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Arosio P, Ingrassia R, Cavadini P (2009) Ferritins: a family of molecules for iron storage,
antioxidation and more. Biochim Biophys Acta 1790:589–599
Bellapadrona G, Stefanini S, Zamparelli C, Theil EC, Chiancone E (2009) Iron translocation into
and out of Listeria innocua Dps and size distribution of the protein-enclosed nanomineral are
modulated by the electrostatic gradient at the 3-fold “ferritin-like” pores. J Biol Chem
284:19101–19109
Bou-Abdallah F, Papaefthymiou GC, Scheswohl DM, Stanga SD, Arosio P, Chasteen ND (2002)
m-1,2-Peroxobridged di-iron(III) dimer formation in human H-chain ferritin. Biochem J
364:57–63
Briat, JF, Duc, C, Ravet, K, and Gaymard, F (2009) Ferritins and iron storage in plants. Biochim
Biophys Acta 1800:8i06–814
Castruita M, Elmegreen LA, Shaked Y, Stiefel EI, Morel FM (2007) Comparison of the kinetics of
iron release from a marine (Trichodesmium erythraeum) Dps protein and mammalian ferritin in
the presence and absence of ligands. J Inorg Biochem 101:1686–1691
Chiancone E, Ceci P (2010) The multifaceted capacity of Dps proteins to combat bacterial stress
conditions: Detoxification of iron and hydrogen peroxide and DNA binding. Biochim Biophys
Acta 1800(8):798–805
Cojocaru V, Winn PJ, Wade RC (2007) The ins and outs of cytochrome P450s. Biochim Biophys
Acta 1770:390–401
Corsi B, Cozzi A, Arosio P, Drysdale J, Santambrogio P, Campanella A, Biasiotto G, Albertini A,
Levi S (2002) Human mitochondrial ferritin expressed in HeLa cells incorporates iron and
affects cellular iron metabolism. J Biol Chem 277:22430–22437
Crow A, Lawson TL, Lewin A, Moore GR, Le Brun NE (2009) Structural basis for iron mineralization by bacterioferritin. J Am Chem Soc 131:6808–6813
Dickey LF, Sreedharan S, Theil EC, Didsbury JR, Wang Y-H, Kaufman RE (1987) Differences in
the regulation of messenger RNA for housekeeping and specialized-cell ferritin. A comparison
of three distinct ferritin complementary DNAs, the corresponding subunits, and identification
of the first processed in amphibia. J Biol Chem 262:7901–7907
Dobson, J (2001) On the structural form of iron in ferritin cores associated with progressive
supranuclear palsy and Alzheimer’s disease. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 47 Online Pub
OL49–50
Dong X, Tang B, Li J, Xu Q, Fang S, Hua Z (2008) Expression and purification of intact and
functional soybean (Glycine max) seed ferritin complex in Escherichia coli. J Microbiol
Biotechnol 18:299–307
Grant RA, Filman DJ, Finkel SE, Kolter R, Hogle JM (1998) The crystal structure of Dps, a ferritin
homolog that binds and protects DNA. Nat Struct Biol 5:294–303
Grossman MJ, Hinton SM, Minak-Bernero V, Slaughter C, Stiefel EI (1992) Unification of the
ferritin family of proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89:2419–2423
Hintze KJ, Theil EC (2005) DNA and mRNA elements with complementary responses to hemin,
antioxidant inducers, and iron control ferritin-L expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102:
15048–15052
Hintze KJ, Katoh Y, Igarashi K, Theil EC (2007) Bach1 repression of ferritin and thioredoxin
reductase1 is heme-sensitive in cells and in vitro and coordinates expression with heme
oxygenase1, beta-globin, and NADP(H) quinone (oxido) reductase1. J Biol Chem 282:
34365–34371
Jameson GNL, Jin W, Krebs C, Perreira AS, Tavares P, Liu X, Theil EC, Huynh BH (2002)
Stoichiometric production of hydrogen peroxide and parallel formation of ferric multimers
through decay of the diferric-peroxo complex, the first detectable intermediate in ferritin
mineralization. Biochemistry 41:13435–13443
Jin W, Takagi H, Pancorbo B, Theil EC (2001) Opening the Ferritin Pore for Iron Release by Mutation
of Conserved Amino Acids at Interhelix and Loop Sites. Biochem Biochem 40:7525–7532
