Mimicking Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Human Cytochrome c by the Evolved tRNA Synthetase Technique.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL(2015)
Abstract
Phosphorylation of tyrosine 48 of cytochrome c is related to a wide range of human diseases due to the pleiotropic role of the heme-protein in cell life and death. However, the structural conformation and physicochemical properties of phosphorylated cytochrome c are difficult to study as its yield from cell extracts is very low and its kinase remains unknown. Herein, we report a high-yielding synthesis of a close mimic of phosphorylated cytochrome c, developed by optimization of the synthesis of the non-canonical amino acid p-carboxymethyl-l-phenylalanine (pCMF) and its efficient site-specific incorporation at position 48. It is noteworthy that the Y48pCMF mutation significantly destabilizes the Fe-Met bond in the ferric form of cytochrome c, thereby lowering the pKa value for the alkaline transition of the heme-protein. This finding reveals the differential ability of the phosphomimic protein to drive certain events. This modified cytochrome c might be an important tool to investigate the role of the natural protein following phosphorylation.
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Key words
cytochromes,heme proteins,NMR spectroscopy,phosphorylation,protein modifications
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