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ArticleThe EMBO journal2021

The DnaJ proteins DJA6 and DJA5 are essential for chloroplast iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis.

Jing Zhang, Zechen Bai, Min Ouyang, Xiumei Xu, Haibo Xiong, Qiang Wang, Bernhard Grimm, Jean-David Rochaix, Lixin Zhang

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Jing ZhangKey Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Photosynthesis Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2921-5860
Zechen BaiKey Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Photosynthesis Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Min OuyangState Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
Xiumei XuState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaption and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
Haibo XiongKey Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Photosynthesis Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Qiang WangState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaption and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7388-4703
Bernhard GrimmInstitute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9730-1074
Jean-David RochaixDepartments of Molecular Biology and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lixin ZhangState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaption and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0268-6774
Henan University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNHubei University · CNHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEUniversity of Geneva · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fe-S clusters are ancient, ubiquitous and highly essential prosthetic groups for numerous fundamental processes of life. The biogenesis of Fe-S clusters is a multistep process including iron acquisition, sulfur mobilization, and cluster formation. Extensive studies have provided deep insights into the mechanism of the latter two assembly steps. However, the mechanism of iron utilization during chloroplast Fe-S cluster biogenesis is still unknown. Here we identified two Arabidopsis DnaJ proteins, DJA6 and DJA5, that can bind iron through their conserved cysteine residues and facilitate iron incorporation into Fe-S clusters by interactions with the SUF (sulfur utilization factor) apparatus through their J domain. Loss of these two proteins causes severe defects in the accumulation of chloroplast Fe-S proteins, a dysfunction of photosynthesis, and a significant intracellular iron overload. Evolutionary analyses revealed that DJA6 and DJA5 are highly conserved in photosynthetic organisms ranging from cyanobacteria to higher plants and share a strong evolutionary relationship with SUFE1, SUFC, and SUFD throughout the green lineage. Thus, our work uncovers a conserved mechanism of iron utilization for chloroplast Fe-S cluster biogenesis.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsChloroplastsIronIron-Sulfur ProteinsPhotosynthesisSulfurArabidopsis ProteinsIronIron-Sulfur ProteinsSulfurassemblychloroplastevolutioniron donoriron-sulfur cluster

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PMID33855718
PMCPMC8246258
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