Rescuing the Rescuer: On the Protein Complex between the Human Mitochondrial Acyl Carrier Protein and ISD11

ACS Chem Biol. 2018 Jun 15;13(6):1455-1462. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00184. Epub 2018 May 16.

Abstract

Iron-sulfur clusters are essential cofactors in many biochemical processes. ISD11, one of the subunits of the protein complex that carries out the cluster assembly in mitochondria, is necessary for cysteine desulfurase NFS1 stability and function. Several authors have recently provided evidence showing that ISD11 interacts with the acyl carrier protein (ACP). We carried out the coexpression of human mitochondrial ACP and ISD11 in E. coli. This work shows that ACP and ISD11 form a soluble, structured, and stable complex able to bind to the human NFS1 subunit modulating its activity. Results suggest that ACP plays a key-role in ISD11 folding and stability in vitro. These findings offer the opportunity to study the mechanism of interaction between ISD11 and NFS1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acyl Carrier Protein / metabolism*
  • Carbon-Sulfur Lyases / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Iron-Regulatory Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mitochondria / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Folding
  • Protein Multimerization

Substances

  • Acyl Carrier Protein
  • Iron-Regulatory Proteins
  • LYRM4 protein, human
  • Carbon-Sulfur Lyases
  • NFS1 protein, human