Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Physiologically relevant reconstitution of iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis uncovers persulfide-processing functions of ferredoxin-2 and frataxin

  • Sylvain Gervason,
  • Djabir Larkem,
  • Amir Ben Mansour,
  • Thomas Botzanowski,
  • Christina S. Müller,
  • Ludovic Pecqueur,
  • Gwenaelle Le Pavec,
  • Agnès Delaunay-Moisan,
  • Omar Brun,
  • Jordi Agramunt,
  • Anna Grandas,
  • Marc Fontecave,
  • Volker Schünemann,
  • Sarah Cianférani,
  • Christina Sizun,
  • Michel B. Tolédano,
  • Benoit D’Autréaux

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11470-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The mechanism of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster biosynthesis is not fully understood. Here, the authors develop a physiologically relevant in vitro model of Fe-S cluster assembly, allowing them to elucidate the sequence of Fe-S cluster synthesis along with the respective roles of ferredoxin-2 and frataxin.