Structural highlights
Function
[FER2_AQUAE] Ferredoxins are iron-sulfur proteins that transfer electrons in a wide variety of metabolic reactions.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The 2.3 A resolution crystal structure of a [2Fe-2S] cluster containing ferredoxin from Aquifex aeolicus reveals a thioredoxin-like fold that is novel among iron-sulfur proteins. The [2Fe-2S] cluster is located near the surface of the protein, at a site corresponding to that of the active-site disulfide bridge in thioredoxin. The four cysteine ligands are located near the ends of two surface loops. Two of these ligands can be substituted by non-native cysteine residues introduced throughout a stretch of the polypeptide chain that forms a protruding loop extending away from the cluster. The presence of homologs of this ferredoxin as components of more complex anaerobic and aerobic electron transfer systems indicates that this is a versatile fold for biological redox processes.
Structure of a thioredoxin-like [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin from Aquifex aeolicus.,Yeh AP, Chatelet C, Soltis SM, Kuhn P, Meyer J, Rees DC J Mol Biol. 2000 Jul 14;300(3):587-95. PMID:10884354[1]
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References
- ↑ Yeh AP, Chatelet C, Soltis SM, Kuhn P, Meyer J, Rees DC. Structure of a thioredoxin-like [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin from Aquifex aeolicus. J Mol Biol. 2000 Jul 14;300(3):587-95. PMID:10884354 doi:10.1006/jmbi.2000.3871
