Publication Date:
2005-04-12
Description:
Enzymes that produce retinal and related apocarotenoids constitute a sequence- and thus structure-related family, a member of which was analyzed by x-ray diffraction. This member is an oxygenase and contains an Fe2+-4-His arrangement at the axis of a seven-bladed beta-propeller chain fold covered by a dome formed by six large loops. The Fe2+ is accessible through a long nonpolar tunnel that holds a carotenoid derivative in one of the crystals. On binding, three consecutive double bonds of this carotenoid changed from a straight all-trans to a cranked cis-trans-cis conformation. The remaining trans bond is located at the dioxygen-ligated Fe2+ and cleaved by oxygen.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kloer, Daniel P -- Ruch, Sandra -- Al-Babili, Salim -- Beyer, Peter -- Schulz, Georg E -- R01 EY020551/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Apr 8;308(5719):267-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15821095" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Cloning, Molecular
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Escherichia coli
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Oxygenases/*chemistry
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Protein Conformation
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Recombinant Proteins
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Retinaldehyde/*chemistry
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Synechocystis/*enzymology/genetics
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
