A. fulgidus IscS-IscU complex structureA. fulgidus IscS-IscU complex structure

Structural highlights

4eb7 is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Archaeoglobus fulgidus dsm 4304. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:, , ,
Gene:iscS2, AF_0564 (Archaeoglobus fulgidus DSM 4304), AF_0185, AF_0565 (Archaeoglobus fulgidus DSM 4304)
Activity:Cysteine desulfurase, with EC number 2.8.1.7
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum

Function

[ISCS2_ARCFU] Catalyzes the removal of elemental sulfur from cysteine to produce alanine (By similarity). [O34393_ARCFU] A scaffold on which IscS assembles Fe-S clusters. Subsequently gives the nascent cluster to other proteins. It is likely that Fe-S cluster coordination is flexible as the role of this complex is to build and then hand off Fe-S clusters (By similarity).

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The center of attention: IscS cysteine desulfurases and IscU scaffolds are involved in biological iron-sulfur cluster assembly. The X-ray structure of an anaerobically produced, mutated (Fe(2) S(2) -(IscS-IscU(D35A) ))(2) complex reveals a cluster coordinated by three IscU cysteines and the IscS active cysteine. In air-exposed crystals the cluster is oxidized to an Fe(2) S-S center; D35 is essential for complex dissociation.

(IscS-IscU)(2) Complex Structures Provide Insights into Fe(2) S(2) Biogenesis and Transfer.,Marinoni EN, de Oliveira JS, Nicolet Y, Raulfs EC, Amara P, Dean DR, Fontecilla-Camps JC Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Apr 18. doi: 10.1002/anie.201201708. PMID:22511353[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

  1. Marinoni EN, de Oliveira JS, Nicolet Y, Raulfs EC, Amara P, Dean DR, Fontecilla-Camps JC. (IscS-IscU)(2) Complex Structures Provide Insights into Fe(2) S(2) Biogenesis and Transfer. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Apr 18. doi: 10.1002/anie.201201708. PMID:22511353 doi:10.1002/anie.201201708

4eb7, resolution 2.75Å

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