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SUBMITTER: Bak DW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3322619 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bak Daniel W DW Zuris John A JA Paddock Mark L ML Jennings Patricia A PA Elliott Sean J SJ
Biochemistry 20091101 43
MitoNEET is a small mitochondrial protein that has been identified recently as a target for the thiazolidinedione (TZD) class of diabetes drugs. MitoNEET also binds a unique three-Cys- and one-His-ligated [corrected] [2Fe-2S] cluster. Here we use protein film voltammetry (PFV) as a means to probe the redox properties of mitoNEET and demonstrate the direct impact of TZD drug binding upon the redox chemistry of the FeS cluster. When TZDs bind, the midpoint potential at pH 7 is lowered by more than ...[more]