2l4x | pdb_00002l4x

Solution Structure of apo-IscU(WT)

spinqualitylabelsall models 2l4x Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2l4x is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli K-12. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function ISCU_ECOLI A scaffold on which IscS assembles Fe-S clusters. Exists as 2 interconverting forms, a structured (S) and disordered (D) form. The D-state is the preferred substrate for IscS. Converts to the S-state when an Fe-S cluster is assembled, which helps it dissociate from IscS to transfer the Fe-S to an acceptor. It is likely that Fe-S cluster coordination is flexible as the role of this complex is to build and then hand off Fe-S clusters. Publication Abstract from PubMed The highly conserved protein, IscU, serves as the scaffold for iron-sulfur cluster (ISC) assembly in the ISC system common to bacteria and eukaryotic mitochondria. The apo-form of IscU from Escherichia coli has been shown to populate two slowly interconverting conformational states: one structured (S) and one dynamically disordered (D). Furthermore, single-site amino acid substitutions have been shown to shift the equilibrium between the metamorphic states. Here, we report three-dimensional structural models derived from NMR spectroscopy for the S-state of wild-type (WT) apo-IscU, determined under conditions where the protein was 80% in the S-state and 20% in the D-state, and for the S-state of apo-IscU(D39A), determined under conditions where the protein was approximately 95% in the S-state. We have used these structures in interpreting the effects of single site amino acid substitutions that alter %S = (100 x [S])/([S] + [D]). These include different residues at the same site, %S: D39V > D39L > D39A > D39G approximately WT, and alanine substitutions at different sites, %S: N90A > S107A approximately E111A > WT. Hydrophobic residues at residue 39 appear to stabilize the S-state by decreasing the flexibility of the loops that contain the conserved cysteine residues. The alanine substitutions at positions 90, 107, and 111, on the other hand, stabilize the protein without affecting the loop dynamics. In general, the stability of the S-state correlates with the compactness and thermal stability of the variant. Three-Dimensional Structure and Determinants of Stability of the Iron-Sulfur Cluster Scaffold Protein IscU from Escherichia coli.,Hae Kim J, Tonelli M, Kim T, Markley JL Biochemistry. 2012 Jul 2. PMID:22734684 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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