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Structural studies of iron hydrogenases

  1. Adams, M.W.W. (1987) The mechanisms of H2 activation and CO binding by hydrogenase I and hydrogenase II of Clostridium pasteurianum. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 15054-15061.
  2. Adams, M.W.W. and Mortenson, L.E. (1984) The physical and catalytic properties of hydrogenase II of Clostridium pasteurianum. A comparison with hydrogenase I. J. Biol. Chem. 259, 7045-7055.
  3. Adams, M.W.W., Johnson, M.K., Zambrano, I.C. and Mortenson, L.E. (1986) On the novel H2­activating iron-sulfur center of the "Fe­only" hydrogenases. Biochimie 68, 35-42.
  4. Adams, M.W.W., Eccleston, E. and Howard, J.B. (1989) Iron-sulfur clusters of hydrogenase I and hydrogenase II of Clostridium pasteurianum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 4932-4936.
  5. Atta, M., Lafferty, M.E., Johnson, M.K., Gaillard, J. and Meyer, J. (1998) Heterologous biosynthesis and characterization of the [2Fe-2S]­containing N­terminal domain of Clostridium pasteurianum hydrogenase. Biochemistry 37, 15974-15980.
  6. Bell, S.H., Dickson, D.P., Rieder, R., Cammack, R., Patil, D.S., Hall, D.O. and Rao, K.K. (1984) Spectroscopic studies of the nature of the iron clusters in the soluble hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (strain Norway 4). Eur. J. Biochem. 145, 645-651.
  7. Brugna, M., Giudici­Orticoni, M.T., Spinelli, S., Brown, K., Tegoni, M. and Bruschi, M. (1998) Kinetics and interaction studies between cytochrome c3 and Fe­only hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. Proteins 33, 590-600.
  8. Casalot, L., Hatchikian, E.C., Forget, N., de Philip, P., Dermoun, Z., Belaich, J.P. and Rousset, M. (1998) Molecular study and partial characterization of iron­only hydrogenase in Desulfovibrio fructosovorans. Anaerobe 4, 45-55.
  9. Chen, J.S. and Blanchard, D.K. (1984) Purification and properties of the H2­oxidizing (uptake) hydrogenase of the N2­fixing anaerobe Clostridium pasteurianum W5. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 122, 9-16.
  10. Chen, J.S., Mortenson, L.E. and Palmer, G. (1976) The iron-sulfur centers and the function of hydrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 74, 68-82.
  11. Erbes, D.L., Burris, R.H. and Orme­Johnson, W.H. (1975) On the iron-sulfur cluster in hydrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum W5. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 72, 4795-4799.
  12. Filipiak, M., Hagen, W.R. and Veeger, C. (1989) Hydrodynamic, structural and magnetic properties of Megasphaera elsdenii Fe hydrogenase reinvestigated. Eur. J. Biochem. 185, 547-553.
  13. Fu, W., Drozdzewski, P.M., Morgan, T.V., Mortenson, L.E., Juszczak, A., Adams, M.W.W., He, S.H., Peck, H.D., Jr., DerVartanian, D.V., LeGall, J. and Johnson, M.K. (1993) Resonance Raman studies of iron­only hydrogenases. Biochemistry 32, 4813-4819.
  14. Furuichi, H., Ozaki, Y., Niki, K. and Akutsu, H. (1990) Redox process of iron-sulfur clusters of the soluble­domain of the membrane­bound hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F studied by resonance Raman spectroscopy. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 108, 707-710.
  15. George, G.N., Prince, R.C., Stokley, K.E. and Adams, M.W.W. (1989) X­ray­absorption­spectroscopic evidence for a novel iron cluster in hydrogenase II from Clostridium pasteurianum. Biochem. J. 259, 597-600 [published erratum Biochem. J. 261, following 1061 (1989)].
  16. Grande, H.J., Dunham, W.R., Averill, B., van Dijk, C. and Sands, R.H. (1983) Electron paramagnetic resonance and other properties of hydrogenases isolated from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (strain Hildenborough) and Megasphaera elsdenii. Eur. J. Biochem. 136, 201-207.
  17. Hagen, W.R., van Berkel­Arts, A., Krüse­Wolters, K.M., Dunham, W.R. and Veeger, C. (1986) EPR of a novel high­spin component in activated hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough). FEBS Lett. 201, 158-162.
  18. Happe, T., Mosler, B. and Naber, J.D. (1994) Induction, localization and metal content of hydrogenase in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Eur. J. Biochem. 222, 769-774.
