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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

The assembly rules guiding hetero-oligomeric bacterioferritin organization and their evolutionary signature.

Daniel Stein, Bruno Jartoux, Shiran Dror, René Uebe, Tracy Chih-Ting Koubková-Yu, Ran Zalk, Anat Shahar, Raz Zarivach, Gabriel A Frank

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Influence of heme and pH on the oligomeric states of Brucella melitensis bacterioferritin.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2026
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Daniel SteinDepartment of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-9792-276X
Bruno JartouxDepartment of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-5341-1968
Shiran DrorIlse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-2061-4750
René UebeDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95447, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2357-1589
Tracy Chih-Ting Koubková-YuCentre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 69117, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7431-4526
Ran ZalkIlse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-4251-6497
Anat ShaharIlse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Raz ZarivachDepartment of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-6543-0296
Gabriel A FrankDepartment of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-8379-5133

Funding

EC | H2020 | PRIORITY 'Excellent science' | H2020 European Research Council (ERC) 678765Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 1065/20Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 163/22Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 2891/21Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 364/20NSF-BSF collaborative grant 2022614
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Abstract

Homomeric and heteromeric protein complexes are ubiquitous across all domains of life. The evolutionary transition from homo- to hetero-oligomers by gene duplication and chain specialization is widespread, yet it entails challenging requirements for maintaining oligomerization and functionality. Chain specialization in ferritins, which occurs in bacteria, vertebrates, and plants, is a salient example of this phenomenon. In heteroferritins, the two essential functions, ferroxidase activity and electron transfer, are split between two specialized chain types. Many heteroferritins assemble into complexes with variable subunit ratios, implying the existence of assembly rules that balance compositional flexibility with structural constraints. Here, we identify the assembly rules governing the organization of the heterobacterioferritin from

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Bacterial ProteinsCytochrome b GroupEvolution, MolecularFerritinsMagnetospirillumCryoelectron MicroscopyModels, MolecularProtein MultimerizationBacterial ProteinsbacterioferritinCytochrome b GroupFerritinscryoelectron microscopyferritinhetero-oligomer evolutionprotein assemblypseudo-symmetry

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PMID41609675
PMCPMC12867745

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