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'''Ferredoxins''' (from [[Latin]] ''ferrum'': [[iron]] + [[redox]], often abbreviated "fd") are [[iron-sulfur protein]]s that mediate [[electron transfer]] in a range of metabolic reactions. The term "ferredoxin" was coined by D.C. Wharton of the DuPont Co. and applied to the "iron protein" first purified in 1962 by Mortenson, Valentine, and Carnahan from the [[anaerobic organism|anaerobic]] bacterium ''[[Clostridium pasteurianum]]''.<ref name="pmid14476372">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mortenson LE, Valentine RC, Carnahan JE | title = An electron transport factor from Clostridium pasteurianum | journal = Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. | volume = 7 | issue = | pages = 448–52 |date=June 1962 | pmid = 14476372 | doi = 10.1016/0006-291X(62)90333-9| url = | issn = }}</ref><ref name="pmid14244728">{{cite journal | author = Valentine RC | title = Bacterial ferredoxin | journal = Bacteriol Rev | volume = 28 | issue = | pages = 497–517 |date=December 1964 | pmid = 14244728 | pmc = 441251 | doi = | url = | issn = }}</ref>
{{short description|iron-sulfur proteins that mediate electron transfer in metabolic reactions}}
'''Ferredoxins''' (from [[Latin]] ''ferrum'': [[iron]] + [[redox]], often abbreviated "fd") are [[iron–sulfur protein]]s that mediate [[electron transfer]] in a range of metabolic reactions. The term "ferredoxin" was coined by D.C. Wharton of the DuPont Co. and applied to the "iron protein" first purified in 1962 by Mortenson, Valentine, and Carnahan from the [[anaerobic organism|anaerobic]] bacterium ''[[Clostridium pasteurianum]]''.<ref name="pmid14476372">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mortenson LE, Valentine RC, Carnahan JE | title = An electron transport factor from Clostridium pasteurianum | journal = Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | volume = 7 | issue = | pages = 448–52 | date = June 1962 | pmid = 14476372 | doi = 10.1016/0006-291X(62)90333-9 }}</ref><ref name="pmid14244728">{{cite journal | vauthors = Valentine RC | title = BACTERIAL FERREDOXIN | journal = Bacteriological Reviews | volume = 28 | issue = | pages = 497–517 | date = December 1964 | pmid = 14244728 | pmc = 441251 | doi = }}</ref>


Another redox protein, isolated from spinach [[chloroplast]]s, was termed "chloroplast ferredoxin".<ref name="pmid14039612">{{cite journal |vauthors=Tagawa K, Arnon DI | title = Ferredoxins as electron carriers in photosynthesis and in the biological production and consumption of hydrogen gas | journal = Nature | volume = 195 | issue = 4841| pages = 537–43 |date=August 1962 | pmid = 14039612 | doi = 10.1038/195537a0| url = | issn = | bibcode=1962Natur.195..537T }}</ref> The chloroplast ferredoxin is involved in both cyclic and non-cyclic [[photophosphorylation]] reactions of [[photosynthesis]]. In non-cyclic photophosphorylation, ferredoxin is the last electron acceptor thus reducing the enzyme NADP<sup>+</sup> reductase.  It accepts electrons produced from [[sunlight]]-excited [[chlorophyll]] and transfers them to the enzyme ferredoxin: NADP<sup>+</sup> oxidoreductase {{EC number|1.18.1.2}}.
Another redox protein, isolated from spinach [[chloroplast]]s, was termed "chloroplast ferredoxin".<ref name="pmid14039612">{{cite journal | vauthors = Tagawa K, Arnon DI | title = Ferredoxins as electron carriers in photosynthesis and in the biological production and consumption of hydrogen gas | journal = Nature | volume = 195 | issue = 4841 | pages = 537–43 | date = August 1962 | pmid = 14039612 | doi = 10.1038/195537a0 | bibcode = 1962Natur.195..537T }}</ref> The chloroplast ferredoxin is involved in both cyclic and non-cyclic [[photophosphorylation]] reactions of [[photosynthesis]]. In non-cyclic photophosphorylation, ferredoxin is the last electron acceptor thus reducing the enzyme NADP<sup>+</sup> reductase.  It accepts electrons produced from [[sunlight]]-excited [[chlorophyll]] and transfers them to the enzyme ferredoxin: NADP<sup>+</sup> oxidoreductase {{EC number|1.18.1.2}}.