  19. Hatchikian, E.C., Forget, N., Fernandez, V.M., Williams, R. and Cammack, R. (1992) Further characterization of the [Fe]­hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 7757. Eur. J. Biochem. 209, 357-365.
  20. He, S.H., Woo, S.B., DerVartanian, D.V., Le Gall, J. and Peck, H.D., Jr. (1989) Effects of acetylene on hydrogenases from the sulfate reducing and methanogenic bacteria. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 161, 127-133.
  21. Huynh, B.­H., Czechowski, M.H., Krüger, H.J., DerVartanian, D.V., Peck, H.D., Jr. and LeGall, J. (1984) Desulfovibrio vulgaris hydrogenase: a nonheme iron enzyme lacking nickel that exhibits anomalous EPR and Mössbauer spectra. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81, 3728-3732.
  22. Juszczak, A., Aono, S. and Adams, M.W.W. (1991) The extremely thermophilic eubacterium, Thermotoga maritima, contains a novel iron­hydrogenase whose cellular activity is dependent upon tungsten. J. Biol. Chem. 266, 13834-13841.
  23. Kowal, A.T., Adams, M.W.W. and Johnson, M.K. (1989) Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of the low temperature photolytic behavior of oxidized hydrogenase I from Clostridium pasteurianum. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 4342-4348.
  24. Kümmerle, R., Atta, M., Scuiller, J., Gaillard, J. and Meyer, J. (1999) Structural similarities between the N­terminal domain of Clostridium pasteurianum hydrogenase and plant­type ferredoxins. Biochemistry 38, 1938-1943.
  25. Macor, K.A., Czernuszewicz, R.S., Adams, M.W.W. and Spiro, T.G. (1987) An investigation of hydrogenase I and hydrogenase II from Clostridium pasteurianum by resonance Raman spectroscopy. Evidence for a [2Fe-2S] cluster in hydrogenase I. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 9945-9947.
  26. Nicolet, Y., Piras, C., Legrand, P., Hatchikian, E.C. and Fontecilla­Camps, J.C. (1999) Desulfovibrio desulfuricans iron hydrogenase: the structure shows unusual coordination to an active site Fe binuclear center. Structure 7, 13-23.
  27. Niviere, V., Forget, N., Gayda, J.P. and Hatchikian, E.C. (1986) Characterization of the soluble hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio africanus. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 139, 658-665.
  28. Patil, D.S., Czechowski, M.H., Huynh, B.­H., Le Gall, J., Peck, H.D., Jr. and DerVartanian, D.V. (1986) A reversible effect of low carbon monoxide concentrations on the EPR spectra of the periplasmic hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 137, 1086-1093.
  29. Patil, D.S., He, S.H., DerVartanian, D.V., Le Gall, J., Huynh, B.­H. and Peck, H.D., Jr. (1988a) The relationship between activity and the axial g=2.06 EPR signal induced by CO in the periplasmic (Fe) hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris. FEBS Lett. 228, 85-88.
  30. Patil, D.S., Moura, J.J.G., He, S.H., Teixeira, M., Prickril, B.C., DerVartanian, D.V., Peck, H.D., Jr., Le Gall, J. and Huynh, B.­H. (1988b) EPR­detectable redox centers of the periplasmic hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris. J. Biol. Chem. 263, 18732-18738.
  31. Patil, D.S., Huynh, B.­H., He, S.H., Peck, H.D., Jr., DerVartanian, D.V. and Le Gall, J. (1988c) A reversible photoconversion between the carbon­monoxide induced axial 2.06 and the rhombic 2.10 EPR signals of the periplasmic hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 110, 8533-8534.
  32. Payne, M.J., Chapman, A. and Cammack, R. (1993) Evidence for an [Fe]­type hydrogenase in the parasitic protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis. FEBS Lett. 317, 101-104.
  33. Pereira, I.A.C., Romão, C.V., Xavier, A.V., LeGall, J. and Teixeira, M. (1998) Electron transfer between hydrogenases and mono­ and multiheme cytochromes in Desulfovibrio ssp. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 3, 494-498.
  34. Peters, J.W., Lanzilotta, W.N., Lemon, B.J. and Seefeldt, L.C. (1998) X­ray crystal structure of the Fe­only hydrogenase (CpI) from Clostridium pasteurianum to 1.8 angstrom resolution. Science 282, 1853-1858.
