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  • Title: Regulation of iron-sulphur cluster homeostasis through transcriptional control of the Isc pathway by [2Fe-2S]-IscR in Escherichia coli.
    Author: Giel JL, Nesbit AD, Mettert EL, Fleischhacker AS, Wanta BT, Kiley PJ.
    Journal: Mol Microbiol; 2013 Feb; 87(3):478-92. PubMed ID: 23075318.
    Abstract:
    Fe-S clusters are essential across the biological world, yet how cells regulate expression of Fe-S cluster biogenesis pathways to cope with changes in Fe-S cluster demand is not well understood. Here, we describe the mechanism by which IscR, a [2Fe-2S] cluster-containing regulator of Escherichia coli, adjusts the synthesis of the Isc Fe-S biogenesis pathway to maintain Fe-S homeostasis. Our data indicate that a negative feedback loop operates to repress transcription of the iscRSUA-hscBA-fdx operon, encoding IscR and the Isc machinery, through binding of [2Fe-2S]-IscR to two upstream binding sites. IscR was shown to require primarily the Isc pathway for synthesis of its Fe-S cluster, providing a link between IscR activity and demands for Fe-S clusters through the levels of the Isc system. Surprisingly, the isc operon was more repressed under anaerobic conditions, indicating increased Fe-S cluster occupancy of IscR and decreased Fe-S cluster biogenesis demand relative to aerobic conditions. Consistent with this notion, overexpression of a Fe-S protein under aerobic conditions, but not under anaerobic conditions, led to derepression of P(iscR). Together, these data show how transcriptional control of iscRSUA-hscBA-fdx by [2Fe-2S]-IscR allows E. coli to respond efficiently to varying Fe-S demands.
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