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==Crystal Structure of the R124A mutant of the N-lobe human transferrin==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1oqh]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1OQH OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1OQH FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.4&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CO3:CARBONATE+ION'>CO3</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=FE:FE+(III)+ION'>FE</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=K:POTASSIUM+ION'>K</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1oqh FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1oqh OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1oqh PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1oqh RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1oqh PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1oqh ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Disease ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TRFE_HUMAN TRFE_HUMAN] Defects in TF are the cause of atransferrinemia (ATRAF) [MIM:[https://omim.org/entry/209300 209300]. Atransferrinemia is rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by iron overload and hypochromic anemia.<ref>PMID:11110675</ref> <ref>PMID:15466165</ref> 
== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TRFE_HUMAN TRFE_HUMAN] Transferrins are iron binding transport proteins which can bind two Fe(3+) ions in association with the binding of an anion, usually bicarbonate. It is responsible for the transport of iron from sites of absorption and heme degradation to those of storage and utilization. Serum transferrin may also have a further role in stimulating cell proliferation.
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Human transferrin is a serum protein whose function is to bind Fe(3+) with very high affinity and transport it to cells, for delivery by receptor-mediated endocytosis. Structurally, the transferrin molecule is folded into two globular lobes, representing its N-terminal and C-terminal halves, with each lobe possessing a high-affinity iron binding site, in a cleft between two domains. Central to function is a highly conserved set of iron ligands, including an aspartate residue (Asp63 in the N-lobe) that also hydrogen bonds between the two domains and an arginine residue (Arg124 in the N-lobe) that binds an iron-bound carbonate ion. To further probe the roles of these residues, we have determined the crystal structures of the D63E and R124A mutants of the N-terminal half-molecule of human transferrin. The structure of the D63E mutant, determined at 1.9 A resolution (R = 0.245, R(free) = 0.261), showed that the carboxyl group still binds to iron despite the larger size of the Glu side chain, with some slight rearrangement of the first turn of alpha-helix residues 63-72, to which it is attached. The structure of the R124A mutant, determined at 2.4 A resolution (R = 0.219, R(free) = 0.288), shows that the loss of the arginine side chain results in a 0.3 A displacement of the carbonate ion, and an accompanying movement of the iron atom. In both mutants, the iron coordination is changed slightly, the principal change being in each case a lengthening of the Fe-N(His249) bond. Both mutants also release iron more readily than the wild type, kinetically and in terms of acid lability of iron binding. We attribute this to more facile protonation of the synergistically bound carbonate ion, in the case of R124A, and to strain resulting from the accommodation of the larger Glu side chain, in the case of D63E. In both cases, the weakened Fe-N(His) bond may also contribute, consistent with protonation of the His ligand being an early intermediate step in iron release, following the protonation of the carbonate ion.

Structural and functional consequences of binding site mutations in transferrin: crystal structures of the Asp63Glu and Arg124Ala mutants of the N-lobe of human transferrin.,Baker HM, He QY, Briggs SK, Mason AB, Baker EN Biochemistry. 2003 Jun 17;42(23):7084-9. PMID:12795604<ref>PMID:12795604</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Transferrin 3D structures|Transferrin 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Baker HM]]
[[Category: Brigg SK]]
[[Category: He Q-Y]]
[[Category: Mason AB]]
[[Category: N Baker E]]