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ArticleMolecular microbiology2018

Iron-sulfur protein maturation in Helicobacter pylori: identifying a Nfu-type cluster carrier protein and its iron-sulfur protein targets.

Stéphane L Benoit, Ashley A Holland, Michael K Johnson, Robert J Maier

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Article in Molecular microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. [4Fe-4S] cluster trafficking mediated byThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2020
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  8. The plastidialThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2020
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  10. Fe-S cluster assembly in the supergroup Excavata.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stéphane L BenoitDepartment of Microbiology and Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Ashley A HollandDepartment of Chemistry and Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Michael K JohnsonDepartment of Chemistry and Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Robert J MaierDepartment of Microbiology and Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1281-2554
University of Georgia · US

Funding

Assembly and Repair of Biological Iron-Sulfur ClustersR37GM062524 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI JOHNSON, MICHAEL K. · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM062524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori is anomalous among non nitrogen-fixing bacteria in containing an incomplete NIF system for Fe-S cluster assembly comprising two essential proteins, NifS (cysteine desulfurase) and NifU (scaffold protein). Although nifU deletion strains cannot be obtained via the conventional gene replacement, a NifU-depleted strain was constructed and shown to be more sensitive to oxidative stress compared to wild-type (WT) strains. The hp1492 gene, encoding a putative Nfu-type Fe-S cluster carrier protein, was disrupted in three different H. pylori strains, indicating that it is not essential. However, Δnfu strains have growth deficiency, are more sensitive to oxidative stress and are unable to colonize mouse stomachs. Moreover, Δnfu strains have lower aconitase activity but higher hydrogenase activity than the WT. Recombinant Nfu was found to bind either one [2Fe-2S] or [4Fe-4S] cluster/dimer, based on analytical, UV-visible absorption/CD and resonance Raman studies. A bacterial two-hybrid system was used to ascertain interactions between Nfu, NifS, NifU and each of 36 putative Fe-S-containing target proteins. Nfu, NifS and NifU were found to interact with 15, 6 and 29 putative Fe-S proteins respectively. The results indicate that Nfu, NifS and NifU play a major role in the biosynthesis and/or delivery of Fe-S clusters in H. pylori.

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Amino Acid SequenceBase SequenceSequence DeletionAnimalsBacterial ProteinsFemaleHelicobacter pyloriHumansIron-Sulfur ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOxidative StressRecombinant ProteinsBacterial ProteinsIron-Sulfur ProteinsRecombinant Proteins

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PMCPMC5943153
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