PMID- 19864422 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100106 LR - 20211020 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 284 IP - 51 DP - 2009 Dec 18 TI - Human ISCA1 interacts with IOP1/NARFL and functions in both cytosolic and mitochondrial iron-sulfur protein biogenesis. PG - 35297-307 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M109.040014 [doi] AB - Iron-sulfur proteins play an essential role in many biologic processes. Hence, understanding their assembly is an important goal. In Escherichia coli, the protein IscA is a product of the isc (iron-sulfur cluster) operon and functions in the iron-sulfur cluster assembly pathway in this organism. IscA is conserved in evolution, but its function in mammalian cells is not known. Here, we provide evidence for a role for a human homologue of IscA, named IscA1, in iron-sulfur protein biogenesis. We observe that small interfering RNA knockdown of IscA1 in HeLa cells leads to decreased activity of two mitochondrial iron-sulfur enzymes, succinate dehydrogenase and mitochondrial aconitase, as well as a cytosolic iron-sulfur enzyme, cytosolic aconitase. IscA1 is observed both in cytosolic and mitochondrial fractions. We find that IscA1 interacts with IOP1 (iron-only hydrogenase-like protein 1)/NARFL (nuclear prelamin A recognition factor-like), a cytosolic protein that plays a role in the cytosolic iron-sulfur protein assembly pathway. We therefore propose that human IscA1 plays an important role in both mitochondrial and cytosolic iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis, and a notable component of the latter is the interaction between IscA1 and IOP1. FAU - Song, Daisheng AU - Song D AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. FAU - Tu, Zheng AU - Tu Z FAU - Lee, Frank S AU - Lee FS LA - eng GR - R01 GM071459/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-GM71459/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (CIAO3 protein, human) RN - 0 (ISCA1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Iron-Sulfur Proteins) RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - EC 1.12.7.2 (Hydrogenase) RN - EC 1.3.99.1 (Succinate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 4.2.1.3 (Aconitate Hydratase) SB - IM MH - Aconitate Hydratase/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Animals MH - COS Cells MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Cytosol/*metabolism MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Hydrogenase/genetics/*metabolism MH - Iron-Sulfur Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mitochondria/*metabolism MH - Mitochondrial Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*biosynthesis/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Binding/physiology MH - RNA, Small Interfering MH - Succinate Dehydrogenase/*biosynthesis/genetics PMC - PMC2790959 EDAT- 2009/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2010/01/07 06:00 PMCR- 2010/12/18 CRDT- 2009/10/30 06:00 PHST- 2009/10/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/01/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/12/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)37494-9 [pii] AID - M109.040014 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M109.040014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2009 Dec 18;284(51):35297-307. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.040014.