SufU

• Description: iron-sulfur cluster scaffold protein, receives iron from SufS, synthesis of Fe-S clusters
  
  

Gene name	sufU
Synonyms	yurV, iscU
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	iron-sulfur cluster scaffold protein
Function	synthesis of iron-sulfur clusters
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: sufU
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: SufU
MW, pI	16 kDa, 4.713
Gene length, protein length	441 bp, 147 aa
Immediate neighbours	sufB, sufS
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

iron metabolism, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU32680

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: nifU family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • (Fra)2-SufU, requires iron PubMed
  • SufS-SufU PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2AZH

• UniProt: O32163

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: sufU PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Bruna Selbach, Emily Earles, Patricia C Dos Santos
Kinetic analysis of the bisubstrate cysteine desulfurase SufS from Bacillus subtilis.
Biochemistry: 2010, 49(40);8794-802
[PubMed:20822158] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Shashi Chillappagari, Andreas Seubert, Hein Trip, Oscar P Kuipers, Mohamed A Marahiel, Marcus Miethke
Copper stress affects iron homeostasis by destabilizing iron-sulfur cluster formation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(10);2512-24
[PubMed:20233928] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Alexander G Albrecht, Daili J A Netz, Marcus Miethke, Antonio J Pierik, Olaf Burghaus, Florian Peuckert, Roland Lill, Mohamed A Marahiel
SufU is an essential iron-sulfur cluster scaffold protein in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(6);1643-51
[PubMed:20097860] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Wenbin Qi, J A Cowan
A structural and functional homolog supports a general role for frataxin in cellular iron chemistry.
Chem Commun (Camb): 2010, 46(5);719-21
[PubMed:20087498] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

K Kobayashi, S D Ehrlich, A Albertini, G Amati, K K Andersen, M Arnaud, K Asai, S Ashikaga, S Aymerich, P Bessieres, F Boland, S C Brignell, S Bron, K Bunai, J Chapuis, L C Christiansen, A Danchin, M Débarbouille, E Dervyn, E Deuerling, K Devine, S K Devine, O Dreesen, J Errington, S Fillinger, S J Foster, Y Fujita, A Galizzi, R Gardan, C Eschevins, T Fukushima, K Haga, C R Harwood, M Hecker, D Hosoya, M F Hullo, H Kakeshita, D Karamata, Y Kasahara, F Kawamura, K Koga, P Koski, R Kuwana, D Imamura, M Ishimaru, S Ishikawa, I Ishio, D Le Coq, A Masson, C Mauël, R Meima, R P Mellado, A Moir, S Moriya, E Nagakawa, H Nanamiya, S Nakai, P Nygaard, M Ogura, T Ohanan, M O'Reilly, M O'Rourke, Z Pragai, H M Pooley, G Rapoport, J P Rawlins, L A Rivas, C Rivolta, A Sadaie, Y Sadaie, M Sarvas, T Sato, H H Saxild, E Scanlan, W Schumann, J F M L Seegers, J Sekiguchi, A Sekowska, S J Séror, M Simon, P Stragier, R Studer, H Takamatsu, T Tanaka, M Takeuchi, H B Thomaides, V Vagner, J M van Dijl, K Watabe, A Wipat, H Yamamoto, M Yamamoto, Y Yamamoto, K Yamane, K Yata, K Yoshida, H Yoshikawa, U Zuber, N Ogasawara
Essential Bacillus subtilis genes.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2003, 100(8);4678-83
[PubMed:12682299] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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