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Mechanisms of iron–sulfur cluster assembly: the SUF machinery

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Biosynthesis of iron-sulfur clusters is a cellular process which depends on complex protein machineries. Escherichia coli contains two such biosynthetic systems, ISC and SUF. In this review article we specifically make a presentation of the various Suf proteins and discuss the molecular mechanisms by which these proteins work together to assemble Fe and S atoms within a scaffold and to transfer the resulting cluster to target proteins.

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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie des Centres Rédox Biologiques, DRDC-CB, CEA/CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier, CEA-Grenoble, UMR 5047, 17 Avenue des Martyrs, 38054, Grenoble Cedex 09, France

    M. Fontecave & S. Ollagnier de Choudens

  2. Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, UPR-CNRS 9043, IBSM, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France

    B. Py & F. Barras

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00775-005-0051-z

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Fontecave, M., Choudens, S.O.d., Py, B. et al. Mechanisms of iron–sulfur cluster assembly: the SUF machinery. J Biol Inorg Chem 10, 713–721 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00775-005-0025-1

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