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540735 
Journal Article 
Structure of the Nucleotide Radical Formed during Reaction of CDP/TTP with the E441Q-alpha 2 beta 2 of E-coli Ribonucleotide Reductase 
Zipse, H; Artin, E; Wnuk, S; Lohman, GJS; Martino, D; Griffin, RG; Kacprzak, S; Kaupp, M; Hoffman, B; Bennati, M; Stubbe, J; Lees, N 
2009 
Yes 
Journal of the American Chemical Society
ISSN: 0002-7863
EISSN: 1520-5126 
131 
1 
200-211 
English 
The Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) catalyzes the conversion of nucleoside diphosphates to deoxynucleotides and requires a diferric-tyrosyl radical cofactor for catalysis. RNR is composed of a 1:1 complex of two homodimeric subunits: alpha and beta. Incubation of the E441Q-alpha mutant RNR with substrate CDP and allosteric effector TTP results in loss of the tyrosyl radical and formation of two new radicals on the 200 ms to min time scale. The first radical was previously established by stopped flow UV/vis spectroscopy and pulsed high field EPR spectroscopy to be a disulfide radical anion. The second radical was proposed to be a 4'-radical of a 3'-keto-2'-deoxycytidine 5'-diphosphate. To identify the structure of the nucleotide radical [1'-H-2], [2'-H-2], [4'-H-2], [5'-H-2], [U-C-13, N-15], [U-N-15], and [5,6 -H-2] CDP and [beta-H-2] cysteine-cL were synthesized and incubated with E441Q-alpha 2 beta 2 and TTP. The nucleotide radical was examined by 9 GHz and 140 GHz pulsed EPR spectroscopy and 35 GHz ENDOR spectroscopy. Substitution of H-2 at C4' and C1' altered the observed hyperfine interactions of the nucleotide radical and established that the observed structure was not that predicted. DFT calculations (B3LYP/IGLO-III/B3LYP/TZVP) were carried out in an effort to recapitulate the spectroscopic observations and lead to a new structure consistent with all of the experimental data. The results indicate, unexpectedly, that the radical is a semidione nucleotide radical of cytidine 5'-diphosphate. The relationship of this radical to the disulfide radical anion is discussed. 
electronic g-tensors; density-functional calculations; spin-orbit; operators; diphosphate reductase; chemical-shifts; mechanism; epr; inactivation; oxidase; anions