Ferrochelatase activity of plant frataxin

Alejandro M. Armas, Manuel Balparda, Agustina Terenzi, Maria V. Busi, Maria A. Pagani, Diego F. Gomez-Casati, Biochimie, 2018 doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2018.10.009

These results suggest that frataxin could be the iron donor in the final step of heme synthesis in plant mitochondria, and constitutes an important advance in the elucidation of the mechanisms of heme synthesis in plants.

 Ferrochelatase activity of plant frataxin