1. Environment and coordination of FeMo-co in the nitrogenase metallochaperone NafY
- Author
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Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Payá-Tormo, Lucía [0000-0003-0862-5235], Buren, S [0000-0002-8487-2732], Cuevas-Zuviria, B [0000-0003-1479-9442], Pelton, JG [0000-0002-8627-4445], Wemmer, DE [0000-0001-6252-3390], Rubio, Luis M. [0000-0003-1596-2475], Phillips, Aaron H., Hernandez, Jose A., Payá-Tormo, Lucía, Burén, Stefan, Cuevas-Zuviría, Bruno, Pacios, Luis F., Pelton, J. G., Wemmer, D. E., Rubio, Luis M., Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Payá-Tormo, Lucía [0000-0003-0862-5235], Buren, S [0000-0002-8487-2732], Cuevas-Zuviria, B [0000-0003-1479-9442], Pelton, JG [0000-0002-8627-4445], Wemmer, DE [0000-0001-6252-3390], Rubio, Luis M. [0000-0003-1596-2475], Phillips, Aaron H., Hernandez, Jose A., Payá-Tormo, Lucía, Burén, Stefan, Cuevas-Zuviría, Bruno, Pacios, Luis F., Pelton, J. G., Wemmer, D. E., and Rubio, Luis M.
- Abstract
In nitrogenase biosynthesis, the iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMo-co) is externally assembled at scaffold proteins and delivered to the NifDK nitrogenase component by the NafY metallochaperone. Here we have used nuclear magnetic resonance, molecular dynamics, and functional analysis to elucidate the environment and coordination of FeMo-co in NafY. H-121 stands as the key FeMo-co ligand. Regions near FeMo-co diverge from H-121 and include the eta 1, alpha 1, alpha 2 helical lobe and a narrow path between H-121 and C-196.
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- 2021