Anders Bergkvist - Transhydrogenase

Transhydrogenase


This project was started in 1997 in cooperation with Prof. Jan Rydström and coworkers. Transhydrogenase is a membrane-bound enzyme that couples the reversible reduction of NADP+ by NADH to a proton translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane. The protein is composed of three domains, the NAD(H)-binding domain I, the membrane-spanning domain II and the NADP(H)-binding domain III.

We have cloned and expressed both soluble domains of E. coli transhydrogenase, ecI (dimer of 2´42.8 kDa) and ecIII (monomer of 20.4 kDa). We have published an essentially complete backbone assignment of ecIII and we also have a publication on its global fold and substrate-binding site. Currently we are working on interaction studies between ecIII and ecI, and the application of residual dipolar couplings for the structure determination of ecIII.

Existing publications:
"Sequential assignment and secondary structure analysis of the NADP(H)-binding domain of Escherichia coli transhydrogenase", C Johansson, A Bergkvist, O Fjellström, J Rydström and B G Karlsson, J. Biomol. NMR 14 (1999), 295-296.

"NMR Characterization of the NADP(H)-binding Domain of Eschericia coli Transhydrogenase; Sequential Assignment and Global Fold", C Johansson, A Bergkvist, O Fjellström, J Rydström and B G Karlsson, FEBS Lett. 458 (1999), 180-184.

Publications in prepation:
"Domain Interactions in Transhydrogenase studied by NMR and Mutagenesis", A Bergkvist, C Johansson, T Johansson, J Rydström and B G Karlsson. Will be submitted to Biochemistry during autumn of 1999.

"Residual Dipolar Coupling Measurements in the NADP(H)-binding domain of Escherichia coli transhydrogenase", A Bergkvist, T Papavoine, T Johansson, M Billeter and B G Karlsson. Will be submitted during spring of 2000.


Last modified: November 17, 1999