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The mononuclear metal center of type-I dihydroorotase from aquifex aeolicus

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Title
The mononuclear metal center of type-I dihydroorotase from aquifex aeolicus
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BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, December 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2091-14-36
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Brian FP Edwards, Roshini Fernando, Philip D Martin, Edward Grimley, Melissa Cordes, Asmita Vaishnav, Joseph S Brunzelle, Hedeel Guy Evans, David R Evans

Abstract

Dihydroorotase (DHO) is a zinc metalloenzyme, although the number of active site zinc ions has been controversial. E. coli DHO was initially thought to have a mononuclear metal center, but the subsequent X-ray structure clearly showed two zinc ions, α and β, at the catalytic site. Aquifex aeolicus DHO, is a dodecamer comprised of six DHO and six aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATC) subunits. The isolated DHO monomer, which lacks catalytic activity, has an intact α-site and conserved β-site ligands, but the geometry of the second metal binding site is completely disrupted. However, the putative β-site is restored when the complex with ATC is formed and DHO activity is regained. Nevertheless, the X-ray structure of the complex revealed a single zinc ion at the active site. The structure of DHO from the pathogenic organism, S. aureus showed that it also has a single active site metal ion.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 20%
Professor 2 20%
Librarian 1 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 10%
Other 1 10%
Other 2 20%
Unknown 1 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 20%
Chemistry 2 20%
Unknown 1 10%
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