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Published on: April 10, 2020
Rescuing the Rescuer: On the Protein Complex between the Human Mitochondrial Acyl Carrier Protein and ISD11
María Georgina Herrera1, María Florencia Pignataro1, Martín Ezequiel Noguera1
1Institute of Biological Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Dr. Alejandro Paladini (UBA-CONICET) , University of Buenos Aires , Junín 956 , C1113AAD Buenos Aires , Argentina.
Abstract:
Iron-sulfur clusters are essential cofactors in many biochemical processes. ISD11, one of the subunits of the protein complex that carries out the cluster assembly in mitochondria, is necessary for cysteine desulfurase NFS1 stability and function. Several authors have recently provided evidence showing that ISD11 interacts with the acyl carrier protein (ACP). We carried out the coexpression of human mitochondrial ACP and ISD11 in E. coli. This work shows that ACP and ISD11 form a soluble, structured, and stable complex able to bind to the human NFS1 subunit modulating its activity. Results suggest that ACP plays a key-role in ISD11 folding and stability in vitro. These findings offer the opportunity to study the mechanism of interaction between ISD11 and NFS1.
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