The asymmetric trimeric architecture of [2Fe-2S] IscU: implications for its scaffolding during iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis

Journal of Molecular Biology
Yoshimitsu ShimomuraYasuhiro Takahashi

Abstract

IscU is a key component of the ISC machinery and is involved in the biogenesis of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins. IscU serves as a scaffold for assembly of a nascent Fe-S cluster prior to its delivery to an apo protein. Here, we report the first crystal structure of IscU with a bound [2Fe-2S] cluster from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus, determined at a resolution of 2.3 A, using multiwavelength anomalous diffraction of the cluster. The holo IscU formed a novel asymmetric trimer that harbored only one [2Fe-2S] cluster. One iron atom of the cluster was coordinated by the S(gamma) atom of Cys36 and the N(epsilon) atom of His106, and the other was coordinated by the S(gamma) atoms of Cys63 and Cys107 on the surface of just one of the protomers. However, the cluster was buried inside the trimer between the neighboring protomers. The three protomers were conformationally distinct from one another and associated around a noncrystallographic pseudo-3-fold axis. The three flexible loop regions carrying the ligand-binding residues (Cys36, Cys63, His106 and Cys107) and the N-terminal alpha1 helices were positioned at the interfaces and underwent substantial conformational rearrangement, which stabilized the association of t...Continue Reading

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