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ISU2  -  putative iron-binding protein ISU2

Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c

Synonyms: Iron sulfur cluster assembly protein 2, mitochondrial, Iron sulfur cluster scaffold protein 2, NUA2, YOR226C
 
 
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Disease relevance of ISU2

 

High impact information on ISU2

  • The mitochondrial proteins Isu1p and Isu2p play an essential role in the maturation of cellular iron-sulfur (Fe/S) proteins in eukaryotes [2].
  • Isu1, Isu2, and Nfu1 are located in the mitochondrial matrix [3].
  • The yeast scaffold proteins Isu1p and Isu2p are required inside mitochondria for maturation of cytosolic Fe/S proteins [4].
  • As with other yeast genes implicated in Fe/S protein assembly, deletion of either ISU1 or ISU2 results in increased accumulation of iron within the mitochondria, loss of activity of the [4Fe-4S] aconitase enzyme, and suppression of oxidative damage in cells lacking cytosolic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase [1].
 

Physical interactions of ISU2

  • Consistent with this idea, these Isu1p mutants were capable of binding an Fe/S cluster in vivo but failed to restore the growth and Fe/S cluster assembly defects of a Isu1p/Isu2p-deficient yeast strain [5].
 

Other interactions of ISU2

References

  1. Saccharomyces cerevisiae ISU1 and ISU2: members of a well-conserved gene family for iron-sulfur cluster assembly. Garland, S.A., Hoff, K., Vickery, L.E., Culotta, V.C. J. Mol. Biol. (1999) [Pubmed]
  2. Components involved in assembly and dislocation of iron-sulfur clusters on the scaffold protein Isu1p. Mühlenhoff, U., Gerber, J., Richhardt, N., Lill, R. EMBO J. (2003) [Pubmed]
  3. Evidence for a conserved system for iron metabolism in the mitochondria of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Schilke, B., Voisine, C., Beinert, H., Craig, E. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1999) [Pubmed]
  4. The yeast scaffold proteins Isu1p and Isu2p are required inside mitochondria for maturation of cytosolic Fe/S proteins. Gerber, J., Neumann, K., Prohl, C., Mühlenhoff, U., Lill, R. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2004) [Pubmed]
  5. The Hsp70 chaperone Ssq1p is dispensable for iron-sulfur cluster formation on the scaffold protein Isu1p. Dutkiewicz, R., Marszalek, J., Schilke, B., Craig, E.A., Lill, R., Mühlenhoff, U. J. Biol. Chem. (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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