Mitochondrial ferritin

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Mitochondrial ferritin is a ferroxidase enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FTMT gene.[1]

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.

References

  1. 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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