1. Joana Pinto July 2009

2.  Analyse the structures of Copper containing proteins and look for errors  Keep making protein structures more and more accurate Relying on improved software and better knowledge of protein structure

3.  Difficulty in distinguish certain atoms  Errors are kept because it’s not a curated database.

4.  Iron, Zinc, Calcium, Magnesium, Chlorine or Iodine, etc.  Copper  Two stable oxidation states  [Ar] s 1 d 10  Copper proteins classification

5.  Blue Proteins  2 Histidines, 1 Cysteine and 1 Methionine  There are about 50.000 proteins in this family CuN - Histidine S - Methionine Cysteine - S

7.  3 Histidines + Histidine or H 2 O or Methionine or Cysteine  Colorless CuN - Histidine X

8.  Peptidylglycine α- Hydroxylating Monooxygenase

9. Cu A Cu B

10.  Binuclear centers: 3 Histidines and O 2 CuN - Histidine Cu O N - Histidine O

11. *Deoxygenated state  4,6 Å *Oxygenated state  3,6 Å * Not validated by us

12. REDUCED FORM - CUPROUS OXIDIZED FORM - CUPRIC  [Ar] 4s 0 3d 10  Soft ion  Soft ligands (S/P)  C.N: 2, 3 and 4  [Ar] 4s 0 3d 9  Hard ion  Hard ligands (N/O)  C.N: 4, 5 and 6

13.  PDB Files:  X-ray Crystallography  Resolution better than 2.0 Å Cu + Cu 2+ Total Files 114562 Cu + Cu 2+ Used Files 35321

14.  WHAT IF:  Calculations  SKPNOO  GRSION  Distances plot  YASARA:  Pictures

15. Cu + Total Files 114 Files Used 35 Num of ligands Num of Copper Ions 311 437 529 Geometry Num of Copper Ions Tetrahedral24 Other13 Ligands Num of Copper Ions 2 His, 1 Met, 1 Cys14 4 His7 Others3 Cu 2+ Total Files 562 Files Used 321 Num of ligands Num of Copper Ions 345 4384 5231 Geometry Num of Copper Ions Tetrahedral331 Square Planar8 Other45 Ligands Num of Copper Ions 2 His, 1 Met, 1 Cys210 3 His, 1 H 2 O69 Others52

16. Geometry Num of Copper Ions Tetrahedral24 Regular tetrahedral14 Ligands Num of Copper Ions 2 His, 1 Met, 1 Cys13 3 Met, 1 SCN1 Geometry Num of Copper Ions Tetrahedral331 Regular tetrahedral215 Ligands Num of Copper Ions 2 His, 1 Met, 1 Cys149 3 His, 1 H 2 O43 Others23 13 Cu + ions (spread over 8 PDB files) and 149 Cu 2+ ions (spread over 94 PDB files) distances plot

17.  Average positions for all the intervenient residues in the regular tetrahedrals  difference between the average positions is of 0.6 Å, being this value close to the error expected in the X-ray structure determination

18.  When superposed, 5PCY* and 6PCY* show no differences in its structures besides: a small change in a Proline residue, and a rotation of an Imidazole ring by 180 ˚ about C β - C γ. * Guss, J.M., Harrowell, P.R., Murata, M., Norris, V.A., Freeman, H.C. (1986). Crystal Structure Analysis Of Reduced (Cu I) Poplar Plastocyanin At Six pH Values. J.Mol. Biol 192 (1986): 361-387

19.  No reason for the flipping of the Histidine  At a resolution of both 5PCY (1.80 Å) and 6PCY (1.90 Å) the Pro puckering tends to be unobservable 5PCY6PCY

20.  Too few data  Coordination Numbers: For Cu + and Cu 2+ : most often seen C.N. is 4, 5 and 3.  Contradicting some older studies*  No differences between the structures of Cu + and Cu 2+  Contradicting some older studies** *Belle, C., Rammal, W., Pierre, J.L., (2005). Sulfur Ligation in Copper Enzymes and Models. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 99: 1929-1936 **Taylor, M.K., Stevenson, D.E., Berlouis, L.E.A., Kennedy, A.R., Reglinski J. (2006). Modeling the Impact of Geometric Parameters On The Redox Potential Of Blue Copper Proteins. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 100: 250-259

21.  For coppers with C.N. 4, the most common geometry is tetrahedral  Copper proteins classifications should be revised, for example, Type II classification is ambiguous.  Some older publications should be reviewed

22.  What distinguishes between both oxidation states for copper?  Are the differences too small to be detected?  Are there any differences at all? One of the possibilities to be studied would be the protonation states for Histidine and Cysteine or other factors like protein bond

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