The Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast cysteine desulfurase provides sulfur for both iron-sulfur cluster assembly and tRNA modification

Iron-sulfur clusters (FeS) are ancient and ubiquitous protein cofactors that play fundamental roles in many aspects of cell biology. These cofactors cannot be scavenged or trafficked within a cell and thus must be synthesized in any subcellular compartment where they are required. We examined the Fe...

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Main Authors: Russell P Swift, Rubayet Elahi, Krithika Rajaram, Hans B Liu, Sean T Prigge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2023-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/84491