title: Thiamine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: isolation and initial characterisation of the ThiGH complex.
abstract: In Escherichia coli, two of the proteins required for the biosynthesis of the thiazole moiety of thiamine (vitamin B(1)) are ThiG and ThiH, encoded as part of the thiCEFSGH operon. In this study, a C-terminally hexahistidine-tagged ThiH (ThiH-His) was expressed in E. coli as a soluble protein from thiGH-His-tag and thiFSGH-His-tag-bearing plasmids. When isolated under anaerobic conditions, ThiG and ThiH-His co-purify as a large multimeric non-covalent complex. Electron paramagnetic resonance and UV-visible spectroscopy together with iron and sulfide analyses revealed the presence of an iron-sulfur cluster within this complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leonardi
authors.forename: Shirley A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Fairhurst
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kriek
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Roach
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D009876:Operon; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013831:Thiamine / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C450942:ThiG protein, E coli; D013831:Thiamine