title: Biogenesis of iron-sulfur proteins in plants.
abstract: Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are ubiquitous prosthetic groups required to sustain fundamental life processes. The assembly of Fe-S clusters and insertion into polypeptides in vivo has recently become an area of intense research. Many of the genes involved are conserved in bacteria, fungi, animals and plants. Plant cells can carry out both photosynthesis and respiration - two processes that require significant amounts of Fe-S proteins. Recent findings now suggest that both plastids and mitochondria are capable of assembling Fe-S proteins using assembly machineries that differ in biochemical properties, genetic make-up and evolutionary origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, UK CB2 3EA. jb511@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Janneke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balk
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lobréaux
mesh_terms: D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D010788:Photosynthesis; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins