This family consists of several bacterial ferric iron reductase protein (FhuF) sequences. FhuF is involved in the reduction of ferric iron in cytoplasmic ferrioxamine B [1]. This family also includes the IucA and IucC proteins.

1: FhuF, an iron-regulated protein of Escherichia coli with a new type of [2Fe-2S] center. Muller K, Matzanke BF, Schunemann V, Trautwein AX, Hantke K; Eur J Biochem 1998;258:1001-1008. PMID:9990318