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The heme synthesis defect of mutants impaired in mitochondrial iron-sulfur protein biogenesis is caused by reversible inhibition of ferrochelatase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Jul 2004
Lange Heike, Mühlenhoff Ulrich, Denzel Martin, Kispal Gyula, Lill Roland
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Mitochondria are responsible for the synthesis of both iron-sulfur clusters and heme, but the potential connection between the two major iron-consuming pathways is unknown. Here, we have shown that mutants in the yeast mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster (ISC) assembly machinery displayed reduced cytochrome levels and diminished activity of the heme-containing cytochrome c oxidase, in addition to iron-sulfur...
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