SOLVING THE STRUCTURE OF HUMAN H FERRITIN BY GENETICALLY ENGINEERING INTERMOLECULAR CRYSTAL CONTACTSSOLVING THE STRUCTURE OF HUMAN H FERRITIN BY GENETICALLY ENGINEERING INTERMOLECULAR CRYSTAL CONTACTS
Structural highlights
1fha is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. The November 2002 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Ferritin and Transferrin by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2002_11. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
FRIH_HUMAN Stores iron in a soluble, non-toxic, readily available form. Important for iron homeostasis. Has ferroxidase activity. Iron is taken up in the ferrous form and deposited as ferric hydroxides after oxidation. Also plays a role in delivery of iron to cells. Mediates iron uptake in capsule cells of the developing kidney (By similarity).
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
