The iscS gene is essential for the biosynthesis of 2-selenouridine in tRNA and the selenocysteine-containing formate dehydrogenase H
2002
Three NifS-like proteins, IscS, CSD, and CsdB, from Escherichia coli catalyze the removal of sulfur and selenium from l-cysteine and l-selenocysteine, respectively, to form l-alanine. These enzymes are proposed to function as sulfur-delivery proteins for iron-sulfur cluster, thiamin, 4-thiouridine, biotin, and molybdopterin. Recently, it was reported that selenium mobilized from free selenocysteine is incorporated specifically into a selenoprotein and tRNA in vivo, supporting the involvement of the NifS-like proteins in selenium metabolism. We here report evidence that a strain lacking IscS is incapable of synthesizing 5-methylaminomethyl-2-selenouridine and its precursor 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridine (mnm5s2U) in tRNA, suggesting that the sulfur atom released from l-cysteine by the action of IscS is incorporated into mnm5s2U. In contrast, neither CSD nor CsdB was essential for production of mnm5s2U and 5-methylaminomethyl-2-selenouridine. The lack of IscS also caused a significant loss of the selenium-containing polypeptide of formate dehydrogenase H. Together, these results suggest a dual function of IscS in sulfur and selenium metabolism.
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