Dinuclear center of ferritin: studies of iron binding and oxidation show differences in the two iron sites

Biochemistry
A TreffryP M Harrison

Abstract

The ferroxidase activity of human ferritin has previously been associated with a diiron site situated centrally within the four-helix bundle of H-type chains (HuHF). However, direct information about the site of Fe(II) binding has been lacking, and events between Fe(II) binding and its oxidation have not previously been studied. A sequential stopped-flow assay has now been developed to enable the dissection of binding and oxidation. It depends on the ability of 1,10-phenanthroline to complex protein-bound Fe(II) and to distinguish it from the more immediately available free Fe(II). This approach, aided by the use of site-directed variants, indicates that in HuHF and the non-heme ferritin of Escherichia coli the first 48 Fe(II) atoms/molecule added are bound and oxidized at the dinuclear centers. At a constant iron concentration, the rate of Fe(II) oxidation was maximal for additions of 2 Fe(II) atoms/subunit, consistent with a two-electron oxidation of the Fe(II) pair. Although, at low Fe(II)/protein ratios, no cooperativity in Fe(II) binding was observed; a preferred order of binding was deduced [Fe(II) binding first at site A and then at site B]. Binding of Fe(II) at both sites was essential for fast oxidation. Modification o...Continue Reading

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