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Unraveling the mechanism of enzymatic carbon fixation

Life Sciences Molecular biophysics Structural biology

Abstract

The Synchrotron Group at the Institut de Biologie Structurale in Grenoble is currently developing an innovative method called TR-FOX (Time-Resolved Functional Oscillation Crystallography). This technique aims to elucidate, firstly, the global dynamics of biological macromolecules in action and, secondly, their fine catalytic mechanism. It relies on the use of an injector capable of depositing onto the crystal, during the course of the X-ray diffraction data collection, a nanoliter droplet containing the substrate and cofactor of the studied reaction. This triggers the enzymatic reaction within the crystal. The approach can be combined with UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy to characterize the reaction kinetics more precisely. The goal is to obtain a series of structures during the catalytic cycle in order to make a molecular movie depicting the functioning of the enzyme. This thesis has two objectives: (i) improve and validate the TR-FOX method and, (ii) study the catalytic mechanism of two enzymes involved in carbon fixation either by capture or conversion of CO2.

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Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble
DBSCI
Université Grenoble Alpes
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