Effect of pH on the secondary structure and thermostability of beetle luciferases: structural origin of pH-insensitivity.
Photochem Photobiol Sci
; 22(4): 893-904, 2023 Apr.
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Beetle luciferases were classified into three functional groups: (1) pH-sensitive yellow-green-emitting (fireflies) which change the bioluminescence color to red at acidic pH, high temperatures and presence of heavy metals; (2) the pH-insensitive green-yellow-emitting (click beetles, railroad worms and firefly isozymes) which are not affected by these factors, and (3) pH-insensitive red-emitting. Although the pH-sensing site in firefly luciferases was recently identified, it is unclear why some luciferases are pH-insensitive despite the presence of some conserved pH-sensing residues. Through circular dichroism, we compared the secondary structural changes and unfolding temperature of luciferases of representatives of these three groups: (1) pH-sensitive green-yellow-emitting Macrolampis sp2 (Mac) and Amydetes vivianii (Amy) firefly luciferases; (2) the pH-insensitive green-emitting Pyrearinus termitilluminans larval click beetle (Pte) and Aspisoma lineatum (Al2) larval firefly luciferases, and (3) the pH-insensitive red-emitting Phrixotrix hirtus railroadworm (PxRE) luciferase. The most blue-shifted luciferases, independently of pH sensitivity, are thermally more stable at different pHs than the red-shifted ones. The pH-sensitive luciferases undergo increases of α-helices and thermal stability above pH 6. The pH-insensitive Pte luciferase secondary structure remains stable between pH 6 and 8, whereas the Al2 luciferase displays an increase of the ß-sheet at pH 8. The PxRE luciferase also displays an increase of α-helices at pH 8. The results indicate that green-yellow emission in beetle luciferases can be attained by: (1) a structurally rigid scaffold which stabilizes a single closed active site conformation in the pH-insensitive luciferases, and (2) active site compaction above pH 7.0 in the more flexible pH-sensitive luciferases.
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Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Photochem Photobiol Sci
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BIOLOGIA
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2023
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Reino Unido