Mtb bacterioferritin BfrB oxidises Fe2+ to Fe3+, migrates them to its centre, and collects thousands of them as FeO(OH) in the central mineral core from which they can be later remobilised (Harrison & Arrosio 1996, Khare et al. 2011).
Harrison, PM, Arosio, P
Gupta, V, Sauter, NK, Tyagi, AK, Nangpal, P, Khare, G, Gupta, RK
ferroxidase activity of BfrB complex [cytosol]
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