Hemerythrin/HHE Cation-binding Domain
Hemerythrin HHE cation binding domain | |||||||||
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crystal structures of an antibody to a peptide and its complex with peptide antigen at 2.8 angstroms | |||||||||
Identifiers | |||||||||
Symbol | Hemerythrin | ||||||||
Pfam | PF01814 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR012312 | ||||||||
PROSITE | PDOC00476 | ||||||||
SCOP | 2hmq | ||||||||
SUPERFAMILY | 2hmq | ||||||||
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The hemerythrin/HHE cation-binding domain occurs as a duplicated domain in hemerythrins, myohemerythrins and related proteins. This domain binds iron in hemerythrin, but can bind other metals in related proteins, such as cadmium in the Nereis diversicolor hemerythrin. It is also found in the NorA protein from Cupriavidus necator, this protein is a regulator of response to nitric oxide, which suggests a different set-up for its metal ligands. A protein from Cryptococcus neoformans (Filobasidiella neoformans) that contains haemerythrin/HHE cation-binding domains is also involved in nitric oxide response. A Staphylococcus aureus protein containing this domain, iron-sulfur cluster repair protein ScdA, has been noted to be important when the organism switches to living in environments with low oxygen concentrations; perhaps this protein acts as an oxygen store or scavenger.
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