title: Effect of iron-sulfur cluster assembly proteins on the expression of Escherichia coli lipoic acid synthase.
abstract: Lipoic Acid Synthase (LipA) can accommodate a [4Fe-4S] cluster that is thought to be essential for the insertion of sulfur into an octanoyl substrate during the biosynthesis of lipoic acid. With the objective of improving soluble holo-LipA expression, a series of multi-cistronic plasmids were constructed carrying lipA in combination with one of the three systems: groE/SL, trxA, or the isc operon. Co-expression of lipA with the isc operon approximately trebled the isolated yield of soluble LipA and resulted in efficient assembly of the Fe-S cluster. This strategy may be helpful in the soluble expression of a wide range of Fe-S cluster-dependent proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Southampton University, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kriek
authors.forename: Liv
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Yasahiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Roach
mesh_terms: D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013466:Sulfurtransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D013466:Sulfurtransferases; C116435:lipoic acid synthase