Issue 26, 2019

Coordination design of cadmium ions at the 4-fold axis channel of the apo-ferritin cage

Abstract

Spherical protein cages with highly symmetrical structures provide unique environments for the conjugation of metal ions and metal nanoparticles. Ferritin has been widely studied as a template for the coordination of metal ions and metal nanoparticles in fundamental research and applications. However, it remains difficult to design metal coordination sites precisely. In this work, we describe the design and construction of new metal coordination sites by introducing Cys residues at the 4-fold symmetrical hydrophobic channel of apo-ferritin. X-ray crystal structure analyses of the mutants containing Cd(II) ions show that the four or eight binding sites for Cd(II) ions are located at the 4-fold symmetrical axis channel of apo-ferritin. It was found that the coordination number and configuration of Cd(II) ions can be varied by adjusting the positions of the Cys residues at the symmetrical channels of the apo-ferritin cage.

Graphical abstract: Coordination design of cadmium ions at the 4-fold axis channel of the apo-ferritin cage

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Cʼhwe. 2019
Accepted
04 Ebr. 2019
First published
10 Ebr. 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 9759-9764

Coordination design of cadmium ions at the 4-fold axis channel of the apo-ferritin cage

S. Abe, N. Ito, B. Maity, C. Lu, D. Lu and T. Ueno, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 9759 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00609E

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