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The Intriguing mitoNEET: Functional and Spectroscopic Properties of a Unique [2Fe-2S] Cluster Coordination Geometry.


ABSTRACT: Despite the number of cellular and pathological mitoNEET-related processes, very few details are known about the mechanism of action of the protein. The recently discovered existence of a link between NEET proteins and cancer pave the way to consider mitoNEET and its Fe-S clusters as suitable targets to inhibit cancer cell proliferation. Here, we will review the variety of spectroscopic techniques that have been applied to study mitoNEET in an attempt to explain the drastic difference in clusters stability and reactivity observed for the two redox states, and to elucidate the cellular function of the protein. In particular, the extensive NMR assignment and the characterization of first coordination sphere provide a molecular fingerprint helpful to assist the design of drugs able to impair cellular processes or to directly participate in redox reactions or protein-protein recognition mechanisms.

SUBMITTER: Camponeschi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9737848 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Intriguing mitoNEET: Functional and Spectroscopic Properties of a Unique [2Fe-2S] Cluster Coordination Geometry.

Camponeschi Francesca F   Piccioli Mario M   Banci Lucia L  

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20221125 23


Despite the number of cellular and pathological mitoNEET-related processes, very few details are known about the mechanism of action of the protein. The recently discovered existence of a link between NEET proteins and cancer pave the way to consider mitoNEET and its Fe-S clusters as suitable targets to inhibit cancer cell proliferation. Here, we will review the variety of spectroscopic techniques that have been applied to study mitoNEET in an attempt to explain the drastic difference in cluster  ...[more]

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