Structural highlights
Function
[FRIL_HORSE] Stores iron in a soluble, non-toxic, readily available form. Important for iron homeostasis. Iron is taken up in the ferrous form and deposited as ferric hydroxides after oxidation. Also plays a role in delivery of iron to cells. Mediates iron uptake in capsule cells of the developing kidney (By similarity).
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Spherical protein cages such as an iron storage protein, ferritin, have great potential as nanometer-scale capsules to assemble and store metal ions and complexes. We report herein the synthesis of a composite of an apo-ferritin cage and Ru(p-cymene) complexes. Ru complexes were efficiently incorporated into the ferritin cavity without degradation of its cage structure. X-Ray crystallography revealed that the Ru complexes were immobilized on the interior surface of the cage mainly by the coordination of histidine residues.
Incorporation of organometallic Ru complexes into apo-ferritin cage.,Takezawa Y, Bockmann P, Sugi N, Wang Z, Abe S, Murakami T, Hikage T, Erker G, Watanabe Y, Kitagawa S, Ueno T Dalton Trans. 2011 Mar 14;40(10):2190-5. Epub 2010 Nov 26. PMID:21113534[1]
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References
- ↑ Takezawa Y, Bockmann P, Sugi N, Wang Z, Abe S, Murakami T, Hikage T, Erker G, Watanabe Y, Kitagawa S, Ueno T. Incorporation of organometallic Ru complexes into apo-ferritin cage. Dalton Trans. 2011 Mar 14;40(10):2190-5. Epub 2010 Nov 26. PMID:21113534 doi:10.1039/c0dt00955e
