title: Iron-sulfur cluster-containing L-serine dehydratase from Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus: correlation of the cluster type with enzymatic activity.
abstract: Investigations were performed with regard to the function of the iron-sulfur cluster of L-serine dehydratase from Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus, an enzyme which is novel in the class of deaminating hydro-lyases in that it lacks pyridoxal-5'-phosphate. Anaerobically purified L-serine dehydratase from P. asaccharolyticus revealed EPR spectra characteristic of a [3Fe-4S]+ cluster constituting 1% of the total enzyme concentration. Upon incubation of the enzyme under air the intensity of the [3Fe-4S]+ signal increased correlating with the loss of enzymatic activity. Addition of L-serine prevented this. Hence, active L-serine dehydratase probably contains a diamagnetic [4Fe-4S]2+ cluster which is converted by oxidation and loss of one iron ion to a paramagnetic [3Fe-4S]+ cluster, resulting in inactivation of the enzyme. In analogy to the mechanism elucidated for aconitase, it is proposed that L-serine is coordinated via its hydroxyl and carboxyl groups to the labile iron atom of the [4Fe-4S]2+ cluster.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium für Mikrobiologie des Fachbereichs Biologie Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Hofmeister
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Albracht
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Buckel
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012695:L-Serine Dehydratase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D012695:L-Serine Dehydratase