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Bennett, Sophie P., Crack, Jason C., Puglisi, Rita, Pastore, Annalisa and Le Brun, Nick E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-4061
(2023)
Native mass spectrometric studies of IscSU reveal a concerted, sulfur-initiated mechanism of iron-sulfur cluster assembly.
Chemical Science, 14 (1).
pp. 78-95.
ISSN 2041-6520
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Abstract
Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are cofactors essential for life. Though the proteins that function in the assembly of Fe-S clusters are well known, details of the molecular mechanism are less well established. The Isc (Iron-sulfur cluster) biogenesis apparatus is widespread in bacteria and is the closest homologue to the human system. Mutations in certain components of the human system lead to disease, and so further studies of this system could be important for developing strategies for medical treatments. We have studied two core components of the Isc biogenesis system: IscS, a cysteine desulfurase; and IscU, a scaffold protein on which clusters are built before subsequent transfer onto recipient apo-proteins. Fe2+-binding, sulfur transfer, and formation of a [2Fe-2S] was followed by a range of techniques, including time-resolved mass spectrometry, and intermediate and product species were unambiguously identified through isotopic substitution experiments using 57Fe and 34S. Under cluster synthesis conditions, sulfur adducts and the [2Fe-2S] cluster product readily accumulated on IscU, but iron adducts (other than the cluster itself) were not observed at physiologically relevant Fe2+ concentrations. Our data indicate that either Fe2+ or sulfur transfer can occur first, but that the transfer of sulfane sulfur (S0) to IscU must occur first if Zn2+ is bound to IscU, suggesting that it is the key step that initiates cluster assembly. Following this, [2Fe-2S] cluster formation is a largely concerted reaction once Fe2+ is introduced.
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| Additional Information: | Data availability: Data supporting the conclusions of this study are available in the main paper with additional experimental data given in the ESI. Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council through grants BB/S001018/1, BB/T017708/1, BB/R013578/1 (to NLB), and BB/S001832/1 (to AP). Further support was provided by a British Mass Spectrometry Society Research Support Grant (to JCC), and by UEA through the purchase/upgrade of the ESI-MS instrument. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | chemistry(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1600 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2022 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jan 2023 09:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/89941 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/D2SC04169C |
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