7p0o | pdb_00007p0o
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mitoNEET bound to M1 molecule
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Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMedElevated levels of mitochondrial iron and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accompany the progression of diabetes, negatively impacting insulin production and secretion from pancreatic cells. In search for a tool to reduce mitochondrial iron and ROS levels, we arrived at a molecule that destabilizes the [2Fe-2S] clusters of NEET proteins (M1). Treatment of db/db diabetic mice with M1 improved hyperglycemia, without the weight gain observed with alternative treatments such as rosiglitazone. The molecular interactions of M1 with the NEET proteins mNT and NAF-1 were determined by X-crystallography. The possibility of controlling diabetes by molecules that destabilize the [2Fe-2S] clusters of NEET proteins, thereby reducing iron-mediated oxidative stress, opens a new route for managing metabolic aberration such as in diabetes. An anti-diabetic drug targets NEET (CISD) proteins through destabilization of their [2Fe-2S] clusters.,Marjault HB, Karmi O, Zuo K, Michaeli D, Eisenberg-Domovich Y, Rossetti G, de Chassey B, Vonderscher J, Cabantchik I, Carloni P, Mittler R, Livnah O, Meldrum E, Nechushtai R Commun Biol. 2022 May 10;5(1):437. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03393-x. PMID:35538231[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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