AUTHOR=Mbuya Berthy , Plante Samuel , Ammar Farouk , Brault Ariane , Labbé Simon 

TITLE=The Schizosaccharomyces pombe ornithine-N5-oxygenase Sib2 interacts with the N5-transacetylase Sib3 in the ferrichrome biosynthetic pathway

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=15

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1467397

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2024.1467397

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>The fission yeast <italic>Schizosaccharomyces pombe</italic> produces the hydroxamate-type siderophore ferrichrome (Fc). The biosynthesis of Fc requires the Fc synthase Sib1, the ornithine-N<sup>5</sup>-oxygenase Sib2, and the N<sup>5</sup>-hydroxyornithine-N<sup>5</sup>-transacetylase Sib3. In this study, we demonstrate the critical importance of the His<sup>248</sup> residue of Sib3 in Fc production. Cells expressing a <italic>sib3H248A</italic> mutant allele fail to grow in iron-poor media without Fc supplementation. These <italic>sib3H248A</italic> mutant cells are consistently unable to promote Fc-dependent growth of <italic>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</italic> cells in cross-feeding experiments. Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged wild-type Sib3 and mutant Sib3H248A exhibit a pancellular distribution. Coimmunoprecipitation assays revealed that both wild-type and Sib3H248A physically interact with Sib2. Further analysis identified a minimal C-terminal region from amino acids 290–334 of Sib3 that is required for interaction with Sib2. Deletion mapping analysis identified two regions of Sib2 as being required for its association with Sib3. The first region encompasses amino acids 1–135, and the second region corresponds to amino acids 281–358 of Sib2. Taken together, these results describe the first example of a physical interaction between an ornithine-N<sup>5</sup>-oxygenase and an N<sup>5</sup>-hydroxyornithine-N<sup>5</sup>-transacetylase controlling the biosynthesis of a hydroxamate-type siderophore.</p>