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Mass spectrometric analysis of the interactions between CP12, a chloroplast protein, and metal ions: a possible regulatory role within a PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex
Author(s) -
Delobel Arnaud,
Graciet Emmanuelle,
Andreescu Simona,
Gontero Brigitte,
Halgand Frédéric,
Laprévote Olivier
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/rcm.2192
Subject(s) - chemistry , linker , electrospray ionization , metal , cysteine , redox , mass spectrometry , metal ions in aqueous solution , covalent bond , crystallography , biophysics , biochemistry , inorganic chemistry , enzyme , chromatography , organic chemistry , computer science , biology , operating system
The small chloroplast protein CP12 plays the role of a protein linker in the assembly process of a PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex that is involved in CO 2 assimilation in photosynthetic organisms. The redox state of CP12 regulates its role as a protein linker. Only the oxidized protein, with two disulfide bonds, is active in complex formation. Several observations indicating that CP12 might bind a metal ion led us to screen the binding of different metal ions on oxidized or reduced CP12 using non‐covalent electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS) experiments. The oxidized protein bound specifically Cu 2+ and Ni 2+ (K d of 26 ± 1 µM and 11 ± 1 µM, respectively); other cations such as Fe 2+ and Zn 2+ did not bind, while cations such as Cd 2+ formed non‐specific adducts to CP12. Similar results were obtained for metal ions on screening with the reduced CP12. Interestingly, the present results suggest that Cu 2+ catalyzes the re‐formation of the disulfide bonds of the reduced CP12, leading to recovery of the fully oxidized CP12 that is then able to bind a Cu 2+ ion. Finally the high similarity between CP12 and copper chaperones from Arabidopsis thaliana , as judged by hydrophobic cluster analysis, provides additional evidence for the relevance of metal binding for the in vivo situation. The findings that CP12 is able to bind a metal ion, and that Cu 2+ catalyzes the oxidation of the thiol groups of CP12, are new characteristics of this protein that may prove to be important in the regulation of the assembly process of the PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.