Comparative electrochemical study of superoxide reductases

Eur Biophys J. 2012 Feb;41(2):209-15. doi: 10.1007/s00249-011-0777-1. Epub 2011 Dec 6.

Abstract

Superoxide reductases are involved in relevant biological electron transfer reactions related to protection against oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species. The electrochemical features of metalloproteins belonging to the three different classes of enzymes were studied by potentio-dynamic techniques (cyclic and square wave voltammetry): desulfoferrodoxin from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough, class I superoxide reductases and neelaredoxin from Desulfovibrio gigas and Treponema pallidum, namely class II and III superoxide reductases, respectively. In addition, a small protein, designated desulforedoxin from D. gigas, which has high homology with the N-terminal domain of class I superoxide reductases, was also investigated. A comparison of the redox potentials and redox behavior of all the proteins is presented, and the results show that SOR center II is thermodynamically more stable than similar centers in different proteins, which may be related to an intramolecular electron transfer function.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Desulfovibrio gigas / enzymology
  • Desulfovibrio vulgaris / enzymology
  • Electrochemistry / instrumentation
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Ferredoxins / chemistry
  • Glass / chemistry
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Iron-Binding Proteins / chemistry
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / chemistry
  • Oxidoreductases / chemistry*
  • Superoxide Dismutase / chemistry
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Ferredoxins
  • Iron-Binding Proteins
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins
  • desulfoferrodoxin
  • desulforedoxin
  • Carbon
  • Gold
  • Oxidoreductases
  • superoxide reductase
  • Superoxide Dismutase
  • nlr protein, Desulfovibrio gigas