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Insights into Systems for Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biosynthesis in Acidophilic Microorganisms  

Myriam, Perez (Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad de Quimica y Biologia, Departamento de Biologia.)
Braulio, Paillavil (Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad de Quimica y Biologia, Departamento de Biologia.)
Javiera, Rivera-Araya (Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad de Quimica y Biologia, Departamento de Biologia.)
Claudia, Munoz-Villagran (Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad de Quimica y Biologia, Departamento de Biologia.)
Omar, Orellana (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas)
Renato, Chavez (Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad de Quimica y Biologia, Departamento de Biologia.)
Gloria, Levican (Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad de Quimica y Biologia, Departamento de Biologia.)
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology / v.32, no.9, 2022 , pp. 1110-1119 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fe-S clusters are versatile and essential cofactors that participate in multiple and fundamental biological processes. In Escherichia coli, the biogenesis of these cofactors requires either the housekeeping Isc pathway, or the stress-induced Suf pathway which plays a general role under conditions of oxidative stress or iron limitation. In the present work, the Fe-S cluster assembly Isc and Suf systems of acidophilic Bacteria and Archaea, which thrive in highly oxidative environments, were studied. This analysis revealed that acidophilic microorganisms have a complete set of genes encoding for a single system (either Suf or Isc). In acidophilic Proteobacteria and Nitrospirae, a complete set of isc genes (iscRSUAX-hscBA-fdx), but not genes coding for the Suf system, was detected. The activity of the Isc system was studied in Leptospirillum sp. CF-1 (Nitrospirae). RT-PCR experiments showed that eight candidate genes were co-transcribed and conform the isc operon in this strain. Additionally, RT-qPCR assays showed that the expression of the iscS gene was significantly up-regulated in cells exposed to oxidative stress imposed by 260 mM Fe2(SO4)3 for 1 h or iron starvation for 3 h. The activity of cysteine desulfurase (IscS) in CF-1 cell extracts was also upregulated under such conditions. Thus, the Isc system from Leptospirillum sp. CF-1 seems to play an active role in stressful environments. These results contribute to a better understanding of the distribution and role of Fe-S cluster protein biogenesis systems in organisms that thrive in extreme environmental conditions.
Keywords
Fe-S cluster; Isc; Suf; acidophiles; oxidative stress; iron starvation; Leptospirillum;
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