PMID:16248626

Citation	Bennati, M, Robblee, JH, Mugnaini, V, Stubbe, J, Freed, JH and Borbat, P (2005) EPR distance measurements support a model for long-range radical initiation in E. coli ribonucleotide reductase. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127:15014-5
Abstract	The class I E. coli ribonucleotide reductase, composed of homodimers of R1 and R2, catalyzes the conversion of nucleoside diphosphates to deoxynucleoside diphosphates. The reduction process involves the tyrosyl radical on R2 that generates a transient thiyl radical on R1 over a proposed distance of 35 A. A mechanism-based inhibitor, 2'-azido-2'-deoxyuridine-5'-diphosphate, that reduces the tyrosyl radical on R2 and forms a nitrogen-centered radical on R1 has provided a method to measure the diagonal distance between the two subunits. PELDOR and DQC paramagnetic resonance methods give rise to a distance of 48 A, similar to that calculated from a docking model of the R1 and R2 structures.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1021/ja054991y
Keywords	Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy/methods; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Free Radicals/chemistry; Models, Biological; Ribonucleotide Reductases/metabolism; Time Factors
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