Mammalian frataxin directly enhances sulfur transfer of NFS1 persulfide to both ISCU and free thiols

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Parent, Aubérie ^a   Elduque, Xavier ^b   Cornu, David ^a   Belot, Laura ^a   Le Caer, Jean Pierre ^a   Grandas, Anna ^b   Toledano, Michel B ^c   D'Autréaux, Benoit ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; FRATAXIN; GLUTATHIONE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MALEIMIDE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; SULFIDE; SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LYASE; NFS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PERSULFIDES;

GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NEUROLOGY; PROTEIN; SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIOL;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFURIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

MAMMALIA;

CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOFTWARE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

EID: 84923107253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6686     Document Type: Article

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