Towards cryogenic neutron crystallography on the reduced form of [NiFe]-hydrogenase

Author:

Hiromoto Takeshi,Nishikawa Koji,Inoue Seiya,Matsuura Hiroaki,Hirano YuORCID,Kurihara Kazuo,Kusaka Katsuhiro,Cuneo Matthew,Coates LeightonORCID,Tamada TaroORCID,Higuchi Yoshiki

Abstract

A membrane-bound hydrogenase fromDesulfovibrio vulgarisMiyazaki F is a metalloenzyme that contains a binuclear Ni–Fe complex in its active site and mainly catalyzes the oxidation of molecular hydrogen to generate a proton gradient in the bacterium. The active-site Ni–Fe complex of the aerobically purified enzyme shows its inactive oxidized form, which can be reactivated through reduction by hydrogen. Here, in order to understand how the oxidized form is reactivated by hydrogen and further to directly evaluate the bridging of a hydride ligand in the reduced form of the Ni–Fe complex, a neutron structure determination was undertaken on single crystals grown in a hydrogen atmosphere. Cryogenic crystallography is being introduced into the neutron diffraction research field as it enables the trapping of short-lived intermediates and the collection of diffraction data to higher resolution. To optimize the cooling of large crystals under anaerobic conditions, the effects on crystal quality were evaluated by X-rays using two typical methods, the use of a cold nitrogen-gas stream and plunge-cooling into liquid nitrogen, and the former was found to be more effective in cooling the crystals uniformly than the latter. Neutron diffraction data for the reactivated enzyme were collected at the Japan Photon Accelerator Research Complex under cryogenic conditions, where the crystal diffracted to a resolution of 2.0 Å. A neutron diffraction experiment on the reduced form was carried out at Oak Ridge National Laboratory under cryogenic conditions and showed diffraction peaks to a resolution of 2.4 Å.

Funder

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Hyogo Science and Technology Association

Japan Science and Technology Agency, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology

Publisher

International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)

Subject

Structural Biology

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