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Functional and structural analysis of members of the TorD family, a large chaperone family dedicated to molybdoproteins Free

Abstract

The trimethylamine -oxide (TMAO) reductase TorA, a DMSO reductase family member, is a periplasmic molybdoenzyme of . The cytoplasmic protein TorD acts as a chaperone for TorA, allowing the efficient insertion of the molybdenum cofactor into the apoform of the enzyme prior to its secretion. This paper demonstrates that TorD is a member of a large family of prokaryotic proteins that are structurally related. Moreover, their genes generally belong to operons also encoding molybdoenzymes of the DMSO reductase family. Both the TorD and the DMSO reductase families present a similar phylogenetic organization, suggesting a co-evolution of these two families of proteins. This hypothesis is also supported by the fact that the TorD and DmsD chaperones cannot replace each other and thus appear dedicated to specific molybdopartners. Interestingly, it was found that the positive effect of TorD on TorA maturation, and the partial inhibitory effect of DmsD and homologues, are independent of the TorA signal sequence.

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Keyword(s): bis(MGD)Mo, bis(molybdopterine guanine dinucleotide)molybdenum , CD, circular dichroism and TMAO, trimethylamine N-oxide
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Functional and structural analysis of members of the TorD family, a large chaperone family dedicated to molybdoproteins
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