Monday, July 10, 2023

Direct Cysteine Desulfurase Activity Determination by NMR and the Study of the Functional Role of Key Structural Elements of Human NFS1

Sewell KE, Gola GF, Pignataro MF, et al. Direct Cysteine Desulfurase Activity Determination by NMR and the Study of the Functional Role of Key Structural Elements of Human NFS1. ACS Chemical Biology. 2023 Jul. DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00147. PMID: 37410592.

We identified CTS as a key element that established interactions with ISCU2 and FXN concurrently; we found specific interactions that are established when FXN is present, reinforcing the idea that FXN not only forms part of the iron-sulfur cluster assembly site but also modulates the internal motions of ISCU2.