Mitochondrial ferritin

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ferritin mitochondrial

Crystallographic structure of mitochondrial ferritin.[1]
Identifiers
Symbols FTMT; MTF
External IDs OMIM608847 MGI1914884 HomoloGene23577 GeneCards: FTMT Gene
EC number 1.16.3.1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 94033 67634
Ensembl ENSG00000181867 ENSMUSG00000024510
UniProt Q8N4E7 Q9D5H4
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_177478 NM_026286
RefSeq (protein) NP_803431 NP_080562
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
121.22 – 121.22 Mb
Chr 18:
52.49 – 52.49 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]


Mitochondrial ferritin is a ferroxidase enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FTMT gene.[2]

It is classified as a metal-binding protein which is located within the mitochondria. After the protein is taken up by the mitochondria it can be processed into a mature protein and assemble functional ferritin shells.

[edit] Structure

Its structure was determined at 1.70 Å through the use of X-ray diffraction and contains 182 residues. It is 67% helical. The Ramachandran plot shows that the structure of mitochondrial ferritin is mainly alpha helical with a low prevalence of beta sheets.

[edit] References

  1. ^ PDB 1r03; Langlois d'Estaintot B, Santambrogio P, Granier T, Gallois B, Chevalier JM, Précigoux G, Levi S, Arosio P (July 2004). "Crystal structure and biochemical properties of the human mitochondrial ferritin and its mutant Ser144Ala". J. Mol. Biol. 340 (2): 277–93. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2004.04.036. PMID 15201052. 
  2. ^ Levi S, Corsi B, Bosisio M, Invernizzi R, Volz A, Sanford D, Arosio P, Drysdale J (July 2001). "A human mitochondrial ferritin encoded by an intronless gene". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (27): 24437–40. doi:10.1074/jbc.C100141200. PMID 11323407. 

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