Monday, September 28, 2009

Biophysical Characterization of the Iron in Mitochondria from Atm1p-Depleted Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biochemistry, Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/bi901110n
Publication Date (Web): September 17, 2009
 
Ren Miao, Hansoo Kim, Uma Mahendra Kumar Koppolu, E. Ann Ellis, Robert A. Scott and Paul A. Lindahl*

‡ Department of Chemistry § Microscopy and Imaging Center,
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556

Keywords: Atm1p, ABC transporter, mitochondrial inner membrane, cytosol, cellular iron metabolism, cytosolic Fe/S cluster assembly, mitochondrial Fe/S cluster assembly,  Mssbauer spectroscopy, EPR, electronic absorption spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and electron microscopy, aerobically grown cells, iron(III) phosphate nanoparticles,  yeast frataxin Yfh1p-deleted, yeast ferredoxin Yah1p-depleted,  Atm1p-depleted, nonheme Fe(II) ions, oxidative damage,  cytosolic Fe/S cluster assembly,  oxygen.