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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research2024

Iron‑sulfur clusters in viral proteins: Exploring their elusive nature, roles and new avenues for targeting infections.

Nunziata Maio, Audrey L Heffner, Tracey A Rouault

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In one paragraph

Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  6. Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  8. Pulling back the mitochondria's iron curtain.npj metabolic health and disease · 2025
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nunziata MaioMolecular Medicine Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: maion@mail.nih.gov.
Audrey L HeffnerMolecular Medicine Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
Tracey A RouaultMolecular Medicine Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Mammalian iron-sulfur cluster biogenesisZIAHD008814 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI ROUAULT, TRACEY A. · 2009 to 2025
$17.8M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 HD999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses have evolved complex mechanisms to exploit host factors for replication and assembly. In response, host cells have developed strategies to block viruses, engaging in a continuous co-evolutionary battle. This dynamic interaction often revolves around the competition for essential resources necessary for both host cell and virus replication. Notably, iron, required for the biosynthesis of several cofactors, including iron‑sulfur (FeS) clusters, represents a critical element in the ongoing competition for resources between infectious agents and host. Although several recent studies have identified FeS cofactors at the core of virus replication machineries, our understanding of their specific roles and the cellular processes responsible for their incorporation into viral proteins remains limited. This review aims to consolidate our current knowledge of viral components that have been characterized as FeS proteins and elucidate how viruses harness these versatile cofactors to their benefit. Its objective is also to propose that viruses may depend on incorporation of FeS cofactors more extensively than is currently known. This has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of viral replication, thereby carrying significant implications for the development of strategies to target infections.

Indexed as

Iron-Sulfur ProteinsViral ProteinsVirus ReplicationAnimalsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansIronVirus DiseasesVirusesIronIron-Sulfur ProteinsViral ProteinsCIAO1COVID-19Cytoplasmic iron‑sulfur cluster assembly complexFAM96BHSC20 (aka HSCB) cochaperoneHSPA9 chaperoneIron‑sulfur cluster assemblyMMS19SARS-CoV-2Viral proteinsViral replication

Identifiers

PMID38599324
PMCPMC11139609
OpenAlexW4394575934

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Registered trials

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