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Entry Detail

PDB ID:

6ENV

Keywords:

PROTEIN TRANSPORT

Title:

X-ray structure of Au2phen-encapsulated horse spleen apoferritin

Biological Source:

Source Organism:

Equus caballus

PDB Version:

Deposition Date:

2017-10-06

Release Date:

2017-12-13

Method Details:

Experimental Method:

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Resolution:

1.82 Å

R-Value Free:

0.17

R-Value Work:

0.14

R-Value Observed:

0.14

Space Group:

F 4 3 2

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Macromolecular Entities

Protein Blast

Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Description:Ferritin light chain
Chain IDs:A
Chain Length:174
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Equus caballus

UniProt ID:P02791 Pfam ID:PF00210

Ligand Molecules

SO4

Primary Citation

Ferritin nanocages loaded with gold ions induce oxidative stress and apoptosis in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells.

Monti, D.M, Ferraro, G, Petruk, G, Maiore, L, Pane, F, Amoresano, A, Cinellu, M.A, Merlino, A.Show

Dalton Trans 46 15354 15362 (2017)

PMID: 29072740 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02370g

Abstact

Two anticancer gold(iii) compounds, Au2phen and Auoxo4, were encapsulated within a ferritin nanocage. The gold-compound loaded proteins were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and circular dichroism. X-ray crystallography shows that the compounds degrade upon encapsulation and gold(i) ions bind Ft within the cage, close to the side chains of Cys126. The gold-encapsulated nanocarriers are cytotoxic to human cancer cells. Au(i)-loaded Ft, obtained upon the encapsulation of Au2phen within the cage, induces oxidative stress activation, which finally leads to apoptosis in MCF-7 cells.

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