MitoNEET is a uniquely folded 2Fe 2S outer mitochondrial membrane protein stabilized by pioglitazone

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 4;104(36):14342-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707189104. Epub 2007 Aug 31.

Abstract

Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins are key players in vital processes involving energy homeostasis and metabolism from the simplest to most complex organisms. We report a 1.5 A x-ray crystal structure of the first identified outer mitochondrial membrane Fe-S protein, mitoNEET. Two protomers intertwine to form a unique dimeric structure that constitutes a new fold to not only the approximately 650 reported Fe-S protein structures but also to all known proteins. We name this motif the NEET fold. The protomers form a two-domain structure: a beta-cap domain and a cluster-binding domain that coordinates two acid-labile 2Fe-2S clusters. Binding of pioglitazone, an insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinedione used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, stabilizes the protein against 2Fe-2S cluster release. The biophysical properties of mitoNEET suggest that it may participate in a redox-sensitive signaling and/or in Fe-S cluster transfer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Humans
  • Iron-Binding Proteins / chemistry*
  • Iron-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Iron-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / chemistry*
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / genetics
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mitochondrial Membranes / metabolism*
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / genetics
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Pioglitazone
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Folding*
  • Protein Structure, Quaternary
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Thiazolidinediones / chemistry*

Substances

  • CISD1 protein, human
  • Iron-Binding Proteins
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • Thiazolidinediones
  • Pioglitazone

Associated data

  • PDB/2QH7