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The effects of mitochondrial iron homeostasis on cofactor specificity of superoxide dismutase 2.
The EMBO journal - 19 Apr 2006
Yang Mei, Cobine Paul A, Molik Sabine, Naranuntarat Amornrat, Lill Roland, Winge Dennis R, Culotta Valeria C
Abstract excerpt
Many metalloproteins have the capacity to bind diverse metals, but in living cells connect only with their cognate metal cofactor. In eukaryotes, this metal specificity can be achieved through metal-specific metallochaperone proteins. Herein, we describe a mechanism whereby Saccharomyces cerevisiae manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD2) preferentially binds manganese over iron based on the differential...
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