Escherichia coli RIC is able to donate iron to iron-sulfur clusters.

Escherichia coli RIC (Repair of Iron Centers) is a diiron protein previously reported to be involved in the repair of iron-sulfur proteins damaged by oxidative or nitrosative stresses, and proposed to act as an iron donor. This possible role of RIC was now examined specifically by evaluating its abi...

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Main Authors: Lígia S Nobre, Ricardo Garcia-Serres, Smilja Todorovic, Peter Hildebrandt, Miguel Teixeira, Jean-Marc Latour, Lígia M Saraiva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3989283?pdf=render