Ferredoxins are small proteins containing [[iron]] and [[sulfur]] atoms organized as [[iron-sulfur cluster]]s. These biological "[[capacitors]]" can accept or discharge electrons, with the effect of a change in the oxidation state of the iron atoms between +2 and +3. In this way, ferredoxin acts as an electron transfer agent in biological [[redox]] reactions.
Ferredoxins are small proteins containing [[iron]] and [[sulfur]] atoms organized as [[iron–sulfur cluster]]s. These biological "[[capacitors]]" can accept or discharge electrons, with the effect of a change in the oxidation state of the iron atoms between +2 and +3. In this way, ferredoxin acts as an electron transfer agent in biological [[redox]] reactions.


Other [[bioinorganic]] electron transport systems include [[rubredoxin]]s, [[cytochromes]], [[blue copper protein]]s, and the structurally related [[Rieske protein]]s.
Other [[bioinorganic]] electron transport systems include [[rubredoxin]]s, [[cytochromes]], [[blue copper protein]]s, and the structurally related [[Rieske protein]]s.


Ferredoxins can be classified according to the nature of their [[iron-sulfur cluster]]s and by sequence similarity.
Ferredoxins can be classified according to the nature of their iron–sulfur clusters and by sequence similarity.


== Fe<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub> ferredoxins ==
== Fe<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub> ferredoxins ==
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Members of the 2Fe-2S ferredoxin family have a general core structure consisting of beta(2)-alpha-beta(2), which includes putidaredoxin, terpredoxin, and adrenodoxin.<ref name="PUB00016347">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jouanneau Y, Armengaud J, Sainz G, Sieker  LC |title=Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin (FdVI) from Rhodobacter capsulatus |journal=Acta Crystallogr. D |volume=57 |issue= Pt 2|pages=301–303 |year=2001 |pmid=11173487 |doi=10.1107/S0907444900017832}}</ref><ref name="PUB00016348">{{cite journal |author=Sevrioukova IF |title=Redox-dependent Structural Reorganization in Putidaredoxin, a Vertebrate-type [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxin from Pseudomonas putida |journal=J. Mol. Biol. |volume=347 |issue=3 |pages=607–621 |year=2005 |pmid=15755454 |doi=10.1016/j.jmb.2005.01.047}}</ref><ref name="PUB00016349">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pochapsky TC, Mo H, Pochapsky SS |title=A model for the solution structure of oxidized terpredoxin, a Fe2S2 ferredoxin from Pseudomonas |journal=Biochemistry |volume=38 |issue=17 |pages=5666–5675 |year=1999 |pmid=10220356 |doi=10.1021/bi983063r}}</ref><ref name="PUB00016350">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ruterjans H, Beilke D, Weiss R, Lohr F, Pristovsek P, Hannemann F, Bernhardt R |title=A new electron transport mechanism in mitochondrial steroid hydroxylase systems based on structural changes upon the reduction of adrenodoxin |journal=Biochemistry |volume=41 |issue=25 |pages=7969–7978 |year=2002 |pmid=12069587 |doi=10.1021/bi0160361}}</ref> They are proteins of around one hundred amino acids with four conserved cysteine residues to which the 2Fe-2S cluster is ligated. This conserved region is also found as a domain in various metabolic enzymes and in multidomain proteins, such as aldehyde oxidoreductase (N-terminal), xanthine oxidase (N-terminal), phthalate dioxygenase reductase (C-terminal), succinate dehydrogenase iron-sulphur protein (N-terminal), and methane monooxygenase reductase (N-terminal).
Members of the 2Fe-2S ferredoxin family have a general core structure consisting of beta(2)-alpha-beta(2), which includes putidaredoxin, terpredoxin, and adrenodoxin.<ref name="PUB00016347">{{cite journal | vauthors = Armengaud J, Sainz G, Jouanneau Y, Sieker  LC | title = Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin (FdVI) from Rhodobacter capsulatus | journal = Acta Crystallographica D | volume = 57 | issue = Pt 2 | pages = 301–3 | date = February 2001 | pmid = 11173487 | doi = 10.1107/S0907444900017832 }}</ref><ref name="PUB00016348">{{cite journal | vauthors = Sevrioukova IF | title = Redox-dependent structural reorganization in putidaredoxin, a vertebrate-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin from Pseudomonas putida | journal = Journal of Molecular Biology | volume = 347 | issue = 3 | pages = 607–21 | date = April 2005 | pmid = 15755454 | doi = 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.01.047 }}</ref><ref name="PUB00016349">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mo H, Pochapsky SS, Pochapsky TC | title = A model for the solution structure of oxidized terpredoxin, a Fe2S2 ferredoxin from Pseudomonas | journal = Biochemistry | volume = 38 | issue = 17 | pages = 5666–75 | date = April 1999 | pmid = 10220356 | doi = 10.1021/bi983063r }}</ref><ref name="PUB00016350">{{cite journal | vauthors = Beilke D, Weiss R, Löhr F, Pristovsek P, Hannemann F, Bernhardt R, Rüterjans H | title = A new electron transport mechanism in mitochondrial steroid hydroxylase systems based on structural changes upon the reduction of adrenodoxin | journal = Biochemistry | volume = 41 | issue = 25 | pages = 7969–78 | date = June 2002 | pmid = 12069587 | doi = 10.1021/bi0160361 }}</ref> They are proteins of around one hundred amino acids with four conserved cysteine residues to which the 2Fe-2S cluster is ligated. This conserved region is also found as a domain in various metabolic enzymes and in multidomain proteins, such as aldehyde oxidoreductase (''N''-terminal), xanthine oxidase (''N''-terminal), phthalate dioxygenase reductase (''C''-terminal), succinate dehydrogenase iron–sulphur protein (''N''-terminal), and methane monooxygenase reductase (''N''-terminal).


