An E3 Ligase Possessing an Iron-Responsive Hemerythrin Domain Is a Regulator of Iron Homeostasis

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Tập 326 Số 5953 - Trang 722-726 - 2009
Ameen A. Salahudeen1, Joel W. Thompson1, Julio C. Ruiz1, He-Wen Ma1, Lisa N. Kinch1, Qiming Li1, Nick V. Grishin1, Richard K. Bruick1
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 USA

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Iron Sensor Intracellular iron is an essential cofactor for many proteins, but can also damage macromolecules, so its levels are carefully controlled. Cellular iron homeostasis is mediated by iron regulatory proteins that regulate the expression of genes involved in iron uptake and storage. However, it is not clear how cells sense iron bioavailability (see the Perspective by Rouault ). Using different approaches, Salahudeen et al. (p. 722 , published online 17 September) and Vashisht et al. (p. 718 , published online 17 September) have identified the F-box protein FBXL5 as a human iron sensor. FBXL5 is part of an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that regulates the degradation of iron regulatory proteins and thereby cellular iron levels. It contains a hemerythrin domain that binds iron and acts as an iron-dependent regulatory switch, causing the degradation of FBXL5 under low iron conditions. This alternative pathway for the regulation of iron homeostasis has implications for both normal cellular physiology and disease.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Tập 326 Số 5953

722-726

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