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A cascade of sulfur transferases delivers sulfur to the sulfur-oxidizing heterodisulfide reductase-like complex
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A heterodisulfide reductase-like complex (sHdr) and novel lipoate-binding proteins (LbpAs) are central players of a wide-spread pathway of dissimilatory sulfur oxidation. Bioinformatic analysis demonstrate that the cytoplasmic sHdr-LbpA systems are always accompanied by sets of sulfur transferases (DsrE proteins, TusA, rhodaneses). The exact composition of these sets may vary depending on the organism and sHdr system type. To enable generalizations, we studied model sulfur oxidizers from distant bacterial phyla, i.e. Aquificota and Pseudomonadota. DsrE3C of the chemoorganotrophic Alphaproteobacterium Hyphomicrobium denitrificans and DsrE3B from the Gammaproteobacteria Thioalkalivibrio sp. K90mix, an obligate chemolithotroph, and Thiorhodospira sibirica , an obligate photolithotroph, are homotrimers that donate sulfur to TusA. Additionally, the hyphomicrobial rhodanese-like protein Rhd442 exchanges sulfur with both TusA and DsrE3C. The latter is essential for sulfur oxidation in Hm. denitrificans . TusA from Aquifex aeolicus (AqTusA) interacts physiologically with AqDsrE, AqLbpA and AqsHdr proteins. This is particularly significant as it establishes a direct link between sulfur transferases and the sHdr-LbpA complex that oxidizes sulfane sulfur to sulfite. In vivo, it is unlikely that there is a strict unidirectional transfer between the sulfur-binding enzymes studied. Rather, the sulfur transferases form a network, each with a pool of bound sulfur. Sulfur flux can then be shifted in one direction or the other depending on metabolic requirements. A single pair of sulfur-binding proteins with a preferred transfer direction, such as a DsrE3-type protein towards TusA, may be sufficient to push sulfur into the sink where it is further metabolized or needed. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: A network of bacterial sulfur transferases is uncovered and characterized that ultimately delivers sulfur to a complex cytoplasmic sulfur-oxidizing metalloenzyme, sHdr, that resembles heterodisulfide reductase from methanogenic archaea and interacts with lipoate-binding proteins. Similar sets of sulfur transferases occur in phylogenetically distant bacteria, underscoring the fundamental importance of the work.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tanabe, T. S., Bach, E., D’Ermo, G., Mohr, M. G., Hager, N., Pfeiffer, N., Guiral, M., & Dahl, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Vienna (AT)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Dahl, Christiane
- ORCID
- Venue
- Protein Science
- Publisher
- openRxiv
- Published
- 2023-12-18
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- e5014-e5014
- ISSN
- 0961-8368 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC11094781
- OpenAlex
- W4396937845
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2
- FWCI
- 0.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Protein Science (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- bonndoc (University of Bonn) (submittedVersion)
- bonndoc (University of Bonn)
- Funders
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (57388731, 40444VM)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (351/13‐1)
- Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Metals and Alloys › Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
- Keywords
- Tusa, rhodanese, sulfur fluxes, sulfane sulfur, sulfite, Thioalkalivibrio, Aquifex aeolicus
- MeSH terms
- Bacterial Proteins, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxidoreductases, Sulfur, Sulfurtransferases
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