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Thiamine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: isolation and initial characterisation of the ThiGH complex

Thiamine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: isolation and initial characterisation of the ThiGH complex
Thiamine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: isolation and initial characterisation of the ThiGH complex
In Escherichia coli, two of the proteins required for the biosynthesis of the thiazole moiety of thiamine (vitamin B-1) are ThiG and ThiH, encoded as part of the thiCEFSGH operon. In this study, a C-terminally hexahistidine-tagged ThiH (ThiH-His) was expressed in E. coli as a soluble protein from thiGH-His-tag and thiFSGH-His-tag-bearing plasmids. When isolated under anaerobic conditions, ThiG and ThiH-His co-purify as a large multimeric non-covalent complex. Electron paramagnetic resonance and UV-visible spectroscopy together with iron and sulfide analyses revealed the presence of an iron-sulfur cluster within this complex.
thiamine biosynthesis, iron-sulfur protein, electron paramagnetic, resonancein-vitro biosynthesis, biotin synthase, sulfane sulfur, transfer-rna, iron, protein, identification, 4-thiouridine, cluster, enzyme
0014-5793
95-99
Leonardi, Roberta
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Fairhurst, Shirley A.
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Kriek, Marco
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Lowe, David J.
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Roach, Peter L.
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Leonardi, Roberta
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Fairhurst, Shirley A.
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Kriek, Marco
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Lowe, David J.
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Leonardi, Roberta, Fairhurst, Shirley A., Kriek, Marco, Lowe, David J. and Roach, Peter L. (2003) Thiamine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: isolation and initial characterisation of the ThiGH complex. FEBS Letters, 539 (1-3), 95-99. (doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00204-7).

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Abstract

In Escherichia coli, two of the proteins required for the biosynthesis of the thiazole moiety of thiamine (vitamin B-1) are ThiG and ThiH, encoded as part of the thiCEFSGH operon. In this study, a C-terminally hexahistidine-tagged ThiH (ThiH-His) was expressed in E. coli as a soluble protein from thiGH-His-tag and thiFSGH-His-tag-bearing plasmids. When isolated under anaerobic conditions, ThiG and ThiH-His co-purify as a large multimeric non-covalent complex. Electron paramagnetic resonance and UV-visible spectroscopy together with iron and sulfide analyses revealed the presence of an iron-sulfur cluster within this complex.

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Published date: 27 March 2003
Keywords: thiamine biosynthesis, iron-sulfur protein, electron paramagnetic, resonancein-vitro biosynthesis, biotin synthase, sulfane sulfur, transfer-rna, iron, protein, identification, 4-thiouridine, cluster, enzyme

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Local EPrints ID: 20018
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/20018
ISSN: 0014-5793
PURE UUID: 039a5ae9-b59c-45bf-a52e-ed3cc111af28
ORCID for Peter L. Roach: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-2877

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

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Author: Roberta Leonardi
Author: Shirley A. Fairhurst
Author: Marco Kriek
Author: David J. Lowe
Author: Peter L. Roach ORCID iD

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