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Crystal Structure of Human H-Ferritin variant 123F assembling in solution 1
Structural highlights
FunctionFRIH_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 PubMedProtein lattices that shift the structure and shape anisotropy in response to environmental cues are closely coupled to potential functionality. However, to design and construct shape-anisotropic protein arrays from the same building blocks in response to different external stimuli remains challenging. Here, by a combination of the multiple, symmetric interaction sites on the outer surface of protein nanocages and the tunable features of phenylalanine-phenylalanine interactions, a protein engineering approach is reported to construct a variety of superstructures with shape anisotropy, including 3D cubic, 2D hexagonal layered, and 1D rod-like crystalline protein nanocage arrays by using one single protein building block. Notably, the assembly of these crystalline protein arrays is reversible, which can be tuned by external stimuli (pH and ionic strength). The anisotropic morphologies of the fabricated macroscopic crystals can be correlated with the A-to-nm scale protein arrangement details by crystallographic elucidation. These results enhance the understanding of the freedom offered by an object's symmetry and inter-object pi-pi stacking interactions for protein building blocks to assemble into direction- and shape-anisotropic biomaterials. Shape-Anisotropic Assembly of Protein Nanocages with Identical Building Blocks by Designed Intermolecular pi-pi Interactions.,Chen X, Zhang T, Liu H, Zang J, Lv C, Du M, Zhao G Adv Sci (Weinh). 2023 Dec;10(35):e2305398. doi: 10.1002/advs.202305398. Epub 2023 , Oct 23. PMID:37870198[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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