The universal mechanism for iron translocation to the ferroxidase site in ferritin, which is mediated by the well conserved transit site
Masuda, T., Goto, F., Yoshihara, T., Mikami, B.(2010) Biochem Biophys Res Commun 400: 94-99
- PubMed: 20705053 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.08.017
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3AJO, 3AJP, 3AJQ - PubMed Abstract: 
Ferritins are ubiquitous iron storage proteins. Recently, we identified a novel metal-binding site, transit site, in the crystal structure of phytoferritin. To elucidate the function of the transit site in ferritin from other species, we prepared transit-site-deficient mutants of human H ferritin, E140A and E140Q, and their iron oxidation kinetics was analyzed ...