Structural highlights
Function
BFR_ECOLI Iron-storage protein, whose ferroxidase center binds Fe(2+) ions, oxidizes them by dioxygen to Fe(3+), and participates in the subsequent Fe(3+) oxide mineral core formation within the central cavity of the protein complex. The mineralized iron core can contain as many as 2700 iron atoms/24-meric molecule.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The crystal structure of Escherichia coli bacterioferritin has been solved to 1.9 A, and shows the symmetrical binding of a haem molecule on the local twofold axis between subunits and a pair of metal atoms bound to each subunit at the ferroxidase centre. These metals have been identified as zinc by the analysis of the structure and X-ray data and confirmed by microfocused proton-induced X-ray emission experiments. For the first time the haem has been shown to be linked to both the internal and the external environments via a cluster of waters positioned above the haem molecule.
The binding of haem and zinc in the 1.9 A X-ray structure of Escherichia coli bacterioferritin.,Willies SC, Isupov MN, Garman EF, Littlechild JA J Biol Inorg Chem. 2008 Oct 23. PMID:18946693[3]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Yang X, Le Brun NE, Thomson AJ, Moore GR, Chasteen ND. The iron oxidation and hydrolysis chemistry of Escherichia coli bacterioferritin. Biochemistry. 2000 Apr 25;39(16):4915-23. PMID:10769150
- ↑ Baaghil S, Lewin A, Moore GR, Le Brun NE. Core formation in Escherichia coli bacterioferritin requires a functional ferroxidase center. Biochemistry. 2003 Dec 2;42(47):14047-56. PMID:14636073 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi035253u
- ↑ Willies SC, Isupov MN, Garman EF, Littlechild JA. The binding of haem and zinc in the 1.9 A X-ray structure of Escherichia coli bacterioferritin. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2008 Oct 23. PMID:18946693 doi:10.1007/s00775-008-0438-8
