• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.86-90
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• 2020

Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are one of the most ancient yet essential cofactors mediating various essential biological processes. In prokaryotes, Fe-S clusters are generated via several distinctive biogenesis mechanisms, among which the ISC (Iron-Sulfur Cluster) mechanism plays a house-keeping role to satisfy cellular needs for Fe-S clusters. The Escherichia coli ISC mechanism is maintained by several essential protein factors, whose structural characterization has been of great interest to reveal mechanistic details of the Fe-S cluster biogenesis mechanisms. In particular, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic approaches have contributed much to elucidate dynamic features not only in the structural states of the protein components but also in the interaction between them. The present minireview discusses recent advances in elucidating structural features of IscU, the key player in the E. coli ISC mechanism. IscU accommodates exceptional structural flexibility for its versatile activities, for which NMR spectroscopy was particularly successful. We expect that understanding to the structural diversity of IscU provides critical insight to appreciate functional versatility of the Fe-S cluster biogenesis mechanism.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.1672-1677
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• 2008

IscR (iron-sulfur cluster regulator) has been reported to be a repressor of the iscRSUA operon, and in vitro transcription reactions have revealed that IscR has a repressive effect on the iscR promoter in the case of [$Fe_{2}S_{2}$] cluster loading. In the present study, the iscR gene from A. ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 was cloned and successfully expressed in Escherichia coli, and then purified by one-step affinity chromatography to homogeneity. The molecular mass of the IscR was 18 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The optical and EPR spectra results for the recombinant IscR confirmed that an iron-sulfur cluster was correctly inserted into the active site of the protein. However, no [$Fe_{2}S_{2}$] cluster was assembled in apoIscR with ferrous iron and sulfide in vitro. Therefore, the [$Fe_{2}S_{2}$] cluster assembly in IscR in vivo would appear to require scaffold proteins and follow the Isc "AUS" pathway.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1070-1075
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• 2008

IscA was proposed to be involved in the iron-sulfur cluster assembly encoded by the iscSUA operon, but the role of IscA in the iron-sulfur cluster assembly still remains controversial. In our previous study, the IscA from A. ferrooxidans was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli, and purified to be a [$Fe_4S_4$] -cluster-containing protein. Cys35, Cys99, and Cys101 were important residues in ligating with the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster. In this study, Asp97 was found to be another ligand for the iron-sulfur cluster binding according to site-directed mutagenesis results. Molecular modeling for the IscA also showed that Asp97 was a strong ligand with the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster, which was in good agreement with the experimental results. Thus, the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster in IscA from A. ferrooxidans was ligated by three cysteine residues and one aspartic acid.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.124-128
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• 2011

Ferredoxin is a typical iron-sulfur protein that is ubiquitous in biological redox systems. This study investigates the in vitro assembly of a [$Fe_2S_2$] cluster in the ferredoxin from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in the presence of three scaffold proteins: IscA, IscS, and IscU. The spectra and MALDI-TOF MS results for the reconstituted ferredoxin confirm that the iron-sulfur cluster was correctly assembled in the protein. The inactivation of cysteine desulfurase by L-allylglycine completely blocked any [$Fe_2S_2$] cluster assembly in the ferredoxin in E. coli, confirming that cysteine desulfurase is an essential component for iron-sulfur cluster assembly. The present results also provide strong evidence that [$Fe_2S_2$] cluster assembly in ferredoxin follows the AUS pathway.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1849-1852
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• 2003

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.294-300
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• 2010

The Iro protein is a member of the HiPIP family with the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster for electron transfer. Many reports proposed that the conserved aromatic residues might be responsible for the stability of the iron-sulfur cluster in HiPIP. In this study, Tyr10 was found to be a critical residue for the stability of the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster, according to site-directed mutagenesis results. Tyr10, Phe26, and Phe48 were essential for the stability of the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster under acidic condition. Trp44 was not involved in the stability of the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster. Molecular structure modeling for the mutant Tyr10 proteins revealed that the aromatic group of Tyr10 may form a hydrophobic barrier to protect the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster from solvent.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.351-356
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• 2018

