The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Effect of iron-sulfur cluster assembly proteins on the expression of Escherichia coli lipoic acid synthase

Effect of iron-sulfur cluster assembly proteins on the expression of Escherichia coli lipoic acid synthase
Effect of iron-sulfur cluster assembly proteins on the expression of Escherichia coli lipoic acid synthase
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.
lipoate synthase, gene-cluster, lipa, biosynthesis, complex
1046-5928
241-245
Kriek, Marco
c3e820c2-c59b-49c8-a792-f64a69e4401a
Peters, Liv
c88eab5b-ef1e-41a5-adc5-bcd40f1e4a2f
Takahashi, Yasahiro
5c8696ca-cfa4-47ab-9fb6-6f2038499fca
Roach, Peter L.
ca94060c-4443-482b-af3e-979243488ba9
Kriek, Marco
c3e820c2-c59b-49c8-a792-f64a69e4401a
Peters, Liv
c88eab5b-ef1e-41a5-adc5-bcd40f1e4a2f
Takahashi, Yasahiro
5c8696ca-cfa4-47ab-9fb6-6f2038499fca
Roach, Peter L.
ca94060c-4443-482b-af3e-979243488ba9

Kriek, Marco, Peters, Liv, Takahashi, Yasahiro and Roach, Peter L. (2003) Effect of iron-sulfur cluster assembly proteins on the expression of Escherichia coli lipoic acid synthase. Protein Expression and Purification, 28 (2), 241-245. (doi:10.1016/S1046-5928(02)00680-0).

Record type: Article

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.

This record has no associated files available for download.

More information

Published date: 1 April 2003
Keywords: lipoate synthase, gene-cluster, lipa, biosynthesis, complex

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 20002
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/20002
ISSN: 1046-5928
PURE UUID: 34d4a4dd-5155-49e5-af43-e1d60f552810
ORCID for Peter L. Roach: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-2877

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 24 Feb 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 06:21

Export record

Altmetrics

Contributors

Author: Marco Kriek
Author: Liv Peters
Author: Yasahiro Takahashi
Author: Peter L. Roach ORCID iD

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×