=== Plant-type ferredoxins ===
=== Plant-type ferredoxins ===
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{{infobox protein
{{infobox protein
| Name = [[FDX1|ferredoxin 1]]
| Name = [[FDX1|ferredoxin 1]]
| caption = Crystal structure of human ferredoxin-1 (FDX1).<ref name="Chaikuad_2010">{{PDB|3P1M}}; {{cite journal | author = Chaikuad A, Johansson, C, Krojer, T, Yue, WW, Phillips, C, Bray, JE, Pike, ACW, Muniz, JRC, Vollmar, M, Weigelt, J, Arrowsmith, CH, Edwards, AM, Bountra, C, Kavanagh, K, Oppermann, U | title = Crystal structure of human ferredoxin-1 (FDX1) in complex with iron-sulfur cluster | journal = To be published | year=2010 | doi = 10.2210/pdb3p1m/pdb }}</ref>
| caption = Crystal structure of human ferredoxin-1 (FDX1).<ref name="Chaikuad_2010">{{PDB|3P1M}}; {{cite journal | vauthors = Chaikuad A, Johansson, C, Krojer, T, Yue, WW, Phillips, C, Bray, JE, Pike, ACW, Muniz, JRC, Vollmar, M, Weigelt, J, Arrowsmith, CH, Edwards, AM, Bountra, C, Kavanagh, K, Oppermann, U | title = Crystal structure of human ferredoxin-1 (FDX1) in complex with iron-sulfur cluster | journal = To be published | year=2010 | doi = 10.2210/pdb3p1m/pdb }}</ref>
| image = 3P1M.pdb1.png
| image = 3P1M.pdb1.png
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A group of Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>4</sub> ferredoxins, originally found in bacteria, has been termed "bacterial-type". Bacterial-type ferredoxins may in turn be subdivided into further groups, based on their sequence properties. Most contain at least one conserved domain, including four cysteine residues that bind to a [Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>4</sub>] cluster. In ''Pyrococcus furiosus'' Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>4</sub> ferredoxin, one of the conserved Cys residues is substituted with aspartic acid.
A group of Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>4</sub> ferredoxins, originally found in bacteria, has been termed "bacterial-type". Bacterial-type ferredoxins may in turn be subdivided into further groups, based on their sequence properties. Most contain at least one conserved domain, including four cysteine residues that bind to a [Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>4</sub>] cluster. In ''Pyrococcus furiosus'' Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>4</sub> ferredoxin, one of the conserved Cys residues is substituted with aspartic acid.


