title: Interaction of the iron-sulfur cluster assembly protein IscU with the Hsc66/Hsc20 molecular chaperone system of Escherichia coli.
abstract: The iscU gene in bacteria is located in a gene cluster encoding proteins implicated in iron-sulfur cluster assembly and an hsc70-type (heat shock cognate) molecular chaperone system, iscSUA-hscBA. To investigate possible interactions between these systems, we have overproduced and purified the IscU protein from Escherichia coli and have studied its interactions with the hscA and hscB gene products Hsc66 and Hsc20. IscU and its iron-sulfur complex (IscU-Fe/S) stimulated the basal steady-state ATPase activity of Hsc66 weakly in the absence of Hsc20 but, in the presence of Hsc20, increased the ATPase activity up to 480-fold. Hsc20 also decreased the apparent K(m) for IscU stimulation of Hsc66 ATPase activity, and surface plasmon resonance studies revealed that Hsc20 enhances binding of IscU to Hsc66. Surface plasmon resonance and isothermal titration calorimetry further showed that IscU and Hsc20 form a complex, and Hsc20 may thereby aid in the targeting of IscU to Hsc66. These results establish a direct and specific role for the Hsc66/Hsc20 chaperone system in functioning with isc gene components for the assembly of iron-sulfur cluster proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Hoff
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Silberg
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Vickery
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002151:Calorimetry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; C095453:HscB protein, E coli; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; C411665:IscU protein, E coli; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C085650:hscA protein, E coli; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C063842:dnaK protein, E coli