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Mrs3p, Mrs4p, and frataxin provide iron for Fe-S cluster synthesis in mitochondria.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 11 Aug 2006
Zhang Yan, Lyver Elise R, Knight Simon A B, Pain Debkumar, Lesuisse Emmanuel, Dancis Andrew
Abstract excerpt
Yeast Mrs3p and Mrs4p are evolutionarily conserved mitochondrial carrier proteins that transport iron into mitochondria under some conditions. Yeast frataxin (Yfh1p), the homolog of the human protein implicated in Friedreich ataxia, is involved in iron homeostasis. However, its precise functions...
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