EPR distance measurements support a model for long-range radical initiation in E. coli ribonucleotide reductase |
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Authors: | Bennati Marina Robblee John H Mugnaini Veronica Stubbe Joanne Freed Jack H Borbat Peter |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and BMRZ, University of Frankfurt, D-60439 Frankfurt, Germany. bennati@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de |
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Abstract: | The class I E. coli ribonucleotide reductase, composed of homodimers of R1 and R2, catalyzes the conversion of nucleoside diphosphates to deoxynucleoside diphosphates. The reduction process involves the tyrosyl radical on R2 that generates a transient thiyl radical on R1 over a proposed distance of 35 A. A mechanism-based inhibitor, 2'-azido-2'-deoxyuridine-5'-diphosphate, that reduces the tyrosyl radical on R2 and forms a nitrogen-centered radical on R1 has provided a method to measure the diagonal distance between the two subunits. PELDOR and DQC paramagnetic resonance methods give rise to a distance of 48 A, similar to that calculated from a docking model of the R1 and R2 structures. |
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