PMID:11825893
| Citation |
Yang, W, Rogers, PA and Ding, H (2002) Repair of nitric oxide-modified ferredoxin [2Fe-2S] cluster by cysteine desulfurase (IscS). J. Biol. Chem. 277:12868-73 |
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| Abstract |
Iron-sulfur proteins are among the sensitive targets of the nitric oxide cytotoxicity. When Escherichia coli cells are exposed to nitric oxide, iron-sulfur clusters are modified forming protein-bound dinitrosyl iron complexes. Such modified protein dinitrosyl iron complexes are stable in vitro but are efficiently repaired in aerobically growing E. coli cells even without any new protein synthesis. Here we show that cysteine desulfurase encoded by the gene iscS of E. coli can directly convert the ferredoxin dinitrosyl iron complex to the ferredoxin [2Fe-2S] cluster in the presence of L-cysteine in vitro. A reassembly of the [2Fe-2S] cluster in the ferredoxin dinitrosyl iron complex does not require any addition of iron or other protein components. Furthermore, a complete removal of the dinitrosyl iron complex from ferredoxin prevents reassembly of the [2Fe-2S] cluster in the protein. The results suggest that cysteine desulfurase (IscS) together with L-cysteine can efficiently repair the nitric oxide-modified ferredoxin [2Fe-2S] cluster and that the iron center in the dinitrosyl iron complex may be recycled for the reassembly of iron-sulfur clusters in proteins. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1074/jbc.M109485200 |
| Keywords |
Base Sequence; Carbon-Sulfur Lyases; DNA Primers; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Ferredoxins/metabolism; Lyases/metabolism; Nitric Oxide/metabolism |
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