Muehlenhoff, Ulrich and Gerl, Mathias J. and Flauger, Birgit and Pirner, Heike M. and Balser, Sandra and Richhardt, Nadine and Lill, Roland and Stolz, Juergen (2007) The iron-sulfur cluster proteins Isa1 and Isa2 are required for the function but not for the de novo synthesis of the Fe/S clusters of biotin synthase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. EUKARYOTIC CELL, 6 (3). pp. 495-504. ISSN 1535-9778, 1535-9786
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is able to use some biotin precursors for biotin biosynthesis. Insertion of a sulfur atom into desthiobiotin, the final step in the biosynthetic pathway, is catalyzed by biotin synthase (Bio2). This mitochondrial protein contains two iron-sulfur (Fe/S) clusters that catalyze the reaction and are thought to act as a sulfur donor. To identify new components of biotin metabolism, we performed a genetic screen and found that Isa2, a mitochondrial protein involved in the formation of Fe/S proteins, is necessary for the conversion of desthiobiotin to biotin. Depletion of Isa2 or the related Isa1, however, did not prevent the de novo synthesis of any of the two Fe/S centers of Bio2. In contrast, Fe/S cluster assembly on Bio2 strongly depended on the Isu1 and Isu2 proteins. Both isa mutants contained low levels of Bio2. This phenotype was also found in other mutants impaired in mitochondrial Fe/S protein assembly and in wild-type cells grown under iron limitation. Low Bio2 levels, however, did not cause the inability of isa mutants to utilize desthiobiotin, since this defect was not cured by overexpression of BIO2. Thus, the Isa proteins are crucial for the in vivo function of biotin synthase but not for the de novo synthesis of its Fe/S clusters. Our data demonstrate that the Isa proteins are essential for the catalytic activity of Bio2 in vivo.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | DEPENDENT RADICAL ENZYME; ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; PLASMA-MEMBRANE; PYRUVATE-CARBOXYLASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEINS; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES-POMBE; IN-VIVO; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie und Pflanzenphysiologie (Prof. Dr. Klaus Grasser) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2020 13:08 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2020 13:08 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/33067 |
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