An Unconventional Hexacoordinated Flavohemoglobin from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Gupta, Sanjay and Pawaria, Sudesh and Lu, Changyuan and Hade, Mangesh Dattu and Singh, Chaahat and Yeh, Syun-Ru and Dikshit, Kanak L (2012) An Unconventional Hexacoordinated Flavohemoglobin from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The Journal of biological chemistry, 287 (20). pp. 16435-46. ISSN 1083-351X

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Abstract

Being an obligate aerobe, Mycobacterium tuberculosis faces a number of energetic challenges when it encounters hypoxia and environmental stress during intracellular infection. Consequently, it has evolved innovative strategies to cope with these unfavorable conditions. Here, we report a novel flavohemoglobin (MtbFHb) from M. tuberculosis that exhibits unique features within its heme and reductase domains distinct from conventional FHbs, including the absence of the characteristic hydrogen bonding interactions within the proximal heme pocket and mutations in the FAD and NADH binding regions of the reductase domain. In contrast to conventional FHbs, it has a hexacoordinate low-spin heme with a proximal histidine ligand lacking imidazolate character and a distal heme pocket with a relatively low electrostatic potential. Additionally, MtbFHb carries a new FAD binding site in its reductase domain similar to that of d-lactate dehydrogenase (d-LDH). When overexpressed in Escherichia coli or Mycobacterium smegmatis, MtbFHb remained associated with the cell membrane and exhibited d-lactate:phenazine methosulfate reductase activity and oxidized d-lactate into pyruvate by converting the heme iron from Fe(3+) to Fe(2+) in a FAD-dependent manner, indicating electron transfer from d-lactate to the heme via FAD cofactor. Under oxidative stress, MtbFHb-expressing cells exhibited growth advantage with reduced levels of lipid peroxidation. Given the fact that d-lactate is a byproduct of lipid peroxidation and that M. tuberculosis lacks the gene encoding d-LDH, we propose that the novel d-lactate metabolizing activity of MtbFHb uniquely equips M. tuberculosis to balance the stress level by protecting the cell membrane from oxidative damage via cycling between the Fe(3+)/Fe(2+) redox states.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American society for biochemistry and molecular biology.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Electron TransferHemoglobinMycobacterium TuberculosisOxidation-ReductionRespirationd-Lactate OxidationFAD BindingFlavohemoglobinRaman SpectroscopyHeme Domain
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Depositing User:	Dr. K.P.S.Sengar
Date Deposited:	20 Jun 2012 03:58
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2012 03:58
URI:	http://crdd.osdd.net/open/id/eprint/1141

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