1RYO

Human serum transferrin, N-lobe bound with oxalate

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.2 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.235 
  • R-Value Work: 0.221 

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Literature

The oxalate effect on release of iron from human serum transferrin explained.

Halbrooks, P.J., Mason, A.B., Adams, T.E., Briggs, S.K., Everse, S.J.

(2004) J.Mol.Biol. 339: 217-226

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.03.049

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • A unique feature of the mechanism of iron binding to the transferrin (TF) family is the synergistic relationship between metal binding and anion binding. Little or no iron will bind to the protein without concomitant binding of an anion, physiologica ...

    A unique feature of the mechanism of iron binding to the transferrin (TF) family is the synergistic relationship between metal binding and anion binding. Little or no iron will bind to the protein without concomitant binding of an anion, physiologically identified as carbonate. Substitution of oxalate for carbonate produces no significant changes in polypeptide folding or domain orientation in the N-lobe of human serum TF (hTF) as revealed by our 1.2A structure. The oxalate is able to bind to the iron in a symmetric bidentate fashion, which, combined with the low pK(a) of the oxalate anion, makes iron displacement more difficult as documented by both iron release kinetic and equilibrium data. Characterization of an N-lobe in which the arginine at position 124 is mutated to alanine reveals that the stabilizing effect of oxalate is even greater in this mutant and nearly cancels the destabilizing effect of the mutation. Importantly, incorporation of oxalate as the synergistic anion appears to completely inhibit removal of iron from recombinant full-length hTF by HeLa S(3) cells, strongly indicating that oxalate also replaces carbonate in the C-lobe to form a stable complex. Kinetic studies confirm this claim. The combination of structural and functional data provides a coherent delineation of the effect of oxalate binding on hTF and rationalizes the results of many previous studies. In the context of iron uptake by cells, substitution of carbonate by oxalate effectively locks the iron into each lobe of hTF, thereby interfering with normal iron metabolism.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, 89 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
Serotransferrin
A
327Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: TF
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Go to UniProtKB:  P02787
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
OXL
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A
OXALATE ION
C2 O4
MUBZPKHOEPUJKR-UHFFFAOYSA-L
 Ligand Interaction
FE
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A
FE (III) ION
Fe
VTLYFUHAOXGGBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.2 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.235 
  • R-Value Work: 0.221 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 44.092α = 90.00
b = 57.252β = 90.00
c = 135.988γ = 90.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CNSphasing
SCALEPACKdata scaling
CNSrefinement
DENZOdata reduction

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2004-05-11
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-29
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Type: Version format compliance