[HTML][HTML] Unusual structures and unknown roles of FeS clusters in metalloenzymes seen from a resonance Raman spectroscopic perspective

G Caserta, L Zuccarello, C Barbosa, CM Silveira… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The universe of known biological FeS clusters is constantly enlarging. Besides the
conventional, well described [2Fe–2S],[3Fe–4S] and cubane [4Fe–4S] clusters, novel …

The intriguing mitoNEET: functional and spectroscopic properties of a unique [2Fe-2S] cluster coordination geometry

F Camponeschi, M Piccioli, L Banci - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the number of cellular and pathological mitoNEET-related processes, very few
details are known about the mechanism of action of the protein. The recently discovered …

Exploiting molecular symmetry to quantitatively map the excited-state landscape of iron–sulfur clusters

BA Skeel, DLM Suess - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cuboidal [Fe4S4] clusters are ubiquitous cofactors in biological redox chemistry. In the
[Fe4S4] 1+ state, pairwise spin coupling gives rise to six arrangements of the Fe valences …

Paramagnetic NMR to study iron sulfur proteins: 13C detected experiments illuminate the vicinity of the metal center

L Querci, D Grifagni, IB Trindade, JM Silva… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2023 - Springer
The robustness of NMR coherence transfer in proximity of a paramagnetic center depends
on the relaxation properties of the nuclei involved. In the case of Iron-Sulfur Proteins …

Relaxation-based NMR assignment: Spotlights on ligand binding sites in human CISD3

D Grifagni, JM Silva, F Cantini, M Piccioli… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
CISD3 is a mitochondrial protein belonging to the NEET proteins family, bearing two [Fe 2 S
2] clusters coordinated by CDGSH domains. At variance with the other proteins of the NEET …

The ISC machinery assembles [2Fe–2S] clusters by formation and fusion of [1Fe–1S] precursors

S Gervason, R Dutkiewicz, K Want, R Benazza… - Nature Chemical …, 2025 - nature.com
Iron–sulfur clusters are essential metallocofactors synthesized by multiprotein machineries
via an unclear multistep process. Here we report a step-by-step dissection of the [2Fe–2S] …

Biochemical and cellular characterization of the CISD3 protein: Molecular bases of cluster release and destabilizing effects of nitric oxide

D Grifagni, JM Silva, L Querci, M Lepoivre… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - ASBMB
The NEET proteins, an important family of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins, have generated a
strong interest due to their involvement in diverse diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and …

Paramagnetic nuclear magnetic resonance: The Toolkit

L Querci, L Fiorucci, E Ravera, M Piccioli - Inorganics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the ideal tool to address the structure,
reactivity and dynamics of both inorganic and biological substances. The knowledge of …

NMR of Paramagnetic Proteins: 13C Derived Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancements Are an Additional Source of Structural Information in Solution

L Querci, IB Trindade, M Invernici, JM Silva, F Cantini… - Magnetochemistry, 2023 - mdpi.com
In paramagnetic metalloproteins, longitudinal relaxation rates of 13C′ and 13Cα nuclei can
be measured using 13C detected experiments and converted into electron spin-nuclear spin …

Iron-sulfur protein odyssey: exploring their cluster functional versatility and challenging identification

C Vallières, O Benoit, O Guittet, ME Huang… - Metallomics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are an essential and ubiquitous class of protein-bound
prosthetic centers that are involved in a broad range of biological processes (eg respiration …