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ReviewDrug metabolism reviews2013

Structure, dynamics and selectivity in the sulfotransferase family.

Thomas S Leyh, Ian Cook, Ting Wang

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Review in Drug metabolism reviews, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  7. Enzyme Kinetics of PAPS-Sulfotransferase.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021
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  8. Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems · 2020
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  9. Review
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  11. The NSAID allosteric site of human cytosolic sulfotransferases.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2017
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  14. Design and Interpretation of Human Sulfotransferase 1A1 Assays.Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals · 2016
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  18. The allosteric binding sites of sulfotransferase 1A1.Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas S LeyhDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine , Bronx, NY , USA.
Ian Cook
Ting Wang
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · US

Funding

SULFATE ADENYLATION-BIOCHEMISTRY &ENZYMOLOGYR01GM054469 · NIGMS · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI LEYH, THOMAS S. · 1995 to 2011
$4.7M
HUMAN CYTOSOLIC SULFOTRANSFERASESR01GM038953 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI FALANY, CHARLES N · 1992 to 2013
$3.3M
HUMAN PLATELET PHENOL SULFOTRANSFERASESR29GM038953 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI FALANY, CHARLES N · 1987 to 1991
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NIGMS NIH HHS GM38953NIGMS NIH HHS GM54469NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM038953NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM054469
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combined structure, function and molecular dynamics studies of human cytosolic sulfotransferases (SULT1A1 and 2A1) have revealed that these enzymes contain a ≈ 30-residue active-site cap whose structure responds to substrates and mediates their interactions. The binding of 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) gates access to the active site by a remodeling of the cap that constricts the pore through which acceptors must pass to enter the active site. While the PAPS-bound enzyme spends the majority (≈ 95%) of its time in the constricted state, the pore isomerizes between the open and closed states when the nucleotide (PAPS) is bound. The dimensions of the open and closed pores place widely different steric constraints on substrate selectivity. Nature appears to have crafted these enzymes with two specificity settings - a closed-pore setting that admits a set of closely related structures, and an open setting that allows a far wider spectrum of acceptor geometries. The specificities of these settings seem well matched to the metabolic demands for homeostatic and defensive SULT functions. The departure of nucleotide requires that the cap open. This isomerization dependent release can explain both the product bursts and substrate inhibition seen in many SULTs. Here, the experimental underpinnings of the cap-mechanism are reviewed, and the advantages of such a mechanism are considered in the context of the cellular and metabolic environment in which these enzymes operate.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationSulfotransferasesAnimalsBinding SitesCytosolHumansProtein BindingSubstrate SpecificitySulfotransferases

Identifiers

PMID24025091
PMCPMC5127714
OpenAlexW2036001713

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