title: Thiamin biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. Identification of ThiS thiocarboxylate as the immediate sulfur donor in the thiazole formation.
abstract: ThiFSGH and ThiI are required for the biosynthesis of the thiazole moiety of thiamin in Escherichia coli. The overproduction, purification, and characterization of ThiFS and the identification of two of the early steps in the biosynthesis of the thiazole moiety of thiamin are described here. ThiS isolated from E. coli thiI+ is post-translationally modified by converting the carboxylic acid group of the carboxyl-terminal glycine into a thiocarboxylate. The thiI gene plays an essential role in the formation of the thiocarboxylate because ThiS isolated from a thiI- strain does not contain this modification. ThiF catalyzes the adenylation by ATP of the carboxyl-terminal glycine of ThiS. This reaction is likely to be involved in the activation of ThiS for sulfur transfer from cysteine or from a cysteine-derived sulfur donor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Kelleher
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kinsland
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Costello
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Backstrom
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: McLafferty
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Begley
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013455:Sulfur / Q000378:metabolism*; D013831:Thiamine / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000378:metabolism*; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D013844:Thiazoles; D014452:Ubiquitins; C411655:thiS protein, E coli; D013455:Sulfur; D013831:Thiamine