氫化酶作為一種催化劑，能催化氫分子成為質子及電子的相互轉換。 [鎳鐵]- 氫化酶散播最廣的一種氫化酶，從古菌到細菌都能找到 [鎳鐵]- 氫化酶。完整成熟的 [鎳鐵]-氫化酶需要插入鐵、氰化物、一氧化碳以及鎳到它的催化核心。這複雜的過程需要其它由若干 hyp 基因編譯的輔助蛋白酶的幫助，其中蛋白HypA 與 HypB 負責將鎳運送到[鎳鐵] -氫化酶的催化核心。敲除了 hypA 或hypB 基因的細菌株缺失[鎳鐵] -氫化酶的活性，如在生長介質裡添補鎳可恢復部份[鎳鐵] -氫化酶的活性。當HypB 與鳥嘌呤核苷酸結合時會變成蛋白二聚體。對比HypB 脫輔基蛋白及與HypB 與鳥嘌呤三核苷酸類似物的蛋白複合物的晶體結構可發現，HypB 透過一個保守賴氨酸殘基( Archaeoglobus fulgidus HypB 的殘基 148 )組成分子間鹽橋以構成蛋白二聚體。Escherichia coli 的體內實驗顯示，此保守賴氨酸殘基對活性氫化酶的製造起必要的作用，反映由此殘基所構成的鹽橋對HypB 功能的重要性。此外，本研究展示了A. fulgidusHypA 及 HypB 蛋白之間的相互作用。通過在A. fulgidus HypB 上進行系統性的突變，發現HypB 利用其GTP 酶域上的一段氨基端區域與HypA 相互作用。跟據這個結果，我們進而在E. coli HypB 上發現了兩個保守的非極性殘基與HypA 相互作用。當以丙氨酸取代在HypB 上的這兩個非極性殘基時，HypB 無法激活E. coli 中的氫化酶，導置降低的氫化酶活性，這表明了HypA 和HypB 的相互作用對[鎳鐵] -氫化酶成熟過程的必要性。 / Hydrogenases catalyze the inter-conversion of molecular hydrogen into protons and electrons. [NiFe]-hydrogenase is the most widely distributed hydrogenases, which is found in organisms ranging from archaea to bacteria. Maturation of [NiFe]-hydrogenase requires the insertion of iron, cyanide and carbon monoxide, followed by nickel, to the catalytic core of the enzyme. The maturation process of hydrogenase is a complicated procedure, which requires many accessory proteins encoded by hyp genes. HypA and HypB participate in the nickel delivery step to the catalytic core of hydrogenase, which is supported by the fact that strain deficient in hypA or hypB gene lack hydrogenase activity which can be recovered partially by elevating nickel content in the medium. HypB is capable to form dimer in solution upon guanine nucleotide binding. By comparing the crystal structures of HypB in dimer and monomer form, an important lysine residue (residue 148 in A. fulgidus HypB) which is required to form an intermolecular salt bridge during GTP-dependent dimerization, has been identified. Substitution of this lysine resiue with alanie would break HypB dimer in vitro. In vivo complementation study in E. coli showed that the corresponding lysine residue in E. coli HypB is required for active hydrogenase production indicating the importance of this intermolecular salt bridge to the biological function of HypB. Besides, interaction between A. fulgidus HypA and HypB are demonstrated in this work. By making systematic mutation to A. fulgidus HypB, the N‐terminal region of the GTPase‐domain has been identified to be important for its interaction with HypA. Further mutagenesis study has been done on E. coli HypB and two conserved non‐polar residues responsible for interaction with HypA have been identified. Alanine substitution of these conserved non‐polar residues result in HypB mutants which failed to rescue hydrogenase activity in vivo in E. coli showing that HypA/HypB interaction is required for hydrogenase maturation. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Chan, Kwok Ho. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-95). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction: Hydrogenase biosynthesis requires insertion of nickel facilitated by protein HypA and HypB --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- What is hydrogenase? --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- [NiFe] hydrogenase contains a complex catalytic core composed of metal atoms and diatomic ligands --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- The [NiFe] catalytic core --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Building the catalytic [NiFe] core --- p.4 / Chapter 1.5 --- Nickel insertion into the hydrogenase precursor involves the proteins HypB, HypA and SlyD --- p.7 / Chapter 1.5.1 --- Protein HypB --- p.7 / Chapter 1.5.2 --- Protein HypA --- p.11 / Chapter 1.5.3 --- Protein SlyD --- p.12 / Chapter 1.6 --- Objectives - How HypB dimerization and HypA/HypB interaction are involved in hydrogenase maturation process? --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- A conserved Lys residue is required for GTP-dependent dimerization and hydrogenase maturation --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Recombinant Plasmid Construction --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- HypB mutant construction by site-directed Mutagenesis --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Protein Expression and purification --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- HypB protein purification --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Analytical gel filtration chromatography coupled with Light Scattering (SEC/LS) --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Nucleotide binding affinity determination --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.7 --- GTPase activity determination --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2.8 --- Sample preparation for hydrogenase activity assay --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2.9 --- Hydrogenase activity determination --- p.27 / Chapter 2.3 --- Results --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- AfHypB