Management versus miscues in the cytosolic labile iron pool: The varied functions of iron chaperones

Autor: Olga Protchenko, Sarju J. Patel, Caroline C. Philpott
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res
ISSN: 1879-2596
Popis: Iron-containing proteins rely on the incorporation of a set of iron cofactors for activity. The cofactors must be synthesized or assembled from raw materials located within the cell. The chemical nature of this pool of raw material - referred to as the labile iron pool - has become clearer with the identification of micro- and macro-molecules that coordinate iron within the cell. These molecules function as a buffer system for the management of intracellular iron and are the focus of this review, with emphasis on the major iron chaperone protein coordinating the labile iron pool: poly C-binding protein 1.
Databáze: OpenAIRE