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  • Title: Roles and maturation of iron-sulfur proteins in plastids.
    Author: Przybyla-Toscano J, Roland M, Gaymard F, Couturier J, Rouhier N.
    Journal: J Biol Inorg Chem; 2018 Jun; 23(4):545-566. PubMed ID: 29349662.
    Abstract:
    One reason why iron is an essential element for most organisms is its presence in prosthetic groups such as hemes or iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters, which are notably required for electron transfer reactions. As an organelle with an intense metabolism in plants, chloroplast relies on many Fe-S proteins. This includes those present in the electron transfer chain which will be, in fact, essential for most other metabolic processes occurring in chloroplasts, e.g., carbon fixation, nitrogen and sulfur assimilation, pigment, amino acid, and vitamin biosynthetic pathways to cite only a few examples. The maturation of these Fe-S proteins requires a complex and specific machinery named SUF (sulfur mobilisation). The assembly process can be split in two major steps, (1) the de novo assembly on scaffold proteins which requires ATP, iron and sulfur atoms, electrons, and thus the concerted action of several proteins forming early acting assembly complexes, and (2) the transfer of the preformed Fe-S cluster to client proteins using a set of late-acting maturation factors. Similar machineries, having in common these basic principles, are present in the cytosol and in mitochondria. This review focuses on the currently known molecular details concerning the assembly and roles of Fe-S proteins in plastids.
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