An anti-diabetic drug targets NEET (CISD) proteins through destabilization of their [2Fe-2S] clusters

oleh: Henri-Baptiste Marjault, Ola Karmi, Ke Zuo, Dorit Michaeli, Yael Eisenberg-Domovich, Giulia Rossetti, Benoit de Chassey, Jacky Vonderscher, Ioav Cabantchik, Paolo Carloni, Ron Mittler, Oded Livnah, Eric Meldrum, Rachel Nechushtai

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01

Deskripsi

Marjault et al. report two crystal structures of a drug molecule bound to NEET proteins mNT and NAF-1 and the effects of this molecule on diabetic mice, suggesting an approach for reducing mitochondrial iron and ROS levels in diabetic patients.