Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is caused by low expression of frataxin, a small mitochondrial protein. Studies with both yeast and mammals have suggested that decreased frataxin levels lead to elevated intramitochondrial concentrations of labile (chelatable) iron, and consequently to oxidative mitochondrial damage. Here, we used the mitochondrion-selective fluorescent iron indicator/chelator rhodam...

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The ability of mononuclear dinitrosyl iron commplexes (M-DNICs) with thiolate ligands to act as NO donors and to trigger S-nitrosation of thiols can be explain only in the paradigm of the model of the [Fe(+)(NO(+))(2)] core ({Fe(NO)(2)}(7) according to the Enemark-Feltham classification). Similarly, the {(RS(-))(2)Fe(+)(NO(+))(2)}(+) structure describing the distribution of unpaired electron de...

By means of density functional theory calculations that account for the on-site Coulomb interaction via a Hubbard term (DFT+U), we systematically investigated CO adsorption on Fe3O4 surfaces at different coverages. It has been found that more than one CO can coadsorb on one surface iron atom on both Fetet1 and Feoct2 terminations of Fe3O4(111). The uncapped oxygen atom is the active site for CO...

Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a symbiotic bacterium that nodulates soybean. Critical for the infection and establishment of this symbiosis are the bacterial nodulation genes (nod, nol, noe), which are induced in the presence of plant produced isoflavones. Transcription of the nodulation genes is also controlled in a population density-dependent fashion. Expression of the nod genes is maximal at l...

Understanding the thermal-chemical state of the Earth's core requires knowledge of the thermal expansion of iron-rich alloys at megabar pressures and high temperatures. Our survey of literature revealed a significant lack of such data. We have determined the unit-cell parameters of the iron-sulfur compound Fe(3)S by using synchrotron x-ray diffraction techniques and externally heated diamond-an...

To determine whether the cyst fluid characteristics of endometrioma can be evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 36 endometriomas obtained from 24 patients (age range 21-43 years; mean 34 years) were studied. MRI was performed < 2 weeks before laparoscopy or laparotomy. Comparative studies of the density and concentration of iron in the endometrioma and the signal intensity (SI) of MRI...