Expression, purification and characterization of the sulfite reductase hemo-subunit, SiR-HP, from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
2008
Zeng, Jia | Wang, Ming | Zhang, Xiaojian | Wang, Yiping | Ai, Chenbin | Liu, Jianshe | Qiu, Guanzhou
Sulfite reductase (SiR) is a large and soluble enzyme which catalyzes the transfer of six electrons from NADPH to sulfite to produce sulfide. The sulfite reductase flavoprotein (SiR-FP) contains both FAD and FMN, and the sulfite reductase hemoprotein (SiR-HP) contains an iron–sulfur cluster coupled to a siroheme. The enzyme is arranged so that the redox cofactors in the FAD-FMN-Fe₄S₄−Heme sequence make an electron pathway between NADPH and sulfite. Here we report the cloning, expression, and characterization of the SiR-HP of the sulfite reductase from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. The purified SiR-HP contained a [Fe₄S₄] cluster. Site-directed mutagenesis results revealed that Cys427, Cys433, Cys472 and Cys476 were in ligating with the [Fe₄S₄] cluster of the protein.
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