BIOQUÍMICA ESTRUTURAL E MOLECULAR DE NITRATO REDUCTASES PERIPLASMÁTICAS

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The first mammalian aldehyde oxidase crystal structure: Insights into substrate specificity

Publication . Coelho, Catarina; Mahro, Martin; Trincão, José; Carvalho, Alexandra T. P.; Ramos, Maria João; Terao, Mineko; Garattini, Enrico; Leimkühler, Silke; Romão, Maria João; DQ - Departamento de Química; CQFB-REQUIMTE - Centro de Química Fina e Biotecnologia (Lab. Associado REQUIMTE); ASBMB - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Aldehyde oxidases (AOXs) are homodimeric proteins belonging to the xanthine oxidase family of molybdenum-containing enzymes. Each 150-kDa monomer contains a FAD redox cofactor, two spectroscopically distinct [2Fe-2S] clusters, and a molybdenum cofactor located within the protein active site. AOXs are characterized by broad range substrate specificity, oxidizing different aldehydes and aromatic N-heterocycles. Despite increasing recognition of its role in the metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics, the physiological function of the protein is still largely unknown. We have crystallized and solved the crystal structure of mouse liver aldehyde oxidase 3 to 2.9A? . This is the first mammalian AOX whose structure has been solved. The structureprovidesimportantinsightsintotheproteinactivecenter and further evidence on the catalytic differences characterizing AOXand xanthine oxidoreductase. The mouse liver aldehyde oxidase 3 three-dimensional structure combined with kinetic, mutagenesis data, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics studies make a decisive contribution to understand the molecular basis of its rather broad substrate specificity.

2012-11-23Artigo científico

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SFRH/BD/37948/2007