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Arosio P, Ingrassia R, Cavadini P (2009) Ferritins: a family of molecules for iron storage,
antioxidation and more. Biochim Biophys Acta 1790:589–599
Bellapadrona G, Stefanini S, Zamparelli C, Theil EC, Chiancone E (2009) Iron translocation into
and out of Listeria innocua Dps and size distribution of the protein-enclosed nanomineral are
modulated by the electrostatic gradient at the 3-fold “ferritin-like” pores. J Biol Chem
284:19101–19109
Bou-Abdallah F, Papaefthymiou GC, Scheswohl DM, Stanga SD, Arosio P, Chasteen ND (2002)
m-1,2-Peroxobridged di-iron(III) dimer formation in human H-chain ferritin. Biochem J
364:57–63
Briat, JF, Duc, C, Ravet, K, and Gaymard, F (2009) Ferritins and iron storage in plants. Biochim
Biophys Acta 1800:8i06–814
Castruita M, Elmegreen LA, Shaked Y, Stiefel EI, Morel FM (2007) Comparison of the kinetics of
iron release from a marine (Trichodesmium erythraeum) Dps protein and mammalian ferritin in
the presence and absence of ligands. J Inorg Biochem 101:1686–1691
Chiancone E, Ceci P (2010) The multifaceted capacity of Dps proteins to combat bacterial stress
conditions: Detoxification of iron and hydrogen peroxide and DNA binding. Biochim Biophys
Acta 1800(8):798–805
Cojocaru V, Winn PJ, Wade RC (2007) The ins and outs of cytochrome P450s. Biochim Biophys
Acta 1770:390–401
Corsi B, Cozzi A, Arosio P, Drysdale J, Santambrogio P, Campanella A, Biasiotto G, Albertini A,
Levi S (2002) Human mitochondrial ferritin expressed in HeLa cells incorporates iron and
affects cellular iron metabolism. J Biol Chem 277:22430–22437
Crow A, Lawson TL, Lewin A, Moore GR, Le Brun NE (2009) Structural basis for iron mineralization by bacterioferritin. J Am Chem Soc 131:6808–6813
Dickey LF, Sreedharan S, Theil EC, Didsbury JR, Wang Y-H, Kaufman RE (1987) Differences in
the regulation of messenger RNA for housekeeping and specialized-cell ferritin. A comparison
of three distinct ferritin complementary DNAs, the corresponding subunits, and identification
of the first processed in amphibia. J Biol Chem 262:7901–7907
Dobson, J (2001) On the structural form of iron in ferritin cores associated with progressive
supranuclear palsy and Alzheimer’s disease. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 47 Online Pub
OL49–50
Dong X, Tang B, Li J, Xu Q, Fang S, Hua Z (2008) Expression and purification of intact and
functional soybean (Glycine max) seed ferritin complex in Escherichia coli. J Microbiol
Biotechnol 18:299–307
Grant RA, Filman DJ, Finkel SE, Kolter R, Hogle JM (1998) The crystal structure of Dps, a ferritin
homolog that binds and protects DNA. Nat Struct Biol 5:294–303
Grossman MJ, Hinton SM, Minak-Bernero V, Slaughter C, Stiefel EI (1992) Unification of the
ferritin family of proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89:2419–2423
Hintze KJ, Theil EC (2005) DNA and mRNA elements with complementary responses to hemin,
antioxidant inducers, and iron control ferritin-L expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102:
15048–15052
Hintze KJ, Katoh Y, Igarashi K, Theil EC (2007) Bach1 repression of ferritin and thioredoxin
reductase1 is heme-sensitive in cells and in vitro and coordinates expression with heme
oxygenase1, beta-globin, and NADP(H) quinone (oxido) reductase1. J Biol Chem 282:
34365–34371
Jameson GNL, Jin W, Krebs C, Perreira AS, Tavares P, Liu X, Theil EC, Huynh BH (2002)
Stoichiometric production of hydrogen peroxide and parallel formation of ferric multimers
through decay of the diferric-peroxo complex, the first detectable intermediate in ferritin
mineralization. Biochemistry 41:13435–13443
Jin W, Takagi H, Pancorbo B, Theil EC (2001) Opening the Ferritin Pore for Iron Release by Mutation
of Conserved Amino Acids at Interhelix and Loop Sites. Biochem Biochem 40:7525–7532
2 Maxi- and Mini-Ferritins: Minerals and Protein Nanocages
45