frataxin

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein protein Q409999
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frataxin

Summary

frataxin is a protein[1]. frataxin draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (protein category, ranking #139 of 987).[2]

Key Facts

  • frataxin's instance of is recorded as protein[3].
  • frataxin is part of Frataxin/CyaY superfamily[4].
  • frataxin is part of Frataxin[5].
  • frataxin is part of Putative uncharacterized transport proteins[6].
  • frataxin is part of Frataxin conserved site, protein family[7].
  • frataxin's Commons category is recorded as Frataxin[8].
  • frataxin comprises Frataxin conserved site[9].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as protein binding[10].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as iron chaperone activity[11].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as 2 iron, 2 sulfur cluster binding[12].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as oxidoreductase activity[13].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as ferrous iron binding[14].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as metal ion binding[15].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as ferric iron binding[16].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as ferroxidase activity[17].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as ferroxidase activity[18].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as ferrous iron binding[19].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as ferric iron binding[20].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as iron chaperone activity[21].
  • frataxin's molecular function is recorded as 2 iron, 2 sulfur cluster binding[22].
  • frataxin's cell component is recorded as cytoplasm[23].
  • frataxin's cell component is recorded as cytosol[24].
  • frataxin's cell component is recorded as mitochondrial matrix[25].
  • frataxin's cell component is recorded as mitochondrion[26].
  • frataxin's cell component is recorded as L-cysteine desulfurase complex[27].

Why It Matters

frataxin draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (protein category, ranking #139 of 987).[2] frataxin has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] frataxin is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Mitochondrial Hspa9/Mortalin regulates erythroid differentiation via iron-sulfur cluster assembly. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Frataxin-mediated iron delivery to ferrochelatase in the final step of heme biosynthesis. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis. Characterization of frataxin as an iron donor for assembly of [2Fe-2S] clusters in ISU-type proteins. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . N-terminal iron-mediated self-cleavage of human frataxin: regulation of iron binding and complex formation with target proteins. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis. Characterization of frataxin as an iron donor for assembly of [2Fe-2S] clusters in ISU-type proteins. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Frataxin-mediated iron delivery to ferrochelatase in the final step of heme biosynthesis. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis. Characterization of frataxin as an iron donor for assembly of [2Fe-2S] clusters in ISU-type proteins. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Iron Sulfur and Molybdenum Cofactor Enzymes Regulate the Drosophila Life Cycle by Controlling Cell Metabolism.. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Biological process regulation of ferrochelatase activity, positive regulation of cell population proliferation, response to iron ion +27
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