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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 360, 期 1, 页码 117-132出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.067
关键词
iron-sulfur cluster; biosynthesis; IscA; molecular scaffold; metallo-cofactor
It has been shown that the so-called scaffold proteins are vital in Fe-S cluster biosynthesis by providing an intermediate site for the assembly of Fe-S clusters. However, since no structural information on such scaffold proteins with bound Fe-S cluster intermediates is available, the structural basis of the core of Fe-S Cluster biosynthesis remains poorly understood. Here we report the first Fe-S cluster-bound crystal structure of a scaffold protein, IscA, from Thermosynechococcus elongatus, which carries three strictly conserved cysteine residues. Surprisingly, one partially exposed [2Fe-2S] cluster is coordinated by two conformationally distinct IscA protomers, termed alpha and beta, with asymmetric cysteinyl ligation by Cys37, Cys101, Cys103 from alpha and Cys103 from beta. In the crystal, two alpha beta dimers form an unusual domain-swapped tetramer via central domains of beta protomers. Together with additional biochemical data supporting its physiologically relevant configuration, we propose that the unique asymmetric Fe-S cluster coordination and the resulting, distinct conformational stabilities of the two IscA protomers are central to the function of IscA-type Fe-S cluster biosynthetic scaffold. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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