Characterization and Reconstitution of Human Lipoyl Synthase (LIAS) Supports ISCA2 and ISCU As Primary Cluster Donors and an Ordered Mechanism of Cluster Assembly

Overview

Journal Int J Mol Sci

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Biochemistry
Chemistry
Molecular Biology

Date 2021 Feb 10

PMID 33562493

Citations 10

Authors

Amber L Hendricks

Christine Wachnowsky

Brian Fries

Insiya Fidai

J A Cowan

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Abstract

Lipoyl synthase (LIAS) is an iron-sulfur cluster protein and a member of the radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) superfamily that catalyzes the final step of lipoic acid biosynthesis. The enzyme contains two [4Fe-4S] centers (reducing and auxiliary clusters) that promote radical formation and sulfur transfer, respectively. Most information concerning LIAS and its mechanism has been determined from prokaryotic enzymes. Herein, we detail the expression, isolation, and characterization of human LIAS, its reactivity, and evaluation of natural iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster reconstitution mechanisms. Cluster donation by a number of possible cluster donor proteins and heterodimeric complexes has been evaluated. [2Fe-2S]-cluster-bound forms of human ISCU and ISCA2 were found capable of reconstituting human LIAS, such that complete product turnover was enabled for LIAS, as monitored via a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) assay. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies of native LIAS and substituted derivatives that lacked the ability to bind one or the other of LIAS's two [4Fe-4S] clusters revealed a likely order of cluster addition, with the auxiliary cluster preceding the reducing [4Fe-4S] center. These results detail the trafficking of Fe-S clusters in human cells and highlight differences with respect to bacterial LIAS analogs. Likely in vivo Fe-S cluster donors to LIAS are identified, with possible connections to human disease states, and a mechanistic ordering of [4Fe-4S] cluster reconstitution is evident.

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