TlpA and ScoI of
Bradyrhizobium japonicum are membrane-anchored thioredoxin-like proteins oriented towards the periplasm. TlpA is a protein-disulfide reductase. ScoI is a copper chaperone for cytochrome oxidase biogenesis. TlpA with its negative redox potential (
Eo¡ä ?256 mV) was shown here to reduce oxidized ScoI, for which we determined a less negative
Eo¡ä (?160 mV). The fast forward reaction (rate constant 9.4 ¡Á 10
4 M
?1 s
?1) was typical for physiologically relevant disulfide exchange reactions. A transient TlpA-ScoI heterodisulfide formed between Cys107 of TlpA¡¯s active site (C
107XXC
110) and Cys78 of ScoI¡¯s copper-binding site (C
74XXXC
78). We conclude that TlpA recycles ScoI to the dithiol form prior to metallation.
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