Structural Basis for Monomer-Dimer Transition of Dri1 Upon Heme Binding.
Wang, X.Y., Zhang, J., Li, H.Y., Dong, C.S., Dai, H.E., Wang, M., Liu, L.(2025) Proteins 93: 949-956
- PubMed: 39670557 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.26778
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8ZXQ, 8ZXR - PubMed Abstract: 
Domain related to iron (DRI) contains approximately 90 residues and is involved in iron and heme metabolism. Recent discoveries have annotated Dri1, a DRI-only protein from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis, as a regulator of succinate dehydrogenase in a b-type heme-dependent manner or as a c-type heme oxygenase. Here, we report high-resolution structures of Dri1 in complex with b-type and c-type hemes, respectively. Bis-His-ligated heme is located in the middle of the dimeric Dri1 complex with heme b, as well as in the complex of monomeric Dri1 with c-type heme, but distinct heme binding modes are revealed. Structural analyses suggest that Dri1 may participate in the succinate dehydrogenase activity and/or the metabolism of cytochromes.
- School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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