During the evolution of bacterial-type ferredoxins, intrasequence gene duplication, transposition and fusion events occurred, resulting in the appearance of proteins with multiple iron-sulfur centers. In some bacterial ferredoxins, one of the duplicated domains has lost one or more of the four conserved Cys residues. These domains have either lost their iron-sulfur binding property or bind to a [Fe<sub>3</sub>S<sub>4</sub>] cluster instead of a [Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>4</sub>] cluster<ref name="PUB00003253">{{cite journal |vauthors=Fukuyama K, Matsubara H, Katsube Y, Tsukihara T |title=Structure of [4Fe-4S] ferredoxin from Bacillus thermoproteolyticus refined at 2.3 A resolution. Structural comparisons of bacterial ferredoxins |journal=J. Mol. Biol. |volume=210 |issue=2 |pages=383–398 |year=1989 |pmid=2600971 |doi=10.1016/0022-2836(89)90338-0}}</ref> and dicluster-type.<ref name="PUB00003332">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sieker LC, Meyer J, Moulis JM, Fanchon E, Duee ED, Vicat J |title=Refined crystal structure of the 2[4Fe-4S] ferredoxin from Clostridium acidurici at 1.84 A resolution |journal=J. Mol. Biol. |volume=243 |issue=4 |pages=683–695 |year=1994 |pmid=7966291 |doi=10.1016/0022-2836(94)90041-8}}</ref>
During the evolution of bacterial-type ferredoxins, intrasequence gene duplication, transposition and fusion events occurred, resulting in the appearance of proteins with multiple iron-sulfur centers. In some bacterial ferredoxins, one of the duplicated domains has lost one or more of the four conserved Cys residues. These domains have either lost their iron-sulfur binding property or bind to a [Fe<sub>3</sub>S<sub>4</sub>] cluster instead of a [Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>4</sub>] cluster<ref name="PUB00003253">{{cite journal | vauthors = Fukuyama K, Matsubara H, Tsukihara T, Katsube Y | title = Structure of [4Fe-4S] ferredoxin from Bacillus thermoproteolyticus refined at 2.3 A resolution. Structural comparisons of bacterial ferredoxins | journal = Journal of Molecular Biology | volume = 210 | issue = 2 | pages = 383–98 | date = November 1989 | pmid = 2600971 | doi = 10.1016/0022-2836(89)90338-0 }}</ref> and dicluster-type.<ref name="PUB00003332">{{cite journal | vauthors = Duée ED, Fanchon E, Vicat J, Sieker LC, Meyer J, Moulis JM | title = Refined crystal structure of the 2[4Fe-4S] ferredoxin from Clostridium acidurici at 1.84 A resolution | journal = Journal of Molecular Biology | volume = 243 | issue = 4 | pages = 683–95 | date = November 1994 | pmid = 7966291 | doi = 10.1016/0022-2836(94)90041-8 }}</ref>


3-D structures are known for a number of monocluster and dicluster bacterial-type ferredoxins. The fold belongs to the α+β class, with 2-7 α-helices and four β-strands forming a barrel-like structure, and an extruded loop containing three "proximal" Cys ligands of the iron-sulfur cluster.
3-D structures are known for a number of monocluster and dicluster bacterial-type ferredoxins. The fold belongs to the α+β class, with 2-7 α-helices and four β-strands forming a barrel-like structure, and an extruded loop containing three "proximal" Cys ligands of the iron-sulfur cluster.
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* 4Fe-4S: [[ABCE1]];    [[DPYD]];      [[NDUFS8]];
* 4Fe-4S: [[ABCE1]];    [[DPYD]];      [[NDUFS8]];


