7xel
SufS soaked with D-penicillamine
Structural highlights
FunctionSUFS_BACSU Enzyme able to deliver sulfur to partners involved in Fe-S cluster assembly. Catalyzes the removal of elemental sulfur atoms from L-cysteine to produce L-alanine. Activity is stimulated 40-to 100-fold by SufU, which acts as a second substrate for this enzyme following release of Ala, and generating SufU.S. A mixture of SufS, SufU, Fra and L-cysteine is able to reconstitute Fe-S clusters on apo-aconitase (citB), reconstituting aconitase activity.[1] [2] [3] Publication Abstract from PubMedThe reactivity of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP) with cysteine and its derivatives has been of increasing interest because the corresponding product, a thiazolidine PLP-cysteine adduct, can be formed via PLP-dependent enzymatic and non-enzymatic reactions. Here, we report biochemical and X-ray crystallographic snapshots of thiazolidine formation in reaction of D-cysteine with PLP in SufS, a PLP-dependent L-cysteine desulfurase. By comparing L- and D-penicillamine-bound SufS showing no thiazolidine formation in the crystals with D-cysteine SufS, we proposed a thiazolidine formation mechanism with important factors: the polar environments provided by the carbonyl groups of Ala28-Ala29 and Lys224-mediated base catalysis for the nucleophilic thiolate of D-cysteine. Visualizing thiazolidine ring formation in the reaction of D-cysteine and pyridoxal-5'-phosphate within L-cysteine desulfurase SufS.,Nakamura R, Fujishiro T Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2025 Mar 25;754:151497. doi: , 10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.151497. Epub 2025 Feb 19. PMID:40020322[4] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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