Mitochondria and Iron: current questions

BT Paul, DH Manz, FM Torti, SV Torti - Expert review of hematology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Mitochondria are cellular organelles that perform numerous bioenergetic,
biosynthetic, and regulatory functions and play a central role in iron metabolism …

[HTML][HTML] Iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis in mammalian cells: new insights into the molecular mechanisms of cluster delivery

N Maio, TA Rouault - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Iron–sulfur (Fe–S) clusters are ancient, ubiquitous cofactors composed of iron and
inorganic sulfur. The combination of the chemical reactivity of iron and sulfur, together with …

Mammalian iron–sulphur proteins: novel insights into biogenesis and function

TA Rouault - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Iron–sulphur (Fe–S) clusters are inorganic cofactors that are found in nearly all
species and are composed of various combinations of iron and sulphur atoms. Fe–S clusters …

Iron insertion at the assembly site of the ISCU scaffold protein is a conserved process initiating Fe–S cluster biosynthesis

B Srour, S Gervason, MH Hoock… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Iron–sulfur (Fe–S) clusters are prosthetic groups of proteins biosynthesized on scaffold
proteins by highly conserved multi-protein machineries. Biosynthesis of Fe–S clusters into …

Mammalian frataxin directly enhances sulfur transfer of NFS1 persulfide to both ISCU and free thiols

A Parent, X Elduque, D Cornu, L Belot… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Friedreich's ataxia is a severe neurodegenerative disease caused by the decreased
expression of frataxin, a mitochondrial protein that stimulates iron–sulfur (Fe-S) cluster …

Cochaperone binding to LYR motifs confers specificity of iron sulfur cluster delivery

N Maio, A Singh, H Uhrigshardt, N Saxena, WH Tong… - Cell metabolism, 2014 - cell.com
Iron sulfur (Fe-S) clusters, preassembled on the ISCU scaffold, are transferred to target
proteins or to intermediate scaffolds by a dedicated chaperone-cochaperone system …

Down the iron path: mitochondrial iron homeostasis and beyond

JV Dietz, JL Fox, O Khalimonchuk - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cellular iron homeostasis and mitochondrial iron homeostasis are interdependent.
Mitochondria must import iron to form iron–sulfur clusters and heme, and to incorporate …

Human mitochondrial ferredoxin 1 (FDX1) and ferredoxin 2 (FDX2) both bind cysteine desulfurase and donate electrons for iron–sulfur cluster biosynthesis

K Cai, M Tonelli, RO Frederick, JL Markley - Biochemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ferredoxins play an important role as an electron donor in iron–sulfur (Fe–S) cluster
biosynthesis. Two ferredoxins, human mitochondrial ferredoxin 1 (FDX1) and human …

Protein networks in the maturation of human iron–sulfur proteins

S Ciofi-Baffoni, V Nasta, L Banci - Metallomics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The biogenesis of iron–sulfur (Fe–S) proteins in humans is a multistage process occurring in
different cellular compartments. The mitochondrial iron–sulfur cluster (ISC) assembly …

The interactions of molecular chaperones with client proteins: why are they so weak?

T Arhar, A Shkedi, CM Nadel, JE Gestwicki - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
The major classes of molecular chaperones have highly variable sequences, sizes, and
shapes, yet they all bind to unfolded proteins, limit their aggregation, and assist in their …