==References==
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
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* {{cite journal |author1=Bruschi, M.  |author2=Guerlesquin, F. | title=Structure, function and evolution of bacterial ferredoxins | journal=FEMS Microbiol. Rev. | year=1988 | volume=4 | pages=155–75 | pmid=3078742 | issue=2 | doi=10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02741.x}}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Bruschi M, Guerlesquin F | title = Structure, function and evolution of bacterial ferredoxins | journal = FEMS Microbiology Reviews | volume = 4 | issue = 2 | pages = 155–75 | year = 1988 | pmid = 3078742 | doi = 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02741.x }}
* {{cite journal |author1=Ciurli, S.  |author2=Musiani, F. | title=High potential iron-sulfur proteins and their role as soluble electron carriers in bacterial photosynthesis: tale of a discovery | journal=Photosynth. Res. | year=2005 | volume=85 | pages=115–131 | pmid=15977063 | doi=10.1007/s11120-004-6556-4 | issue=1}}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Ciurli S, Musiani F | title = High potential iron-sulfur proteins and their role as soluble electron carriers in bacterial photosynthesis: tale of a discovery | journal = Photosynthesis Research | volume = 85 | issue = 1 | pages = 115–31 | year = 2005 | pmid = 15977063 | doi = 10.1007/s11120-004-6556-4 }}
* {{cite journal | author=Fukuyama, K. | title=Structure and function of plant-type ferredoxins | journal=Photosynth. Res. | year=2004 | volume=81 | pages=289–301 | pmid=16034533 | doi=10.1023/B:PRES.0000036882.19322.0a | issue=3}}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Fukuyama K | title = Structure and function of plant-type ferredoxins | journal = Photosynthesis Research | volume = 81 | issue = 3 | pages = 289–301 | year = 2004 | pmid = 16034533 | doi = 10.1023/B:PRES.0000036882.19322.0a }}
* {{cite journal | author=Grinberg, A.V., Hannemann, F., Schiffler, B., Müller, J., Heinemann, U. and Bernhardt, R. | title=Adrenodoxin: structure, stability, and electron transfer properties | journal=Proteins | year=2000 | volume=40 | pages=590–612 | pmid=10899784 | doi=10.1002/1097-0134(20000901)40:4<590::AID-PROT50>3.0.CO;2-P | issue=4}}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Grinberg AV, Hannemann F, Schiffler B, Müller J, Heinemann U, Bernhardt R | title = Adrenodoxin: structure, stability, and electron transfer properties | journal = Proteins | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | pages = 590–612 | date = September 2000 | pmid = 10899784 | doi = 10.1002/1097-0134(20000901)40:4<590::AID-PROT50>3.0.CO;2-P }}
* {{cite journal | author=Holden,H.M., Jacobson, B.L., Hurley, J.K., Tollin, G., Oh, B.H., Skjeldal, L., Chae, Y.K., Cheng, H., Xia, B. and Markley, J.L. | title=Structure-function studies of [2Fe-2S] ferredoxins | journal=J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. | year=1994 | volume=26 | pages=67–88 | pmid=8027024 | doi=10.1007/BF00763220 | issue=1}}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Holden HM, Jacobson BL, Hurley JK, Tollin G, Oh BH, Skjeldal L, Chae YK, Cheng H, Xia B, Markley JL | title = Structure-function studies of [2Fe-2S] ferredoxins | journal = Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes | volume = 26 | issue = 1 | pages = 67–88 | date = February 1994 | pmid = 8027024 | doi = 10.1007/BF00763220 }}
* {{cite journal | author=Meyer, J. | title=Ferredoxins of the third kind | journal=FEBS Lett. | year=2001 | volume=509 | pages=1–5 | pmid=11734195 | doi=10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03049-6 | issue=1}}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Meyer J | title = Ferredoxins of the third kind | journal = FEBS Letters | volume = 509 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–5 | date = November 2001 | pmid = 11734195 | doi = 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03049-6 }}
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==External links==
== External links ==
* {{InterPro|IPR006057}} - 2Fe-2S ferredoxin subdomain
* {{InterPro|IPR006057}} - 2Fe-2S ferredoxin subdomain
* {{InterPro|IPR001055}} - Adrenodoxin
* {{InterPro|IPR001055}} - Adrenodoxin

