The use of two-dimensional nuclear-magnetic-resonance spectroscopy and two-dimensional difference spectra in the elucidation of the active center of Megasphaera elsdenii flavodoxin.

1H-1H 'through bond' correlated (COSY) and 1H-1H 'through space' (NOESY) two-dimensional NMR techniques were applied to study the structure of Megasphaera elsdenii flavodoxin in the oxidized and reduced state. It is shown that two-dimensional NOESY difference spectra between spectra of flavodoxin in the reduced and semiquinone state are sensitive to the active center of the fully reduced state. The sphere of the active center observed in the difference spectra can be varied easily by changing the relative amount of flavodoxin semiquinone in the second sample. The difference NOESY spectra simplified the analysis of the complex spectra. Resonances could be assigned to Ala-56, Tyr-89 and Trp-91, which are located in the direct vicinity of the protein-bound flavin. The relative positions and side-chain dihedral angles of these residues are compared for the two redox states. Ala-56 and Tyr-89 show identical relative positions and dihedral angles in the two redox states, although the rotational motion of Tyr-89 is enhanced in the oxidized state. In both redox states Trp-91 is immobilized and extremely close to the prosthetic group. However, a small displacement of Trp-91 towards the (N(5) atom of the flavin occurs upon reduction. The results obtained for Trp-91 are in excellent agreement with crystallographic results of the related flavodoxin from Clostridium MP. However, the latter studies showed a somewhat different position of the tyrosine residue compared with our results.

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