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  • Title: Computational study of iron(II) and -(III) complexes with a simple model human H ferritin ferroxidase center.
    Author: Bacelo DE, Binning RC.
    Journal: Inorg Chem; 2006 Dec 11; 45(25):10263-9. PubMed ID: 17140234.
    Abstract:
    Interaction of iron ions with a six-amino acid model of the ferroxidase center of human H chain ferritin has been examined in density functional theory calculations. The model, based on experimental studies of oxidation of Fe2+ at the center, consists of Glu27, Glu62, His65, Glu107, Gln141, and Ala144. Reasonable structures are obtained in a survey of types of iron complexes inferred to occur in the ferroxidase reaction. Structures of complexes of the model center with one and two Fe2+ ions, with diiron(III) bridged by peroxide and bridged by oxide-peroxide combinations, have been optimized. Calculations on diiron(III) complexes confirm that stable peroxide-bridged complexes can form and that the Fe-Fe distance in at least one is consistent with the experimental Fe-Fe distance observed in the blue peroxodiferric complex of ferritin.
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