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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 19, Pages 19705-19711Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M400278200
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM 62542 4] Funding Source: Medline
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The NifU protein is a homodimer that is proposed to provide a molecular scaffold for the assembly of [Fe-S] clusters uniquely destined for the maturation of the nitrogenase catalytic components. There are three domains contained within NifU, with the N-terminal domain exhibiting a high degree of primary sequence similarity to a related family of [Fe-S] cluster biosynthetic scaffolds designated IscU. The C-terminal domain of NifU exhibits sequence similarity to a second family of proposed [Fe-S] cluster biosynthetic scaffolds designated Nfu. Genetic experiments described here involving amino acid substitutions within the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of NifU indicate that both domains can separately participate in nitrogenase-specific [Fe-S] cluster formation, although the N-terminal domain appears to have the dominant function. These in vivo experiments were supported by in vitro [Fe-S] cluster assembly and transfer experiments involving the activation of an apo-form of the nitrogenase Fe protein.
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