Ferritin variants: inspirations for rationally designing protein nanocarriers

Y Jin, J He, K Fan, X Yan - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferritin, a natural iron storage protein, is endowed with a unique structure, the ability to self-
assemble and excellent physicochemical properties. Beyond these, genetic manipulation …

Synthesis of a negatively charged dibenzofuran-based β-turn mimetic and its incorporation into the WW miniprotein-enhanced solubility without a loss of …

R Kaul, S Deechongkit, JW Kelly - Journal of the American …, 2002 - ACS Publications
A versatile synthesis has been developed to functionalize the 4-(2-aminoethyl)-6-
dibenzofuran propionic acid residue (1a) at the 2 and 8 positions with a variety of different …

Synthesis of sub-50 nm bio-inspired silica particles using a C-terminal-modified ferritin template with a silica-forming peptide

TKM Nguyen, MR Ki, RG Son, KH Kim, J Hong… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Silica-forming peptides (SFPs) and the SFP-modified structural proteins can be used as
templates for the synthesis of biosilica nanoparticles (NPs). However, such biomolecule …

Mutations of ferritin H chain C-terminus produced by nucleotide insertions have altered stability and functional properties

R Ingrassia, G Gerardi, G Biasiotto… - Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Ferritin is an iron storage protein made of 24 subunits. Previous mutational analyses
showed that ferritin C-terminal region has a major role in protein stability and assembly but …

Loop electrostatics modulates the intersubunit interactions in ferritin

C Bernacchioni, V Ghini, C Pozzi, F Di Pisa… - ACS chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Functional ferritins are 24-mer nanocages that self-assemble with extended contacts
between pairs of 4-helix bundle subunits coupled in an antiparallel fashion along the C2 …

Cooperativity of mutational effects within a six amino acid residues substitution that induces a major conformational change in human H ferritin

R Jappelli, G Cesareni - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 1998 - Elsevier
Ferritin is an iron-storage protein composed of 24 polypeptide chains which assemble into a
hollow shell. Previously, we have shown that a multisubstituted ferritin mutant containing the …

Engineering apoferritin for targeted delivery of peptides or proteins for the treatment of breast cancer

L Ferreira - 2023 - eprints.nottingham.ac.uk
Ferritin is a universal intracellular protein that stores iron and accounts for the majority of iron
storage in the body. Ferritin is produced by almost all living organisms, including archaea …

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction data of mouse L-chain apoferritin crystals

T Granier, B Gallois, B Langlois d'Estaintot… - … Section D: Biological …, 2000 - journals.iucr.org
Crystals of recombinant mouse L-chain apoferritin were obtained by the hanging-drop
technique using ammonium sulfate as precipitant. Two crystal forms were observed in the …