Journal
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH
Volume 1823, Issue 9, Pages 1468-1483Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.05.010
Keywords
Iron; IRP; Iron-responsive element; RNA-binding protein; Iron-sulfur protein; Post-transcriptional regulation
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- NIH [GM45201, DK068602, DK089212, DK66600, T32DK007115, T32DK007665]
- USDA [WIS01324]
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Cellular iron homeostasis is maintained by iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 (IRP1 and IRP2). IRPs bind to iron-responsive elements (IREs) located in the untranslated regions of mRNAs encoding protein involved in iron uptake, storage, utilization and export. Over the past decade, significant progress has been made in understanding how IRPs are regulated by iron-dependent and iron-independent mechanisms and the pathological consequences of IRP2 deficiency in mice. The identification of novel IREs involved in diverse cellular pathways has revealed that the IRP-IRE network extends to processes other than iron homeostasis. A mechanistic understanding of IRP regulation will likely yield important insights into the basis of disorders of iron metabolism. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Cell Biology of Metals. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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