EMD-11020
CTC-DNA2, body 1 (contains DNA2, CIAO1, CIAO2B, and the CTD of MMS19)
EMD-11020
Single-particle12.2 Å
Deposition: 10/05/2020Map released: 15/07/2020
Last modified: 19/08/2020
Sample Organism:
Homo sapiens,
Mus musculus
Sample: MMS19(CTD)-CIAO1-CIAO2B-DNA2 complex
Deposition Authors: Kassube SA, Thomae N
Sample: MMS19(CTD)-CIAO1-CIAO2B-DNA2 complex
Deposition Authors: Kassube SA, Thomae N
Structural insights into Fe-S protein biogenesis by the CIA targeting complex.
Abstract:
The cytosolic iron-sulfur (Fe-S) assembly (CIA) pathway is required for the insertion of Fe-S clusters into cytosolic and nuclear client proteins, including many DNA replication and repair factors. The molecular mechanisms of client protein recognition and Fe-S cluster transfer remain unknown. Here, we report crystal structures of the CIA targeting complex (CTC), revealing that its CIAO2B subunit is centrally located and bridges CIAO1 and the client adaptor protein MMS19. Cryo-EM reconstructions of human CTC bound either to the DNA replication factor primase or to the DNA helicase DNA2, combined with biochemical, biophysical and yeast complementation assays, reveal an evolutionarily conserved, bipartite client recognition mode facilitated by CIAO1 and the structural flexibility of the MMS19 subunit. Unexpectedly, the primase Fe-S cluster is located ~70 Å away from the CTC reactive cysteine, implicating conformational dynamics of the CTC or additional maturation factors in the mechanism of Fe-S cluster transfer.
The cytosolic iron-sulfur (Fe-S) assembly (CIA) pathway is required for the insertion of Fe-S clusters into cytosolic and nuclear client proteins, including many DNA replication and repair factors. The molecular mechanisms of client protein recognition and Fe-S cluster transfer remain unknown. Here, we report crystal structures of the CIA targeting complex (CTC), revealing that its CIAO2B subunit is centrally located and bridges CIAO1 and the client adaptor protein MMS19. Cryo-EM reconstructions of human CTC bound either to the DNA replication factor primase or to the DNA helicase DNA2, combined with biochemical, biophysical and yeast complementation assays, reveal an evolutionarily conserved, bipartite client recognition mode facilitated by CIAO1 and the structural flexibility of the MMS19 subunit. Unexpectedly, the primase Fe-S cluster is located ~70 Å away from the CTC reactive cysteine, implicating conformational dynamics of the CTC or additional maturation factors in the mechanism of Fe-S cluster transfer.