Revision as of 23:11, 6 September 2018

Ferredoxins (from Latin ferrum: iron + redox, often abbreviated "fd") are iron–sulfur proteins that mediate electron transfer in a range of metabolic reactions. The term "ferredoxin" was coined by D.C. Wharton of the DuPont Co. and applied to the "iron protein" first purified in 1962 by Mortenson, Valentine, and Carnahan from the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium pasteurianum.[1][2]

Another redox protein, isolated from spinach chloroplasts, was termed "chloroplast ferredoxin".[3] The chloroplast ferredoxin is involved in both cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation reactions of photosynthesis. In non-cyclic photophosphorylation, ferredoxin is the last electron acceptor thus reducing the enzyme NADP+ reductase. It accepts electrons produced from sunlight-excited chlorophyll and transfers them to the enzyme ferredoxin: NADP+ oxidoreductase EC 1.18.1.2.

Ferredoxins are small proteins containing iron and sulfur atoms organized as iron–sulfur clusters. These biological "capacitors" can accept or discharge electrons, with the effect of a change in the oxidation state of the iron atoms between +2 and +3. In this way, ferredoxin acts as an electron transfer agent in biological redox reactions.

Other bioinorganic electron transport systems include rubredoxins, cytochromes, blue copper proteins, and the structurally related Rieske proteins.

Ferredoxins can be classified according to the nature of their iron–sulfur clusters and by sequence similarity.

Fe2S2 ferredoxins

2Fe-2S iron-sulfur cluster binding domain
File:Fe2S2.svg
Structural representation of an Fe2S2 ferredoxin.
Identifiers
SymbolFer2
PfamPF00111
InterProIPR001041
PROSITEPDOC00642
SCOP3fxc
SUPERFAMILY3fxc
OPM protein1kf6

Members of the 2Fe-2S ferredoxin family have a general core structure consisting of beta(2)-alpha-beta(2), which includes putidaredoxin, terpredoxin, and adrenodoxin.[4][5][6][7] They are proteins of around one hundred amino acids with four conserved cysteine residues to which the 2Fe-2S cluster is ligated. This conserved region is also found as a domain in various metabolic enzymes and in multidomain proteins, such as aldehyde oxidoreductase (N-terminal), xanthine oxidase (N-terminal), phthalate dioxygenase reductase (C-terminal), succinate dehydrogenase iron–sulphur protein (N-terminal), and methane monooxygenase reductase (N-terminal).

Plant-type ferredoxins

One group of ferredoxins, originally found in chloroplast membranes, has been termed "chloroplast-type" or "plant-type". Its active center is a [Fe2S2] cluster, where the iron atoms are tetrahedrally coordinated both by inorganic sulfur atoms and by sulfurs of four conserved cysteine (Cys) residues.

In chloroplasts, Fe2S2 ferredoxins function as electron carriers in the photosynthetic electron transport chain and as electron donors to various cellular proteins, such as glutamate synthase, nitrite reductase and sulfite reductase. In hydroxylating bacterial dioxygenase systems, they serve as intermediate electron-transfer carriers between reductase flavoproteins and oxygenase.

Thioredoxin-like ferredoxins

The Fe2S2 ferredoxin from Clostridium pasteurianum (Cp2FeFd) has been recognized as distinct protein family on the basis of its amino acid sequence, spectroscopic properties of its iron-sulfur cluster and the unique ligand swapping ability of two cysteine ligands to the [Fe2S2] cluster. Although the physiological role of this ferredoxin remains unclear, a strong and specific interaction of Cp2FeFd with the molybdenum-iron protein of nitrogenase has been revealed. Homologous ferredoxins from Azotobacter vinelandii (Av2FeFdI) and Aquifex aeolicus (AaFd) have been characterized. The crystal structure of AaFd has been solved. AaFd exists as a dimer. The structure of AaFd monomer is different from other Fe2S2 ferredoxins. The fold belongs to the α+β class, with first four β-strands and two α-helices adopting a variant of the thioredoxin fold.

