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ToolsLe Brun, N. E., Andrews, S. C., Guest, J. R., Harrison, P. M., Moore, G. R. and Thomson, A. J. (1995) Identification of the ferroxidase centre of Escherichia coli bacterioferritin. Biochemical Journal, 312 (2). pp. 385-392. ISSN 0264-6021
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The bacterioferritin (BFR) of Escherichia coli takes up iron in the ferrous form and stores it within its central cavity as a hydrated ferric oxide mineral. The mechanism by which oxidation of iron (II) occurs in BFR is largely unknown, but previous studies indicated that there is ferroxidase activity associated with a site capable of forming a dinuclear-iron centre within each subunit. We now report site-directed mutagenesis experiments based on a putative dinuclear-metal-ion-binding site located within the BFR subunit. The data reveal that this dinuclear-iron centre is located at a site within the four-α-helical bundle of each subunit of BFR, thus identified as the ferroxidase centre of BFR. The metal-bound form of the centre bears a remarkable similarity to the dinuclear-iron sites of the hydroxylase subunit of methane mono-oxygenase and the R2 subunit of ribonucleotide reductase. Details of how the dinuclear centre of BFR is involved in the oxidation mechanism were investigated by studying the inhibition of iron (II) oxidation by zinc (II) ions. Data indicate that zinc (II) ions bind at the ferroxidase centre of apo-BFR in preference to iron (II), resulting in a dramatic reduction in the rate of oxidation. The mechanism of iron (II) oxidation is discussed in the light of this and previous work.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | biochemistry,molecular biology,cell biology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1303 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry (former - to 2024) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2025 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2025 12:31 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99612 |
| DOI: | 10.1042/bj3120385 |
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