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==Cryo-EM structure of Ferritin 2 from Caenorhabditis elegans, FTN-2==
<StructureSection load='8cu8' size='340' side='right'caption='[[8cu8]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 1.91&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[8cu8]] is a 24 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans Caenorhabditis elegans]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=8CU8 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=8CU8 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Electron Microscopy, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.91&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=FE:FE+(III)+ION'>FE</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=8cu8 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=8cu8 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/8cu8 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=8cu8 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/8cu8 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=8cu8 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9TYS3_CAEEL Q9TYS3_CAEEL] Stores iron in a soluble, non-toxic, readily available form. Important for iron homeostasis. Iron is taken up in the ferrous form and deposited as ferric hydroxides after oxidation.[RuleBase:RU361145]
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</StructureSection>
[[Category: Caenorhabditis elegans]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Brown HG]]
[[Category: Hanssen E]]
[[Category: Malcolm TR]]