Adrenodoxin-type ferredoxins

ferredoxin 1
File:3P1M.pdb1.png
Crystal structure of human ferredoxin-1 (FDX1).[8]
Identifiers
SymbolFDX1
Alt. symbolsFDX
Entrez2230
HUGO3638
OMIM103260
RefSeqNM_004109
UniProtP10109
Other data
LocusChr. 11 q22.3

Adrenodoxin (adrenal ferredoxin) is expressed in mammals including humans. The human variant of adrenodoxin is referred to as ferredoxin 1. Adrenodoxin, putidaredoxin, and terpredoxin are soluble Fe2S2 proteins that act as single electron carriers. In mitochondrial monooxygenase systems, adrenodoxin transfers an electron from NADPH:adrenodoxin reductase to membrane-bound cytochrome P450. In bacteria, putidaredoxin and terpredoxin serve as electron carriers between corresponding NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductases and soluble P450s. The exact functions of other members of this family are not known, although Escherichia coli Fdx is shown to be involved in biogenesis of Fe-S clusters. Despite low sequence similarity between adrenodoxin-type and plant-type ferredoxins, the two classes have a similar folding topology.

Ferredoxin-1 in humans participates in the synthesis of thyroid hormones. It also transfers electrons from adrenodoxin reductase to the cholesterol side chain cleavage cytochrome P450. FDX-1 has the capability to bind to metals and proteins. It can be found within the cellular mitochondrial matrix.

Fe4S4 and Fe3S4 ferredoxins

The [Fe4S4] ferredoxins may be further subdivided into low-potential (bacterial-type) and high-potential (HiPIP) ferredoxins.

Low- and high-potential ferredoxins are related by the following redox scheme:

File:FdRedox.png

The formal oxidation numbers of the iron ions can be [2Fe3+, 2Fe2+] or [1Fe3+, 3Fe2+] in low-potential ferredoxins. The oxidation numbers of the iron ions in high-potential ferredoxins can be [3Fe3+, 1Fe2+] or [2Fe3+, 2Fe2+].

Bacterial-type ferredoxins

3Fe-4S binding domain
File:Fe3S4.png
Structural representation of an Fe3S4 ferredoxin.
Identifiers
SymbolFer4
PfamPF00037
InterProIPR001450
PROSITEPDOC00176
SCOP5fd1
SUPERFAMILY5fd1
OPM protein1kqf

A group of Fe4S4 ferredoxins, originally found in bacteria, has been termed "bacterial-type". Bacterial-type ferredoxins may in turn be subdivided into further groups, based on their sequence properties. Most contain at least one conserved domain, including four cysteine residues that bind to a [Fe4S4] cluster. In Pyrococcus furiosus Fe4S4 ferredoxin, one of the conserved Cys residues is substituted with aspartic acid.

During the evolution of bacterial-type ferredoxins, intrasequence gene duplication, transposition and fusion events occurred, resulting in the appearance of proteins with multiple iron-sulfur centers. In some bacterial ferredoxins, one of the duplicated domains has lost one or more of the four conserved Cys residues. These domains have either lost their iron-sulfur binding property or bind to a [Fe3S4] cluster instead of a [Fe4S4] cluster[9] and dicluster-type.[10]

3-D structures are known for a number of monocluster and dicluster bacterial-type ferredoxins. The fold belongs to the α+β class, with 2-7 α-helices and four β-strands forming a barrel-like structure, and an extruded loop containing three "proximal" Cys ligands of the iron-sulfur cluster.

High-potential iron-sulfur proteins

High-potential iron-sulfur proteins (HiPIPs) form a unique family of Fe4S4 ferredoxins that function in anaerobic electron transport chains. Some HiPIPs have a redox potential higher than any other known iron-sulfur protein (e.g., HiPIP from Rhodopila globiformis has a redox potential of ca. 450 mV). Several HiPIPs have so far been characterized structurally, their folds belonging to the α+β class. As in other bacterial ferredoxins, the [Fe4S4] unit forms a cubane-type cluster and is ligated to the protein via four Cys residues.

Human proteins from ferredoxin family

References

  1. Mortenson LE, Valentine RC, Carnahan JE (June 1962). "An electron transport factor from Clostridium pasteurianum". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 7: 448–52. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(62)90333-9. PMID 14476372.
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