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  • Title: Reconstitution and characterization of the polynuclear iron-sulfur cluster in pyruvate formate-lyase-activating enzyme. Molecular properties of the holoenzyme form.
    Author: Külzer R, Pils T, Kappl R, Hüttermann J, Knappe J.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1998 Feb 27; 273(9):4897-903. PubMed ID: 9478932.
    Abstract:
    The glycyl radical (Gly-734) contained in the active form of pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL) of Escherichia coli is generated by the S-adenosylmethionine-dependent pyruvate formate-lyase-activating enzyme (PFL activase). A 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical intermediate produced by the activase has been suggested as the species that abstracts the pro-S hydrogen of the glycine 734 residue in PFL (Frey, M., Rothe, M., Wagner, A. F. V., and Knappe, J. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 12432-12437). To enable mechanistic investigations of this system we have worked out a convenient large scale preparation of functionally competent PFL activase from its apoform. The previously inferred metallic cofactor was identified as redox-interconvertible polynuclear iron-sulfur cluster, most probably of the [4Fe-4S] type, according to UV-visible and EPR spectroscopic information. Cys --> Ser replacements by site-directed mutagenesis determined Cys-29, Cys-33, and Cys-36 to be essential to yield active holoenzyme. Gel filtration chromatography showed a monomeric structure (28 kDa) for both the apoenzyme and holoenzyme form. The iron-sulfur cluster complement proved to be a prerequisite for effective binding of adenosylmethionine, which induces a characteristic shift of the EPR signal shape of the reduced enzyme form ([4Fe-4S]+) from axial to rhombic symmetry.
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