Structure, function, and formation of biological iron-sulfur clusters

DC Johnson, DR Dean, AD Smith… - Annu. Rev …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Iron-sulfur [Fe-S] clusters are ubiquitous and evolutionary ancient prosthetic
groups that are required to sustain fundamental life processes. Owing to their remarkable …

Biology of the heat shock response and protein chaperones: budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a model system

J Verghese, J Abrams, Y Wang… - … and molecular biology …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The eukaryotic heat shock response is an ancient and highly conserved transcriptional
program that results in the immediate synthesis of a battery of cytoprotective genes in the …

Intracellular iron transport and storage: from molecular mechanisms to health implications

EL Mackenzie, K Iwasaki, Y Tsuji - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Maintenance of proper “labile iron” levels is a critical component in preserving homeostasis.
Iron is a vital element that is a constituent of a number of important macromolecules …

Biogenesis of iron-sulfur clusters in mammalian cells: new insights and relevance to human disease

TA Rouault - Disease models & mechanisms, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are ubiquitous cofactors composed of iron and inorganic sulfur.
They are required for the function of proteins involved in a wide range of activities, including …

Iron regulatory proteins and the molecular control of mammalian iron metabolism

RS Eisenstein - Annual review of nutrition, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Mammalian iron homeostasis is maintained through the concerted action of
sensory and regulatory networks that modulate the expression of proteins of iron metabolism …

[HTML][HTML] The mitochondrial proteins Atm1p and Nfs1p are essential for biogenesis of cytosolic Fe/S proteins

G Kispal, P Csere, C Prohl, R Lill - The EMBO journal, 1999 - embopress.org
Iron–sulfur (Fe/S) cluster-containing proteins catalyse a number of electron transfer and
metabolic reactions. Little is known about the biogenesis of Fe/S clusters in the eukaryotic …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial processing peptidases

O Gakh, P Cavadini, G Isaya - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2002 - Elsevier
Three peptidases are responsible for the proteolytic processing of both nuclearly and
mitochondrially encoded precursor polypeptides targeted to the various subcompartments of …

Iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis and human disease

TA Rouault, WH Tong - Trends in Genetics, 2008 - cell.com
Iron–sulfur (Fe–S) clusters are essential for numerous biological processes, including
mitochondrial respiratory chain activity and various other enzymatic and regulatory …

[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 …

Friedreich ataxia: an overview

MB Delatycki, R Williamson, SM Forrest - Journal of medical genetics, 2000 - jmg.bmj.com
Friedreich ataxia, an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, is the most common
of the inherited ataxias. The recent discovery of the gene that is mutated in this condition …