BACTERIOFERRITINS AND FERRITINS ARE DISTANTLY RELATED IN EVOLUTION - CONSERVATION OF FERROXIDASE-CENTER RESIDUES

被引:64
作者
ANDREWS, SC [1 ]
SMITH, JMA [1 ]
YEWDALL, SJ [1 ]
GUEST, JR [1 ]
HARRISON, PM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD, KREBS INST BIOMOLEC RES, SHEFFIELD S10 2UH, ENGLAND
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
BACTERIOFERRITIN; FERRITIN; IRON METABOLISM; PROFILE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EVOLUTION; FERROXIDASE CENTER;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(91)81177-A
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Iron-storage proteins can be divided into two classes; the bacterioferritins and ferritins. In spite of many apparent structural and functional analogies, no significant amino acid sequence similarity has been detected previously. This report now reveals a distant evolutionary relationship between bacterioferritins and ferritins derived by 'Profile Analysis'. Optimum alignment of bacterioferritin and ferritin sequences suggests that key residues of the ferroxidase centres of ferritins are conserved in bacterioferritins.
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页码:164 / 168
页数:5
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