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This paper aims to define the role of the threefold intersubunit channels in iron uptake and sequestration processes in the iron-storage protein, ferritin. Iron uptake, measured as loss of availability of Fe(II) to ferrozine (due to oxidation), has been studied in recombinant human H-chain ferritins bearing amino acid substitutions in the threefold channels or ferroxidase centres. Similar measurements with recombinant horse L-chain ferritin are compared. It is concluded that significant Fe(II) oxidation occurs only at the H-chain ferroxidase centres and not in the threefold channels, although this route is used by Fe(II) for entry. Investigations by Mössbauer and u.v.-difference spectroscopy show that part of the iron oxidized by H-chain ferritin returns to the threefold channels as Fe(III). This monomeric Fe(III) can be displaced by addition of Tb(III). Fe(III) also moves into the cavity for formation of the iron-core mineral, ferrihydrite. Iron incorporated into ferrihydrite becomes kinetically inert.

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Defining the roles of the threefold channels in iron uptake, iron oxidation and iron-core formation in ferritin: a study aided by site-directed mutagenesis