Identification of the ferroxidase centre in ferritin
- 28 August 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 254 (1-2), 207-210
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(89)81040-3
Abstract
Ferroxidase activity in human H-chain ferritin has been studied with the aid of site-directed mutagenesis. A site discovered by X-ray crystallography has now been identified as the ferroxidase centre. This centre is present only in H-chains and is located within the four-helix bundle of the chain fold.Keywords
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