Structural highlights
Function
[SUFC_ECOLI] Has low ATPase activity. The SufBCD complex acts synergistically with SufE to stimulate the cysteine desulfurase activity of SufS. The SufBCD complex contributes to the assembly or repair of oxygen-labile iron-sulfur clusters under oxidative stress. May facilitate iron uptake from extracellular iron chelators under iron limitation.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
SufC is an ATPase component of the SUF machinery, which is involved in the biosynthesis of Fe-S clusters. To gain insight into the function of this protein, we have determined the crystal structure of Escherichia coli SufC at 2.5A resolution. Despite the similarity of the overall structure with ABC-ATPases (nucleotide-binding domains of ABC transporters), some key differences were observed. Glu171, an invariant residue involved in ATP hydrolysis, is rotated away from the nucleotide-binding pocket to form a SufC-specific salt bridge with Lys152. Due to this salt bridge, D-loop that follows Glu171 is flipped out to the molecular surface, which may sterically inhibit the formation of an active dimer. Thus, the salt bridge may play a critical role in regulating ATPase activity and preventing wasteful ATP hydrolysis. Furthermore, SufC has a unique Q-loop structure on its surface, which may form a binding site for its partner proteins, SufB and/or SufD.
Crystal structure of Escherichia coli SufC, an ABC-type ATPase component of the SUF iron-sulfur cluster assembly machinery.,Kitaoka S, Wada K, Hasegawa Y, Minami Y, Fukuyama K, Takahashi Y FEBS Lett. 2006 Jan 9;580(1):137-43. Epub 2005 Dec 6. PMID:16364320[3]
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References
- ↑ Nachin L, Loiseau L, Expert D, Barras F. SufC: an unorthodox cytoplasmic ABC/ATPase required for [Fe-S] biogenesis under oxidative stress. EMBO J. 2003 Feb 3;22(3):427-37. PMID:12554644 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emboj/cdg061
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Kitaoka S, Wada K, Hasegawa Y, Minami Y, Fukuyama K, Takahashi Y. Crystal structure of Escherichia coli SufC, an ABC-type ATPase component of the SUF iron-sulfur cluster assembly machinery. FEBS Lett. 2006 Jan 9;580(1):137-43. Epub 2005 Dec 6. PMID:16364320 doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2005.11.058
