TY - JOUR A1 - Feifel, Sven Christian A1 - Stieger, Kai Ralf A1 - Kapp, Andreas A1 - Weber, Dennis A1 - Allegrozzi, Marco A1 - Piccioli, Mario A1 - Turano, Paola A1 - Lisdat, Fred T1 - Insights into Interprotein Electron Transfer of Human Cytochrome c Variants Arranged in Multilayer Architectures by Means of an Artificial Silica Nanoparticle Matrix JF - ACS Omega N2 - The redox behavior of proteins plays a crucial part in the design of bioelectronic systems. We have demonstrated several functional systems exploiting the electron exchange properties of the redox protein cytochrome c (cyt c) in combination with enzymes and photoactive proteins. The operation is based on an effective reaction at modified electrodes but also to a large extent on the capability of self-exchange between cyt c molecules in a surface-fixed state. In this context, different variants of human cyt c have been examined here with respect to an altered heterogeneous electron transfer (ET) rate in a monolayer on electrodes as well as an enhanced self-exchange rate while being incorporated in multilayer architectures. For this purpose, mutants of the wild-type (WT) protein have been prepared to change the chemical nature of the surface contact area near the heme edge. The structural integrity of the variants has been verified by NMR and UV–vis measurements. It is shown that the single-point mutations can significantly influence the heterogeneous ET rate at thiol-modified gold electrodes and that electroactive protein/silica nanoparticle multilayers can be constructed with all forms of human cyt c prepared. The kinetic behavior of electron exchange for the mutant proteins in comparison with that of the WT has been found altered in some multilayer arrangements. Higher self-exchange rates have been found for K79A. The results demonstrate that the position of the introduced change in the charge situation of cyt c has a profound influence on the exchange behavior. In addition, the behavior of the cyt c variants in assembled multilayers is found to be rather similar to the situation of cyt c self-exchange in solution verified by NMR. Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6753 SN - 2470-1343 VL - 1 IS - 6 SP - 1058 EP - 1066 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kölsch, Adrian A1 - Hejazi, Mahdi A1 - Stieger, Kai Ralf A1 - Feifel, Sven Christian A1 - Kern, Jan F. A1 - Müh, Frank A1 - Lisdat, Fred A1 - Lokstein, Heiko A1 - Zouni, Athina T1 - Insights into the binding behavior of native and non-native cytochromes to photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry N2 - The binding of photosystem I (PS I) from Thermosynechococcus elongatus to the native cytochrome (cyt) c6 and cyt c from horse heart (cyt cHH) was analyzed by oxygen consumption measurements, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), and rigid body docking combined with electrostatic computations of binding energies. Although PS I has a higher affinity for cyt cHH than for cyt c6, the influence of ionic strength and pH on binding is different in the two cases. ITC and theoretical computations revealed the existence of unspecific binding sites for cyt cHH besides one specific binding site close to P700. Binding to PS I was found to be the same for reduced and oxidized cyt cHH. Based on this information, suitable conditions for cocrystallization of cyt cHH with PS I were found, resulting in crystals with a PS I:cyt cHH ratio of 1:1. A crystal structure at 3.4-Å resolution was obtained, but cyt cHH cannot be identified in the electron density map because of unspecific binding sites and/or high flexibility at the specific binding site. Modeling the binding of cyt c6 to PS I revealed a specific binding site where the distance and orientation of cyt c6 relative to P700 are comparable with cyt c2 from purple bacteria relative to P870. This work provides new insights into the binding modes of different cytochromes to PS I, thus facilitating steps toward solving the PS I–cyt c costructure and a more detailed understanding of natural electron transport processes. Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-12780 SN - 1083-351X VL - 293 IS - 23 SP - 9090 EP - 9100 ER -