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).
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Horse-spleen apoferritin is known to crystallize in three different space groups, cubic F432, tetragonal P42(1)2 and orthorhombic P2(1)2(1)2. A structure comparison of the cubic and tetragonal forms is presented here. Both crystal forms were obtained by the vapor-diffusion technique and data were collected at 2.26 A (cubic crystal) and 2.60 A (tetragonal crystal) resolution. Two main differences were observed between these crystal structures: (i) whereas intermolecular contacts only involve salt-bridge type interactions via cadmium ions in the cubic structure, two types of interactions are observed in the tetragonal crystal (cadmium-ion-mediated salt bridges and hydrogen-bonding interactions) and (ii) cadmium ions bound in the threefold axes of ferritin molecules exhibit lower site-occupation factors in the tetragonal structure than in the cubic one.
Comparison of the structures of the cubic and tetragonal forms of horse-spleen apoferritin.,Granier T, Gallois B, Dautant A, Langlois d'Estaintot B, Precigoux G Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 1997 Sep 1;53(Pt 5):580-7. PMID:15299889[1]
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References
- ↑ Granier T, Gallois B, Dautant A, Langlois d'Estaintot B, Precigoux G. Comparison of the structures of the cubic and tetragonal forms of horse-spleen apoferritin. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 1997 Sep 1;53(Pt 5):580-7. PMID:15299889 doi:10.1107/S0907444997003314
