A multimeric protein that behaves functionally as an authentic ferritin has been isolated from the Gram-positive bacterium Listeria innocua. The purified protein has a molecular mass of about 240,000 Da and is composed of a single type of subunit (18,000 Da). L. innocua ferritin is able to oxidize and sequester about 500 iron atoms inside the protein cage. The primary structure reveals a high similarity to the DNA-binding proteins designated Dps. Among the proven ferritins, the most similar sequences are those of mammalian L chains that appear to share with L. innocua ferritin the negatively charged amino acids corresponding to the iron nucleation site. In L. innocua ferritin, an additional aspartyl residue may provide a strong complexing capacity that renders the iron oxidation and incorporation processes extremely efficient. This study provides the first experimental evidence for the existence of a non-heme bacterial ferritin that is related to Dps proteins, a finding that lends support to the recent suggestion of a common evolutionary origin of these two protein families.

A novel non-heme iron-binding ferritin related to the DNA-binding proteins of the Dps family in Listeria innocua / Bozzi, M; Mignogna, Giuseppina; Stefanini, Simonetta; Barra, Donatella; Longhi, Catia; Valenti, Piera; Chiancone, Emilia. - In: THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0021-9258. - STAMPA. - 272:(1997), pp. 3259-3265. [10.1074/jbc.272.6.3259]

A novel non-heme iron-binding ferritin related to the DNA-binding proteins of the Dps family in Listeria innocua.

MIGNOGNA, Giuseppina;STEFANINI, Simonetta;BARRA, Donatella;LONGHI, Catia;VALENTI, PIERA;CHIANCONE, Emilia
1997

Abstract

A multimeric protein that behaves functionally as an authentic ferritin has been isolated from the Gram-positive bacterium Listeria innocua. The purified protein has a molecular mass of about 240,000 Da and is composed of a single type of subunit (18,000 Da). L. innocua ferritin is able to oxidize and sequester about 500 iron atoms inside the protein cage. The primary structure reveals a high similarity to the DNA-binding proteins designated Dps. Among the proven ferritins, the most similar sequences are those of mammalian L chains that appear to share with L. innocua ferritin the negatively charged amino acids corresponding to the iron nucleation site. In L. innocua ferritin, an additional aspartyl residue may provide a strong complexing capacity that renders the iron oxidation and incorporation processes extremely efficient. This study provides the first experimental evidence for the existence of a non-heme bacterial ferritin that is related to Dps proteins, a finding that lends support to the recent suggestion of a common evolutionary origin of these two protein families.
1997
FERROXIDASE-CENTER; BACTERIOFERRITIN; SEQUENCE
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A novel non-heme iron-binding ferritin related to the DNA-binding proteins of the Dps family in Listeria innocua / Bozzi, M; Mignogna, Giuseppina; Stefanini, Simonetta; Barra, Donatella; Longhi, Catia; Valenti, Piera; Chiancone, Emilia. - In: THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0021-9258. - STAMPA. - 272:(1997), pp. 3259-3265. [10.1074/jbc.272.6.3259]
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