Structural highlights
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]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The Escherichia coli NifS CsdB protein is a member of the homodimeric pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent family of enzymes. These enzymes are capable of decomposing cysteine or selenocysteine into L-alanine and sulfur or selenium, respectively. E. coli NifS CsdB has a high specificity for L-selenocysteine in comparison to l-cysteine, suggesting a role for this enzyme is selenium metabolism. The 2.0 A crystal structure of E. coli NifS CsdB reveals a high-resolution view of the active site of this enzyme in apo-, persulfide, perselenide, and selenocysteine-bound intermediates, suggesting a mechanism for the stabilization of the enzyme persulfide and perselenide intermediates during catalysis, a necessary intermediate in the formation of sulfur and selenium containing metabolites.
Analysis of the E. coli NifS CsdB protein at 2.0 A reveals the structural basis for perselenide and persulfide intermediate formation.,Lima CD J Mol Biol. 2002 Feb 1;315(5):1199-208. PMID:11827487[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
- ↑ Lima CD. Analysis of the E. coli NifS CsdB protein at 2.0 A reveals the structural basis for perselenide and persulfide intermediate formation. J Mol Biol. 2002 Feb 1;315(5):1199-208. PMID:11827487 doi:10.1006/jmbi.2001.5308
