Publication Date:
1995-11-10
Description:
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) typify a class of stable aromatic pollutants that are targeted by bioremediation strategies. In the aerobic degradation of biphenyl by bacteria, the key step of ring cleavage is catalyzed by an Fe(II)-dependent extradiol dioxygenase. The crystal structure of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase from a PCB-degrading strain of Pseudomonas cepacia has been determined at 1.9 angstrom resolution. The monomer comprises amino- and carboxyl-terminal domains. Structural homology between and within the domains reveals evolutionary relationships within the extradiol dioxygenase family. The iron atom has five ligands in square pyramidal geometry: one glutamate and two histidine side chains, and two water molecules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Han, S -- Eltis, L D -- Timmis, K N -- Muchmore, S W -- Bolin, J T -- GM 52831/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1995 Nov 10;270(5238):976-80.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1392, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7481800" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Binding Sites
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Biodegradation, Environmental
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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*Dioxygenases
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Evolution, Molecular
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Ferrous Compounds/chemistry/metabolism
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Hydrogen Bonding
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Ligands
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Models, Molecular
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Oxygen/chemistry/metabolism
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Oxygenases/*chemistry/metabolism
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls/metabolism
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*Protein Conformation
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Protein Structure, Secondary
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Pseudomonas/*enzymology
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Sequence Alignment
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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