  35. Pierik, A.J., Hagen, W.R., Redeker, J.S., Wolbert, R.B.G., Boersma, M., Verhagen, M.F.J.M., Grande, H.J., Veeger, C., Mutsaers, P.H.A., Sands, R.H. and Dunham, W.R. (1992) Redox properties of the iron-sulfur clusters in activated Fe­hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough). Eur. J. Biochem. 209, 63-72.
  36. Pierik, A.J., Hulstein, M., Hagen, W.R. and Albracht, S.P.J. (1998) A low­spin iron with CN and CO as intrinsic ligands forms the core of the active site in [Fe]­hydrogenases. Eur. J. Biochem. 258, 572-578.
  37. Rusnak, F.M., Adams, M.W.W., Mortenson, L.E. and Münck, E. (1987) Mössbauer study of Clostridium pasteurianum hydrogenase II. Evidence for a novel three­iron cluster. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 38-41.
  38. Schneider, K., Cammack, R., Schlegel, H.G. and Hall, D.O. (1979) The iron-sulphur centres of soluble hydrogenase from Alcaligenes eutrophus. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 578, 445-461.
  39. Schoenmaker, G.S., Oltmann, L.F. and Stouthamer, A.H. (1979) Purification and properties of the membrane­bound hydrogenase from Proteus mirabilis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 567, 511-521.
  40. Smith, E.T. and Adams, M.W.W. (1994) Identification of an unusual paramagnetic species and of three [2Fe-2S] clusters in the iron­only hydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1206, 105-112.
  41. Telser, J., Benecky, M.J., Adams, M.W.W., Mortenson, L.E. and Hoffman, B.M. (1986) An EPR and electron nuclear double resonance investigation of carbon monoxide binding to hydrogenase I (bidirectional) from Clostridium pasteurianum W5. J. Biol. Chem. 261, 13536-13541.
  42. Telser, J., Benecky, M.J., Adams, M.W.W., Mortenson, L.E. and Hoffman, B.M. (1987) EPR and electron nuclear double resonance investigation of oxidized hydrogenase II (uptake) from Clostridium pasteurianum W5. Effects of carbon monoxide binding. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 6589-6594.
  43. Thomann, H., Bernardo, M. and Adams, M.W.W. (1991) Pulsed ENDOR and ESEEM spectroscopic evidence for unusual nitrogen coordination to the novel H2­activating Fe-S center in hydrogenase. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 7044-7046.
  44. Thomson, A.J., George, S.J., Richards, A.J., Robinson, A.E., Grande, H.J., Veeger, C. and van Dijk, C. (1985) A study of one of the iron-sulphur clusters in oxidized hydrogenase from Megasphaera elsdenii by magnetic­circular­dichroism spectroscopy. Biochem. J. 227, 333-336.
  45. van Dam, P.J., Reijerse, E.J. and Hagen, W.R. (1997) Identification of a putative histidine base and of a non­protein nitrogen ligand in the active site of Fe­hydrogenases by one­dimensional and two­dimensional electron spin­echo envelope­modulation spectroscopy. Eur. J. Biochem. 248, 355-361.
  46. van Dijk, C., Grande, H.J., Mayhew, S.G. and Veeger, C. (1980) Properties of the hydrogenase of Megasphaera elsdenii. Eur. J. Biochem. 107, 251-261.
  47. van der Spek, T.M., Arendsen, A.F., Happe, R.P., Yun, S., Bagley, K.A., Stufkens, D.J., Hagen, W.R. and Albracht, S.P.J. (1996) Similarities in the architecture of the active sites of Ni­hydrogenases and Fe­hydrogenases detected by means of infrared spectroscopy. Eur. J. Biochem. 237, 629-634.
  48. Wang, G., Benecky, M.J., Huynh, B.­H., Cline, J.F., Adams, M.W.W., Mortenson, L.E., Hoffman, B.M. and Münck, E. (1984) Mössbauer and electron nuclear double resonance study of oxidized bidirectional hydrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum W5. J. Biol. Chem. 259, 14328-14331.
  49. Williams, R., Cammack, R. and Hatchikian, E.C. (1993) Electron­spin echo spectroscopy of the [Fe]­hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, strain ATCC 7757. J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 89, 2869-2872.
  50. Yagi, T., Kimura, K. and Inokuchi, H. (1985) Analysis of the active center of hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki by magnetic measurements. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 97, 181-187.
  51. Zambrano, I.C., Kowal, A.T., Mortenson, L.E., Adams, M.W.W. and Johnson, M.K. (1989) Magnetic circular dichroism and electron paramagnetic resonance studies of hydrogenases I and II from Clostridium pasteurianum. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 20974-20983.
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