The Functionality of the three-sited Ferroxidase center of E. coli Bacterial Ferritin (EcFtnA)

Bou-Abdallah, F., Yang, H., Awomolo, A., Cooper, B., Woodhall, M.R., Andrews, S.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4295-2686 and Chasteen, N.D. (2014) The Functionality of the three-sited Ferroxidase center of E. coli Bacterial Ferritin (EcFtnA). Biochemistry, 53 (3). pp. 483-495. ISSN 0006-2960 doi: 10.1021/bi401517f

Abstract/Summary

At least three ferritins are found in the bacterium Escherichia coli, the heme-containing bacterioferritin (EcBFR) and two non-heme bacterial ferritins (EcFtnA and EcFtnB). In addition to the conserved A- and B-sites of the diiron ferroxidase center, EcFtnA has a third iron-binding site (the C-site) of unknown function that is nearby the diiron site. In the present work, the complex chemistry of iron oxidation and deposition in EcFtnA has been further defined through a combination of oximetry, pH stat, stopped-flow and conventional kinetics, UV-visible, fluorescence and EPR spectroscopic measurements on the wildtype protein and site-directed variants of the A-, B- and C-sites. The data reveal that, while H2O2 is a product of dioxygen reduction in EcFtnA and oxidation occurs with a stoichiometry of Fe(II)/O2 ~ 3:1, most of the H2O2 produced is consumed in subsequent reactions with a 2:1 Fe(II)/H2O2 stoichiometry, thus suppressing hydroxyl radical formation. While the A- and B-sites are essential for rapid iron oxidation, the C-site slows oxidation and suppresses iron turnover at the ferroxidase center. A tyrosyl radical, assigned to Tyr24 near the ferroxidase center, is formed during iron oxidation and its possible significance to the function of the protein is discussed. Taken as a whole, the data indicate that there are multiple iron-oxidation pathways in EcFtnA with O2 and H2O2 as oxidants. Furthermore, the data are inconsistent with the C-site being a transit site, providing iron to the A- and B-sites, and does not support a universal mechanism for iron oxidation in all ferritins as recently proposed.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/39349
Identification Number/DOI	10.1021/bi401517f
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF) Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Biomedical Sciences
Publisher	American Chemical Society
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