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A structural model of human ferroportin and of its iron binding site.
The FEBS journal - 1 Jun 2014
Bonaccorsi di Patti Maria C, Polticelli Fabio, Cece Giovanna, Cutone Antimo, Felici Franco, Persichini Tiziana, Musci Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
A structural model of human ferroportin has been built using two Escherichia coli proteins belonging to the major facilitator superfamily of transporters. A potential iron binding site was identified in the inward-open conformation of the model, and its relevance was tested through measurement of iron export of HEK293T cells expressing wild-type or mutated ferroportin. Aspartates 39 and 181 were found to be...
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