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Nitrogen Fixation and Hydrogen Evolution by Sterically Encumbered Mo-Nitrogenase

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Maslać,  Nevena
Research Group Microbial Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Wagner,  Tristan
Research Group Microbial Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Cadoux, C., Ratcliff, D., Maslać, N., Gu, W., Tsakoumagkos, I., Hoogendoorn, S., et al. (2023). Nitrogen Fixation and Hydrogen Evolution by Sterically Encumbered Mo-Nitrogenase. JACS AU. doi:10.1021/jacsau.3c00165.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-42C9-6
Abstract
The substrate-reducing proteins of all nitrogenases (MoFe, VFe, and FeFe) are organized as alpha 2ss2(gamma 2) multimers with two functional halves. While their dimeric organization could afford improved structural stability of nitrogenases in vivo, previous research has proposed both negative and positive cooperativity contributions with respect to enzymatic activity. Here, a 1.4 kDa peptide was covalently introduced in the proximity of the P cluster, corresponding to the Fe protein docking position. The Strep-tag carried by the added peptide simultaneously sterically inhibits electron delivery to the MoFe protein and allows the isolation of partially inhibited MoFe proteins (where the half-inhibited MoFe protein was targeted). We confirm that the partially functional MoFe protein retains its ability to reduce N2 to NH3, with no significant difference in selectivity over obligatory/parasitic H2 formation. Our experiment concludes that wild-type nitrogenase exhibits negative cooperativity during the steady state regarding H2 and NH3 formation (under Ar or N2), with one-half of the MoFe protein inhibiting turnover in the second half. This emphasizes the presence and importance of long-range (>95 angstrom) protein-protein communication in biological N2 fixation in Azotobacter vinelandii.