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.
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.
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Further reading
Langlois d'Estaintot B, Santambrogio P, Granier T, et al. (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. PMID15201052.
Zanella I, Derosas M, Corrado M, et al. (2008). "The effects of frataxin silencing in HeLa cells are rescued by the expression of human mitochondrial ferritin". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1782 (2): 90–8. doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2007.11.006. PMID18160053.
Cazzola M, Invernizzi R, Bergamaschi G, et al. (2003). "Mitochondrial ferritin expression in erythroid cells from patients with sideroblastic anemia". Blood. 101 (5): 1996–2000. doi:10.1182/blood-2002-07-2006. PMID12406866.
Faniello MC, Fregola A, Nisticò A, et al. (2006). "Detection and functional analysis of an SNP in the promoter of the human ferritin H gene that modulates the gene expression". Gene. 377: 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2006.02.034. PMID16797877.
Drysdale J, Arosio P, Invernizzi R, et al. (2002). "Mitochondrial ferritin: a new player in iron metabolism". Blood Cells Mol. Dis. 29 (3): 376–83. doi:10.1006/bcmd.2002.0577. PMID12547228.
Fisher J, Devraj K, Ingram J, et al. (2007). "Ferritin: a novel mechanism for delivery of iron to the brain and other organs". Am. J. Physiol., Cell Physiol. 293 (2): C641–9. doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00599.2006. PMID17459943.
Bou-Abdallah F, Biasiotto G, Arosio P, Chasteen ND (2004). "The putative "nucleation site" in human H-chain ferritin is not required for mineralization of the iron core". Biochemistry. 43 (14): 4332–7. doi:10.1021/bi0498813. PMID15065877.
Binning RC, Bacelo DE (2009). "Computational modeling of the dizinc-ferroxidase complex of human H ferritin: direct comparison of the density functional theory calculated and experimental structures". J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 14 (8): 1199–208. doi:10.1007/s00775-009-0563-z. PMID19585161.
Bou-Abdallah F, Santambrogio P, Levi S, et al. (2005). "Unique iron binding and oxidation properties of human mitochondrial ferritin: a comparative analysis with Human H-chain ferritin". J. Mol. Biol. 347 (3): 543–54. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.01.007. PMID15755449.
Faniello MC, Di Sanzo M, Quaresima B, et al. (2008). "p53-mediated downregulation of H ferritin promoter transcriptional efficiency via NF-Y". Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 40 (10): 2110–9. doi:10.1016/j.biocel.2008.02.010. PMID18372207.