ThiC Is an [Fe-S] Cluster Protein That Requires AdoMet To Generate the 4-Amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimidine Moiety in Thiamin Synthesis
- 8 August 2008
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 47 (35), 9054-9056
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi8010253
Abstract
Thiamin pyrophosphate is a required cofactor in all organisms. The biosynthesis of thiamin requires the independently synthesized 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimidine pyrophosphate (HMP-PP) and 5-hydroxyethyl-4-methylthiazole phosphate (THZ-P) moieties. In bacteria, the pyrimidine moiety is derived from 5-aminoimidazole ribotide (AIR), and ThiC is the only gene product known to be required for this conversion in vivo. We report here the purification and characterization of the ThiC protein from Salmonella enterica. The data showed this protein generated HMP when AIR, S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), and an appropriate reducing agent were present. It is further shown that ThiC carries an oxygen labile [Fe-S] cluster essential for this activity.Keywords
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