L-세린 탈수화효소(LSD)는 L-serine을 피루브산과 암모니아로 전환하는 반응을 촉매하는 iron-sulfur 함유 효소이다. 세균성 아미노산 탈수화 효소 중에서, L-serine에 대한 이들 특정 효소만이 촉매 부위에서 iron-sulfur cluster를 이용하는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 또한, 세균성 LSD는 구조적 특성과 도메인의 배열에 따라 네 가지 유형으로 분류된다. 현재까지, 이 효소들은 소수의 균주로부터 얻어진 LSD 효소에 대해서만 연구되었지만, 다양한 세균성 LSD의 촉매 메커니즘을 이해하기 위해서는 더 많은 자세한 조사가 요구된다. 본 연구에서, Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv로부터 유래된 유형 II LSD (MtLSD) 단백질을 효소 동력학적 방법을 이용하여 생화학적 및 촉매적 특성을 규명하기 위해 발현 및 정제되었다. MtLSD에 대한 L-serine의 포화 곡선은 알로스테릭 협동성(allosteric cooperativity)을 나타내는 전형적인 S자형(sigmoid)의 특성을 보였다. 이때의 $K_m$과 $k_{cat}$ 값은 각각 $59.35{\pm}1.23mM$과 $18.12{\pm}0.20s^{-1}$로 계산되었다. 또한, 고정된 L-serine 농도 하에서 D-serine의 농도 대비 초속도에 대한 그래프는 비선형 쌍곡선 감쇠 형태를 보였고, $k_{cat}$ 값의 변화 없이 $30.46{\pm}5.93mM$의 겉보기 $K_i$ 값으로 D-serine에 대한 경쟁적 억제(competitive inhibition)를 나타내었다. 이들 연구는 MtLSD의 촉매 특성 및 기질 특이성에 관한 통찰력 있는 생화학적 정보를 제공한다.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2006년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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• pp.66-68
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• 2006

SUF machinery in Echerichia coli, responsible for the biosynthesis of iron-sulfur clusters, is composed of six protein components (SufABCDSE), among which SufB, SufC, and SufD associate in a complex. We have determined the structures of SufA, SufC, and SufD by X-ray crystallography. SufA is a dimer, in which C-terminal segments containing essential cysteine residues (Cys-Gly-Cys) are positioned to allow coordination of an Fe-S cluster and/or an Fe atom. SufC has the overall structure similar to that of ABC-ATPase but takes an inactive form. SufD has a ${\beta}-helix$ flanked with a-helical domains. We also studied the functional roles of the residues in SufD by mutagenesis and determined the crystal structure of SufCD complex. Molecular mechanism of Fe-S cluster biosynthesis is discussed on the basis of the structural and functional evidence.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2024

IscU, the iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster scaffold protein, is an essential protein for biogenesis of Fe-S clusters. Previous studies showed that IscU manifests a metamorphic structural feature; at least two structural states, namely the structured state (S-state) and the disordered state (D-state), interconverting in a physiological condition, was observed. Moreover, subsequent studies demonstrated that the metamorphic flexibility of IscU is important for its Fe-S cluster assembly activity as well as for an efficient interaction with various partner proteins. Although solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been a useful tool to investigate this protein, the detailed molecular mechanism that sustains the structural heterogeneity of IscU is still unclear. To tackle this issue, we applied a high-pressure NMR (HP-NMR) technique to the IscU variant, IscU(I8K), which shows an increased population of the S-state. We found that the equilibrium between the S- and D-state was significantly perturbed by pressure application, and the specific regions of IscU exhibited more sensitivity to pressure than the other regions. Our results provide novel insights to appreciate the dynamic behaviors of IscU and the related versatile functionality.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2006년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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• pp.69-71
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• 2006