The structure of a retinal-forming carotenoid oxigenase
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TextoSeries ; Science, 308(5719), p.267-269, 2005Trabajos contenidos: - Kloer, D. P
- Ruch, S
- Al-Babili, S
- Beyer, P
- Schulz, G. E
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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 ?-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.
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