2hk6 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus subtilis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
CPFC_BACSU Involved in coproporphyrin-dependent heme b biosynthesis (PubMed:25646457, PubMed:25908396). Catalyzes the insertion of ferrous iron into coproporphyrin III to form Fe-coproporphyrin III (PubMed:25646457, PubMed:25908396). It can also insert iron into protoporphyrin IX (PubMed:1459957, PubMed:8119288, PubMed:21052751, PubMed:25646457). Has weaker activity with 2,4 disulfonate, deuteroporphyrin and 2,4 hydroxyethyl (PubMed:25646457, PubMed:12761666). In vitro, can also use Zn(2+) or Cu(2+) (PubMed:8119288, PubMed:16140324, PubMed:21052751, PubMed:12761666).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Ferrochelatase catalyzes the terminal step in the heme biosynthetic pathway, i.e., the incorporation of Fe(II) into protoporphyrin IX. Various biochemical and biophysical methods have been used to probe the enzyme for metal binding residues and the location of the active site. However, the location of the metal binding site and the path of the metal into the porphyrin are still disputed. Using site-directed mutagenesis on Bacillus subtilis ferrochelatase we demonstrate that exchange of the conserved residues His183 and Glu264 affects the metal affinity of the enzyme. We also present the first X-ray crystal structure of ferrochelatase with iron. Only a single iron was found in the active site, coordinated in a square pyramidal fashion by two amino acid residues, His183 and Glu264, and three water molecules. This iron was not present in the structure of a His183Ala modified ferrochelatase. The results strongly suggest that the insertion of a metal ion into protoporphyrin IX by ferrochelatase occurs from a metal binding site represented by His183 and Glu264.
Amino acid residues His183 and Glu264 in Bacillus subtilis ferrochelatase direct and facilitate the insertion of metal ion into protoporphyrin IX.,Hansson MD, Karlberg T, Rahardja MA, Al-Karadaghi S, Hansson M Biochemistry. 2007 Jan 9;46(1):87-94. PMID:17198378[9]
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↑Lecerof D, Fodje MN, Alvarez Leon R, Olsson U, Hansson A, Sigfridsson E, Ryde U, Hansson M, Al-Karadaghi S. Metal binding to Bacillus subtilis ferrochelatase and interaction between metal sites. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2003 Apr;8(4):452-8. Epub 2003 Jan 18. PMID:12761666 doi:10.1007/s00775-002-0436-1
↑Hansson M, Hederstedt L. Cloning and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis hemEHY gene cluster, which encodes protoheme IX biosynthetic enzymes. J Bacteriol. 1992 Dec;174(24):8081-93. PMID:1459957 doi:10.1128/jb.174.24.8081-8093.1992
↑Shipovskov S, Karlberg T, Fodje M, Hansson MD, Ferreira GC, Hansson M, Reimann CT, Al-Karadaghi S. Metallation of the transition-state inhibitor N-methyl mesoporphyrin by ferrochelatase: implications for the catalytic reaction mechanism. J Mol Biol. 2005 Oct 7;352(5):1081-90. PMID:16140324 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.08.002
↑Hansson MD, Karlberg T, Soderberg CA, Rajan S, Warren MJ, Al-Karadaghi S, Rigby SE, Hansson M. Bacterial ferrochelatase turns human: Tyr13 determines the apparent metal specificity of Bacillus subtilis ferrochelatase. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2010 Nov 4. PMID:21052751 doi:10.1007/s00775-010-0720-4
↑Dailey HA, Gerdes S, Dailey TA, Burch JS, Phillips JD. Noncanonical coproporphyrin-dependent bacterial heme biosynthesis pathway that does not use protoporphyrin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Feb 17;112(7):2210-5. PMID:25646457 doi:10.1073/pnas.1416285112
↑Mielcarek A, Blauenburg B, Miethke M, Marahiel MA. Molecular insights into frataxin-mediated iron supply for heme biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 31;10(3):e0122538. PMID:25826316 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122538
↑Lobo SA, Scott A, Videira MA, Winpenny D, Gardner M, Palmer MJ, Schroeder S, Lawrence AD, Parkinson T, Warren MJ, Saraiva LM. Staphylococcus aureus haem biosynthesis: characterisation of the enzymes involved in final steps of the pathway. Mol Microbiol. 2015 Aug;97(3):472-87. PMID:25908396 doi:10.1111/mmi.13041
↑Hansson M, Hederstedt L. Purification and characterisation of a water-soluble ferrochelatase from Bacillus subtilis. Eur J Biochem. 1994 Feb 15;220(1):201-8. PMID:8119288 doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18615.x
↑Hansson MD, Karlberg T, Rahardja MA, Al-Karadaghi S, Hansson M. Amino acid residues His183 and Glu264 in Bacillus subtilis ferrochelatase direct and facilitate the insertion of metal ion into protoporphyrin IX. Biochemistry. 2007 Jan 9;46(1):87-94. PMID:17198378 doi:10.1021/bi061760a
