Regulation of mitochondrial iron accumulation by Yfh1p, a putative homolog of frataxin

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Babcock, M
deSilva, D
Oaks, R
DavisKaplan, S
Jiralerspong, S
Montermini, L
Pandolfo, M
Kaplan, J
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[1] UNIV UTAH, SCH MED, DEPT PATHOL, DIV CELL BIOL & IMMUNOL, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84132 USA
[2] CTR RECH LOUIS CHARLES SIMARD, MONTREAL, PQ H2L 4M1, CANADA
[3] UNIV MONTREAL, DEPT MED, MONTREAL, PQ H2L 4M1, CANADA
[4] MCGILL UNIV, DEPT NEUROL & NEUROSURG, MONTREAL, PQ H3A 2B4, CANADA
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10.1126/science.276.5319.1709
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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The gene responsible for Friedreich's ataxia, a disease characterized by neurodegeneration and cardiomyopathy, has recently been cloned and its product designated frataxin. A gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was characterized whose predicted protein product has high sequence similarity to the human frataxin protein. The yeast gene (yeast frataxin homolog, YFH1) encodes a mitochondrial protein involved in iron homeostasis and respiratory function. Human frataxin also was shown to be a mitochondrial protein. Characterizing the mechanism by which YFH1 regulates iron homeostasis in yeast may help to define the pathologic process leading to cell damage in Friedreich's ataxia.
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