8aav

Human heavy chain ferritin with introduced Cys residues modified with C10 ligand

spinqualitylabelsall models 8aav, resolution 2.00Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 8aav is a 8 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2Å Ligands: FE, MG, O3K Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function FRIH_HUMAN Stores iron in a soluble, non-toxic, readily available form. Important for iron homeostasis. Has ferroxidase activity. Iron is taken up in the ferrous form and deposited as ferric hydroxides after oxidation. Also plays a role in delivery of iron to cells. Mediates iron uptake in capsule cells of the developing kidney (By similarity). Publication Abstract from PubMed Hemodialysis fails to remove protein-bound uremic toxins that are attributed with high cardiovascular risk. Application of adsorption materials is a viable strategy, but suitable biocompatible adsorbents are still not available. Here, we demonstrate that adsorbents based on the bottom-up assembly of the intrinsically biocompatible protein cage ferritin are applicable for toxin adsorption. Due to the size-exclusion effect of its pores, only small molecules such as uremic toxins can enter the protein cage. Protein redesign techniques that target selectively the inner surface were used to introduce anchor sites for chemical modification. Porous crystalline adsorbents were fabricated by bottom-up assembly of the protein cage. Linkage of up to 96 phenylic or aliphatic molecules per container was verified by ESI-MS. Materials based on unmodified ferritin cages can already adsorb the uremic toxins. The adsorption capacity could be increased by about 50% through functionalization with hydrophobic molecules reaching 458 mug g(-1) for indoxyl sulfate. The biohybrid materials show no contamination with endotoxins and do not activate blood platelets. These findings demonstrate the great potential of protein-based adsorbents for the clearance of uremic toxins: modifications enhance toxin adsorption without diminishing the biocompatibility of the final protein-based material. Assembly of chemically modified protein nanocages into 3D materials for the adsorption of uremic toxins.,Bohler H, Orth-Alampour S, Baaten C, Riedner M, Jankowski J, Beck T J Mater Chem B. 2022 Dec 22;11(1):55-60. doi: 10.1039/d2tb02386e. PMID:36504125 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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