Structural highlights
FunctionFERH_NOSS1 Ferredoxins are iron-sulfur proteins that transfer electrons in a wide variety of metabolic reactions. Donates electrons to the nitrogenase. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin produced in the heterocyst cells of Anabaena 7120 plays a key role in nitrogen fixation, where it serves as an electron acceptor from various sources and an electron donor to nitrogenase. The three-dimensional structure of this ferredoxin has now been determined and refined to a crystallographic R value of 16.7%, with all measured X-ray data from 30.0 to 1.7 A. The molecular motif of this ferredoxin is similar to that of other plant-type ferredoxins with the iron-sulfur cluster located toward the outer edge of the molecule and the irons tetrahedrally coordinated by both inorganic sulfurs and sulfurs provided by protein cysteinyl residues. The overall secondary structure of the molecule consists of seven strands of beta-pleated sheet, two alpha-helices, and seven type I turns. It is of special interest that 4 of the 22 amino acid positions thought to be absolutely conserved in nonhalophilic ferredoxins are different in the heterocyst form of the protein. Three of these positions are located in the metal-cluster binding loop. Molecular structure of the oxidized, recombinant, heterocyst [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin from Anabaena 7120 determined to 1.7-A resolution.,Jacobson BL, Chae YK, Markley JL, Rayment I, Holden HM Biochemistry. 1993 Jul 6;32(26):6788-93. PMID:8329401[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences | ||||||||||||||||||||
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