Chapter 13 Localization and function of the 2Fe-2S outer mitochondrial membrane protein mitoNEET

Methods Enzymol. 2009:456:233-46. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(08)04413-3.

Abstract

MitoNEET is an integral protein of the outer mitochondrial membrane and is the flagship of a small family of proteins whose hallmark is the presence of a CDGSH domain. Initially annotated as a zinc finger, the CDGSH domain actually binds a redox-active 2Fe-2S cluster, giving mitoNEET the distinction of being the first 2Fe-2S protein identified in the outer membrane of mitochondria. This chapter describes methods for isolating mitochondrial membrane fractions that are enriched in mitoNEET, generating constructs for the expression of recombinant mitoNEET protein and analyzing the 2Fe-2S cluster of mitoNEET in vitro.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Centrifugation
  • Intracellular Membranes / metabolism*
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / metabolism*
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / physiology
  • Male
  • Mitochondria / metabolism*
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / chemistry
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins
  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • mitochondrial protein 17 kDa, rat