Characterization of a Half-Apo Derivative of Peptidylglycine Monooxygenase. Insight into the Reactivity of Each Active Site Copper

• Published in: Biochemistry (Easton) 2001-06, Vol.40 (23), p.6867-6875
• Main Authors: Jaron, Shulamit, Blackburn, Ninian J
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Apoenzymes - chemistry; Apoenzymes - metabolism; Binding Sites; Carbon Monoxide - chemistry; CHO Cells; Copper - chemistry; Copper - metabolism; Cricetinae; Mixed Function Oxygenases - chemistry; Mixed Function Oxygenases - metabolism; Multienzyme Complexes; Oligopeptides - metabolism; Oxygen Consumption; Spectrophotometry, Infrared; Spectrum Analysis; Substrate Specificity; X-Rays
• ISSN: 0006-2960; 1520-4995
• DOI: 10.1021/bi002849y

A derivative of peptidylglycine monooxygenase which lacks the CuH center has been prepared and characterized. This form of the enzyme is termed the half-apo protein. Copper-to-protein stoichiometric measurements establish that the protein binds only one of the two copper centers (CuM and CuH) found in the native enzyme. Confirmation that the methionine-containing CuM has been retained has been obtained from EXAFS experiments which show that the characteristic signature of the Cu−S(Met) interaction is preserved. The half-apo derivative binds 1 equiv of CO per copper with an IR frequency of 2092 cm-1, and this monocarbonyl also displays the Cu−S(Met) interaction in its EXAFS spectrum. These results allow unambiguous assignment of the 2092 cm-1 band as a CuM−CO species. Binding of CO in the presence of peptide substrate was also investigated. In the native enzyme, substrate induced binding of a second CO molecule with an IR frequency of 2062 cm-1, tentatively assigned to a CO complex of the histidine-containing CuH site. Unexpectedly, this reactivity is also observed in the half-apo derivative, although the intensity distribution of the CO stretches now indicates that the copper has been partially transferred to a second site, believed to be CuH. The implications of this observation are discussed in terms of a possible additional peptide binding site close to the CuH center.