Protein Family Models

This family contains ferritins and other ferritin-like proteins such as members of the DPS family and bacterioferritins. (from Pfam)

Date:

2024-08-14

bacterioferritin regulates iron homeostasis in bacteria by capturing soluble but potentially toxic Fe(2+) and by compartmentalizing it in the form of a bioavailable ferric mineral inside the protein's hollow cavity

Date:

2015-07-02

Bacterioferritin, predominantly an iron-storage protein restricted to Bacteria, has also been designated cytochrome b1 and cytochrome b-557. Its di-iron ferroxidase center site is catalytically active for iron mineralisation by conversion of Fe(2+) to Fe(3+), while the heme group is involved in the reverse reaction. Bacterioferritin is a homomultimer most species. In Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Synechocystis PCC6803, Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, two types of subunit are found in a heteromultimeric complex, with each species having one member of each type. At present, both types of subunit are including in this single model.

Gene:

bfr

Date:

2024-06-04