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  • MIGAL - Galilee Research Institute Kiryat Shmona
Biophysical Characterization of Iron-Sulfur Proteins
Authors:  Bhanu P. Jagilinki, Irina Paluy, Alexei M. Tyryshkin, Vikas Nanda and Dror Noy, date: 10/20/2021, view: 2029, Q&A: 0

Iron-sulfur proteins are primordial catalysts and biological electron carriers that today drive major metabolic pathways across all forms of life. They can access a diversity of oxidation states and can mediate electron transfer over an extended range of reduction potentials spanning more than 1 V. Depending on the protein micro-environment and geometry of ligand, co-ordination the iron-sulfur clusters can occur in different forms [2Fe-2S], [3Fe-4S], HiPIP [4Fe-4S], and [4Fe-4S]. There are several spectroscopic methods available to characterize the composition and electronic configuration of the iron-sulfur clusters, such as optical methods and electron paramagnetic resonance. This paper presents the protocols used to characterize the metal center of Coiled-Coil Iron-Sulfur (CCIS), an artificial metalloprotein containing one [4Fe-4S] cluster. It is expected that these protocols will be of general utility for other iron-sulfur proteins.

Anaerobic Expression and Purification of Holo-CCIS, an Artificial Iron-sulfur Protein
Authors:  Bhanu P. Jagilinki, Irina Paluy, Vikas Nanda and Dror Noy, date: 09/20/2021, view: 2320, Q&A: 0

Iron-sulfur proteins are ubiquitous among all living organisms and are indispensable for almost all metabolic pathways ranging from photosynthesis, respiration, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide cycles. The iron-sulfur clusters primarily serve as electron acceptors and donors and transfer electrons to active sites of various enzymes, thus driving the energy metabolism. Prokaryotes like E. coli have ISC and SUF pathways that help in the assembly and maturation of iron-sulfur proteins. These iron-sulfur proteins, especially with [4Fe-4S] clusters, are highly sensitive to molecular oxygen, and it would be advantageous if the de novo proteins and native proteins having iron-sulfur binding sites are expressed and isolated under anaerobic conditions. Bacterially assembled iron-sulfur proteins, when isolated and purified anaerobically, exhibit improved biochemical and biophysical stabilities in comparison to the counterparts expressed and purified aerobically and reconstituted under anaerobic conditions. This protocol outlines the expression and purification of the artificial protein, Coiled-Coil Iron-Sulfur (CCIS). It may be deployed to both natural and artificial [4Fe-4S] proteins when heterologously expressed in E. coli.

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