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Journal of Bacteriology, June 2005, p. 3848-3854, Vol. 187, No. 11
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.11.3848-3854.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Structures of the Iron-Sulfur Flavoproteins from Methanosarcina thermophila and Archaeoglobus fulgidus

Susana L. A. Andrade,1 Francisco Cruz,2 Catherine L. Drennan,3 Vijay Ramakrishnan,4 Douglas C. Rees,5 James G. Ferry,2* and Oliver Einsle1*

Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Abt. Molekulare Strukturbiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany,1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 206 South Frear Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802,2 Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307,3 Virosys Pharmaceuticals Inc., 13686 Page Mill Road, Los Altos Hill, California 94022,4 Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 114-96, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 911255

Received 10 January 2005/ Accepted 21 February 2005

Iron-sulfur flavoproteins (ISF) constitute a widespread family of redox-active proteins in anaerobic prokaryotes. Based on sequence homologies, their overall structure is expected to be similar to that of flavodoxins, but in addition to a flavin mononucleotide cofactor they also contain a cubane-type [4Fe:4S] cluster. In order to gain further insight into the function and properties of ISF, the three-dimensional structures of two ISF homologs, one from the thermophilic methanogen Methanosarcina thermophila and one from the hyperthermophilic sulfate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus, were determined. The structures indicate that ISF assembles to form a tetramer and that electron transfer between the two types of redox cofactors requires oligomerization to juxtapose the flavin mononucleotide and [4Fe:4S] cluster bound to different subunits. This is only possible between different monomers upon oligomerization. Fundamental differences in the surface properties of the two ISF homologs underscore the diversity encountered within this protein family.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for Oliver Einsle: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Abt. Molekulare Strukturbiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. Phone: 49 (551) 391 4189. Fax: 49 (551) 391 4082. E-mail: oeinsle{at}uni-goettingen.de. Mailing address for James G. Ferry: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 206 South Frear Building, University Park, PA 16802. Phone: (814) 863-5721. Fax: (814) 863-6217. E-mail: jgf3{at}psu.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, June 2005, p. 3848-3854, Vol. 187, No. 11
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.11.3848-3854.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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