Description
Acts as a co-chaperone in iron-sulfur cluster assembly in both mitochondria and the cytoplasm (PubMed:20668094, PubMed:29309586). Required for incorporation of iron-sulfur clusters into SDHB, the iron-sulfur protein subunit of succinate dehydrogenase that is involved in complex II of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (PubMed:26749241). Recruited to SDHB by interaction with SDHAF1 which first binds SDHB and then recruits the iron-sulfur transfer complex formed by HSC20, HSPA9 and ISCU through direct binding to HSC20 (PubMed:26749241). Also mediates complex formation between components of the cytosolic iron-sulfur biogenesis pathway and the CIA targeting complex composed of CIAO1, DIPK1B/FAM69B and MMS19 by binding directly to the scaffold protein ISCU and to CIAO1 (PubMed:29309586). This facilitates iron-sulfur cluster insertion into a number of cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins including POLD1, ELP3, DPYD and PPAT (PubMed:29309586).
Subunit
Self-interacts (PubMed:29309586). Interacts with ISCU and HSPA9 to form an iron-sulfur transfer complex (PubMed:20668094). Interacts with SDHAF1 (via the first LYR motif); the interaction recruits the iron-sulfur transfer complex composed of HSC20, HSPA9 and ISCU and mediates the incorporation of iron-sulfur clusters into SDHB which also interacts with HSC20 (PubMed:26749241). Interacts with the cytoplasmic form of ISCU and with CIA complex member CIAO1 (via LYR motif) (PubMed:29309586).