Cytosolic Iron-Sulfur cluster machinery of E. histolytica

Iron-Sulfur (Fe-S) proteins are involved in many biological functions such as electron transport, photosynthesis, regulation of gene expression and enzymatic activities. Biosynthesis and transfer of Fe-S clusters depend on Fe-S clusters assembly processes such as ISC, SUF, NIF, and CIA systems. Unlike other eukaryotes which possess ISC and CIA systems, amitochondriate Entamoeba histolytica has retained NIF & CIA systems for Fe-S cluster assembly in the cytosol. In the present study, we have elucidated interaction between two proteins of E. histolytica CIA system, Cytosolic Fe-S cluster deficient 1 (Cfd1) protein and Nucleotide binding protein 35 (Nbp35) proteins in E. histolytica.

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Shadab Anwar, Masters in Biotechnology from Punjab Technical University, Graduated from RMRIMS (Indian Council of Medical Research), Patna, in association with Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, India. I am young scientist in SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India working on Leishmaniasis.