undergoes GTP-dependent dimerization --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Analysis of Structural difference between the apo form and GTP S-bound form suggests a mechanism of GTP-dependent dimerization for HypB --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Lys-148 is essential for GTP-dependent dimerization --- p.31 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Disruption of dimerization by K148 mutation did not affect nucleotide binding and GTP hydrolysis activity significantly --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.5 --- The conserved lysine residue is required for hydrogenase maturation in E. coli --- p.33 / Chapter 2.4 --- Discussion --- p.45 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- A conserved intermolecular salt‐bridge is required for GTP-dependent dimerization of HypB and hydrogenase maturation --- p.45 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- The extra metal binding site at the dimeric interface of HypB may provide a mechanism of why GTP-dependent dimerization is essential to Ni insertion --- p.46 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- N-terminal region of GTPase‐domain of HypB is required for interaction with HypA --- p.51 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.51 / Chapter 3.2 --- Methods and materials --- p.53 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Recombinant Plasmid Construction --- p.53 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- HypB variant construction by site‐directed Mutagenesis --- p.53 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Protein Expression --- p.54 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Tag‐free AfHypA and AfHypB purification --- p.54 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Analytical size exclusion chromatography coupled with Light Scattering --- p.54 / Chapter 3.2.6 --- GST pull‐down of GST‐AfHypA and AfHypB --- p.55 / Chapter 3.2.7 --- Tandem affinity pull‐down of GST‐EcHypA and His‐SUMO‐EcHypB --- p.55 / Chapter 3.2.8 --- GST pull‐down of GST‐EcHypA and His‐SUMO‐EcHypB --- p.56 / Chapter 3.2.9 --- Hydrogenase activity determination --- p.57 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.58 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- HypA and HypB from A. fulgidus form 1:1 heterodimer in solution --- p.58 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- The N‐terminal regions upstream of the first helix of A. fulgidus HypB is required for HypA-HypB interaction --- p.59 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Two conserved hydrophobic residues on HypB from E. coli are required to interact with HypA --- p.60 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- HypA-HypB interaction is required for hydrogenase maturation in E. coli --- p.62 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.73 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- The N‐terminal region of the GTPase domain is required for interaction with HypA and hydrogenase maturation in E. coli --- p.73 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Location of interaction site on HypB reveals possible role for HypA/HypB interaction --- p.74 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Mode of specific interaction with HypA: Interaction via a disordered region implies a coupled folding and binding process --- p.75 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Conclusion and Future Perspectives --- p.80 / Chapter A1.1 --- Summary of findings in this work --- p.80 / Chapter A1.2 --- Implications in hydrogenase maturation --- p.81 / Chapter A1.3 --- Questions unresolved --- p.82 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Factors that activate GTPase activity of HypB are still elusive --- p.82 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- How nickel delivery is regulated by HypA/HypB complex is still unclear --- p.83 / References --- p.88 / Chapter Appendix 1 --- Preliminary results of HypA/HypB protein complex structural study --- p.96 / Chapter A1.1 --- Structural study may provide invaluable insights to the role of HypA‐HypB interaction --- p.96 / Chapter A1.2 --- X‐ray crystallography as an approach to determine HypA/HypB complex structure --- p.96 / Chapter A1.3 --- Initial crystal hits were obtained with purified AfHypA/HypB complex --- p.97 / Chapter Appendix 2 --- Publications associated to the thesis --- p.100 / Chapter Appendix 3 --- Constructs and Primers used --- p.101
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_328037 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Contributors | Chan, Kwok Ho., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Life Sciences. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | electronic resource, electronic resource, remote, 1 online resource ([13], 105 leaves) : ill. (chiefly col.) |
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