6uy5

E. coli cysteine desulfurase SufS with a spontaneously rotated beta-hairpinE. coli cysteine desulfurase SufS with a spontaneously rotated beta-hairpin

Structural highlights

6uy5 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli K-12. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.501Å
Ligands:	,
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

SUFS_ECOLI Cysteine desulfurases mobilize the sulfur from L-cysteine to yield L-alanine, an essential step in sulfur metabolism for biosynthesis of a variety of sulfur-containing biomolecules. Component of the suf operon, which is activated and required under specific conditions such as oxidative stress and iron limitation. Acts as a potent selenocysteine lyase in vitro, that mobilizes selenium from L-selenocysteine. Selenocysteine lyase activity is however unsure in vivo.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Cysteine serves as the sulfur source for the biosynthesis of Fe-S clusters and thio-cofactors, molecules that are required for core metabolic processes in all organisms. Therefore, cysteine desulfurases, which mobilize sulfur for its incorporation into thio-cofactors by cleaving the C(alpha)-S bond of cysteine, are ubiquitous in nature. SufS, a type 2 cysteine desulfurase that is present in plants and microorganisms, mobilizes sulfur from cysteine to the transpersulfurase SufE to initiate Fe-S biosynthesis. Here, a 1.5 A resolution X-ray crystal structure of the Escherichia coli SufS homodimer is reported which adopts a state in which the two monomers are rotated relative to their resting state, displacing a beta-hairpin from its typical position blocking transpersulfurase access to the SufS active site. A global structure and sequence analysis of SufS family members indicates that the active-site beta-hairpin is likely to require adjacent structural elements to function as a beta-latch regulating access to the SufS active site.

Structural evidence for a latch mechanism regulating access to the active site of SufS-family cysteine desulfurases.,Dunkle JA, Bruno MR, Frantom PA Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2020 Mar 1;76(Pt 3):291-301. doi: , 10.1107/S2059798320000790. Epub 2020 Feb 25. PMID:32133993^[6]

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References

↑ Lacourciere GM, Mihara H, Kurihara T, Esaki N, Stadtman TC. Escherichia coli NifS-like proteins provide selenium in the pathway for the biosynthesis of selenophosphate. J Biol Chem. 2000 Aug 4;275(31):23769-73. PMID:10829016 doi:10.1074/jbc.M000926200
↑ Takahashi Y, Tokumoto U. A third bacterial system for the assembly of iron-sulfur clusters with homologs in archaea and plastids. J Biol Chem. 2002 Aug 9;277(32):28380-3. Epub 2002 Jun 27. PMID:12089140 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.C200365200
↑ Mihara H, Kato S, Lacourciere GM, Stadtman TC, Kennedy RA, Kurihara T, Tokumoto U, Takahashi Y, Esaki N. The iscS gene is essential for the biosynthesis of 2-selenouridine in tRNA and the selenocysteine-containing formate dehydrogenase H. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 May 14;99(10):6679-83. Epub 2002 May 7. PMID:11997471 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.102176099
↑ Loiseau L, Ollagnier-de-Choudens S, Nachin L, Fontecave M, Barras F. Biogenesis of Fe-S cluster by the bacterial Suf system: SufS and SufE form a new type of cysteine desulfurase. J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 3;278(40):38352-9. Epub 2003 Jul 21. PMID:12876288 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M305953200
↑ Outten FW, Wood MJ, Munoz FM, Storz G. The SufE protein and the SufBCD complex enhance SufS cysteine desulfurase activity as part of a sulfur transfer pathway for Fe-S cluster assembly in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 14;278(46):45713-9. Epub 2003 Aug 26. PMID:12941942 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M308004200
↑ Dunkle JA, Bruno MR, Frantom PA. Structural evidence for a latch mechanism regulating access to the active site of SufS-family cysteine desulfurases. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2020 Mar 1;76(Pt 3):291-301. PMID:32133993 doi:10.1107/S2059798320000790

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OCA

[1] Lacourciere GM, Mihara H, Kurihara T, Esaki N, Stadtman TC. Escherichia coli NifS-like proteins provide selenium in the pathway for the biosynthesis of selenophosphate. J Biol Chem. 2000 Aug 4;275(31):23769-73. PMID:10829016 doi:10.1074/jbc.M000926200

[2] Takahashi Y, Tokumoto U. A third bacterial system for the assembly of iron-sulfur clusters with homologs in archaea and plastids. J Biol Chem. 2002 Aug 9;277(32):28380-3. Epub 2002 Jun 27. PMID:12089140 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.C200365200

[3] Mihara H, Kato S, Lacourciere GM, Stadtman TC, Kennedy RA, Kurihara T, Tokumoto U, Takahashi Y, Esaki N. The iscS gene is essential for the biosynthesis of 2-selenouridine in tRNA and the selenocysteine-containing formate dehydrogenase H. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 May 14;99(10):6679-83. Epub 2002 May 7. PMID:11997471 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.102176099

[4] Loiseau L, Ollagnier-de-Choudens S, Nachin L, Fontecave M, Barras F. Biogenesis of Fe-S cluster by the bacterial Suf system: SufS and SufE form a new type of cysteine desulfurase. J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 3;278(40):38352-9. Epub 2003 Jul 21. PMID:12876288 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M305953200

[5] Outten FW, Wood MJ, Munoz FM, Storz G. The SufE protein and the SufBCD complex enhance SufS cysteine desulfurase activity as part of a sulfur transfer pathway for Fe-S cluster assembly in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 14;278(46):45713-9. Epub 2003 Aug 26. PMID:12941942 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M308004200

[6] Dunkle JA, Bruno MR, Frantom PA. Structural evidence for a latch mechanism regulating access to the active site of SufS-family cysteine desulfurases. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2020 Mar 1;76(Pt 3):291-301. PMID:32133993 doi:10.1107/S2059798320000790

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