Structural study on ligand specificity of human vitamin B12 transporters

J Wuerges, S Geremia, L Randaccio - Biochemical Journal, 2007 - portlandpress.com
Studies comparing the binding of genuine cobalamin (vitamin B12) to that of its natural or
synthetic analogues have long established increasing ligand specificity in the order …

Structural basis for mammalian vitamin B12 transport by transcobalamin

J Wuerges, G Garau, S Geremia… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Cobalamin (Cbl, vitamin B12) serves for two essential cofactors in mammals. The pathway
for its intestinal absorption, plasma transport, and cellular uptake uses cell surface receptors …

Vitamin B12 Transport Proteins: Crystallographic Analysis of β‐axial Ligand Substitutions in Cobalamin Bound to Transcobalamin

J Wuerges, S Geremia, SN Fedosov, L Randaccio - IUBMB life, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cobalamin (Cbl, vitamin B12) is an essential micronutrient that is synthesized only
by bacteria. Mammals have developed a complex system for internalization of this vitamin …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for universal corrinoid recognition by the cobalamin transport protein haptocorrin

E Furger, DC Frei, R Schibli, E Fischer… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Cobalamin (Cbl; vitamin B 12) is an essential micronutrient synthesized only by bacteria.
Mammals have developed a sophisticated uptake system to capture the vitamin from the …

Mechanisms of Discrimination between Cobalamins and Their Natural Analogues during Their Binding to the Specific B12-Transporting Proteins

SN Fedosov, NU Fedosova, B Kräutler, E Nexø… - Biochemistry, 2007 - ACS Publications
Three proteins, intrinsic factor (IF), transcobalamin (TC), and haptocorrin (HC), all have an
extremely high affinity for the cobalamins (Cbls, K d≈ 5 fM) but discriminate these …

In meso structure of the cobalamin transporter, BtuB, at 1.95 Å resolution

V Cherezov, E Yamashita, W Liu, M Zhalnina… - Journal of molecular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Crystals of the apo form of the vitamin B12 and colicin receptor, BtuB, that diffract to 1.95 Å
have been grown by the membrane-based in meso technique. The structure of the protein …

[PDF][PDF] Absorption and Transport of Cobalamin(Vitamin B 12)

B Seetharam, DH Alpers - Annual review of nutrition, 1982 - researchgate.net
344 SEETHARAM & ALPERS tions leading to cobalamin deficiency present especially to the
first two of these specialties. Many recent advances involve biochemical definition of the …

Absorption and Transport of Vitamin B12

R Gräsbeck - British Journal of Haematology, 1975 - Wiley Online Library
A review of recent advances is presented, mostly dealing with physiological mechanisms
and the chemical and functional properties of the transport proteins. A new nomenclature is …

The binding properties of the human receptor for the cellular uptake of vitamin B12

EV Quadros, Y Nakayama, JM Sequeira - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2005 - Elsevier
Cellular uptake of vitamin B12 (cobalamin, Cbl) is mediated by a receptor expressed on the
plasma membrane that binds transcobalamin (TC) saturated with Cbl and internalizes the …

Cobalamin binding proteins

E Nexo - Vitamin B, 1998 - books.google.com
Intrinsic factor, transcobalamin and haptocorrin are the three cobalamin binding proteins
involved in the uptake and transport of cobalamins in mammals. Intrinsic factor transports …