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Open AccessThe indispensable role of mammalian iron sulfur proteins in function and regulation of multiple diverse metabolic pathways
In recent years, iron sulfur (Fe–S) proteins have been identified as key players in mammalian metabolism, ranging from long-known roles in the respiratory complexes and the citric acid cycle, to more recently ...
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Iron-sulfur proteins hiding in plain sight
Recent studies suggest that iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins may be unexpectedly abundant and functionally diverse in mammalian cells, but their identification still remains difficult. The use of informatics along ...
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Mammalian iron–sulphur proteins: novel insights into biogenesis and function
Iron–sulphur (Fe–S) clusters are flexible cofactors composed of iron and inorganic sulphur that are often ligated to proteins through cysteinyl ligands.
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Open AccessInsertion mutants in Drosophila melanogaster Hsc20 halt larval growth and lead to reduced iron–sulfur cluster enzyme activities and impaired iron homeostasis
Despite the prominence of iron–sulfur cluster (ISC) proteins in bioenergetics, intermediary metabolism, and redox regulation of cellular, mitochondrial, and nuclear processes, these proteins have been given sc...
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Open AccessBrain iron homeostasis, the choroid plexus, and localization of iron transport proteins
Maintenance of appropriate iron homeostasis in the brain is important, but the mechanisms involved in brain iron uptake are incompletely understood. Here, we have analyzed where messenger RNAs that encode iron...
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Metabolic regulation of citrate and iron by aconitases: role of iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis
Iron and citrate are essential for the metabolism of most organisms, and regulation of iron and citrate biology at both the cellular and systemic levels is critical for normal physiology and survival. Mitochon...
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The role of iron regulatory proteins in mammalian iron homeostasis and disease
Iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 (IRP1 and IRP2) are mammalian proteins that register cytosolic iron concentrations and post-transcriptionally regulate expression of iron metabolism genes to optimize cellular ...
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Linking physiological functions of iron
Iron-sulfur clusters and hemes are two iron-containing prosthetic groups involved in important physiological functions. Identification of the gene responsible for anemia in a mutant zebrafish has revealed an u...
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Iron–sulphur cluster biogenesis and mitochondrial iron homeostasis
Iron–sulphur clusters are important cofactors for proteins that are involved in many cellular processes, including electron transport, enzymatic catalysis and regulation. The enzymes that catalyse the formatio...
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Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Iron Metabolism
Over the last fifteen years, much insight has been gained into the processes that determine how iron will be transported and utilized in cells and animals. Regulation of iron metabolism is important because ir...
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An iron-sulfur cluster plays a novel regulatory role in the iron-responsive element binding protein
Post-transcriptional regulation of genes important in iron metabolism, ferritin and the transferrin receptor (TfR), is achieved through regulated binding of a cytosolic protein, the iron-responsive element bin...