , Lyndon Emsley (5) , Guido Pintacuda (1) , Claudio Luchinat (2, 3, 4)

1 Biological Solid-State NMR Methods - Méthodes de RMN à l'état solide en biologie
2 Giotto Biotech SRL
3 Magnet Resonance Ctr CERM & Interunivers Consoriu
4 Dept Chem Ugo Schiff
5 ISIC - Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques

We present the first solid-state NMR study of an iron sulfur protein. The combined use of very fast (60 kHz) magic-angle spinning and tailored radiofrequency irradiation schemes allows the detection and the assignment of most of the H-1 and C-13 resonances of the oxidized high-potential iron sulfur protein I from Ectothiorhodospira halophila (EhHiPIP I), including those in residues coordinating the Fe4S4 cluster. For these residues, contact shifts as large as 100 and 400 ppm for H-1 and C-13 resonances, respectively, were observed, which represent the most shifted solid-state NMR signals ever measured in metalloproteins. Interestingly, by targeting EhHiPIP I in a crystalline environment, we were able to capture distinct paramagnetic signatures from the two conformations present in the asymmetric unit. The magnetic properties of the system were verified by following the temperature dependence of the contact-shifted cysteine resonances.

Domaines: Chimie analytique

Andrea Bertarello, Tobias Schubeis, Carmelo Fuccio, Enrico Ravera, Marco Fragai, et al.. Paramagnetic Properties of a Crystalline Iron-Sulfur Protein by Magic-Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy. Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, ⟨10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00674⟩. ⟨hal-01546469⟩