Shared functions of FeS cluster assembly and Moco biosynthesis

MA Hasnat, S Leimkühler - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Molybdenum cofactor (Moco) biosynthesis is a complex process that involves the
coordinated function of several proteins. In the recent years it has become evident that the …

Fpa (YlaN) is an iron(II) binding protein that functions to relieve Fur-mediated repression of gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus

JM Boyd, K Ryan Kaler, K Esquilín-Lebrón, A Pall… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Iron (Fe) is a trace nutrient required by nearly all organisms. As a result of the demand for Fe
and the toxicity of non-chelated cytosolic ionic Fe, regulatory systems have evolved to tightly …

Structural Perspectives on Metal Dependent Roles of Ferric Uptake Regulator (Fur)

SM Kang, HS Kang, WH Chung, KT Kang… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Iron is crucial for the metabolism and growth of most prokaryotic cells. The ferric uptake
regulator (Fur) protein plays a central role in regulating iron homeostasis and metabolic …

Escherichia coli growing under antimicrobial gallium nitrate stress reveals new processes of tolerance and toxicity

DA Salazar-Alemán, RJ Turner - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Metals have been used throughout history to manage disease. With the rising incidence of
antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, metal-based antimicrobials (MBAs) have re-emerged as …

Iron–sulfur cluster assembly scaffold protein IscU is required for activation of ferric uptake regulator (Fur) in Escherichia coli

AG Purcell, CR Fontenot, H Ding - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - ASBMB
It was generally postulated that when intracellular free iron content is elevated in bacteria,
the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) binds its corepressor a mononuclear ferrous iron to regulate …

TusA influences Fe-S cluster assembly and iron homeostasis in E. coli by reducing the translation efficiency of Fur

P Olivieri, A Zupok, T Yildiz, J Oltmanns… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
All sulfur transfer pathways have generally a l-cysteine desulfurase as an initial sulfur-
mobilizing enzyme in common, which serves as a sulfur donor for the biosynthesis of …