iron-sulfur cluster assembly enzyme ISCU (NifU-like N-terminal domain-containing protein, NifU-like protein, ISCU, NIFUN)

Function

• assembly or repair of the [Fe-S] clusters present in iron-sulfur proteins
• binds iron
• binds NFS

Compartment

• isoform 1: mitochondrion
• isoform 2: cytoplasm, nucleus

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

• detected in heart, liver, skeletal muscle, brain, pancreas, kidney, lung, placenta

More general terms

• mitochondrial protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9H1K1.html