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ArticleProteins2015

Human α-amino-β-carboxymuconate-ε-semialdehyde decarboxylase (ACMSD): a structural and mechanistic unveiling.

Lu Huo, Fange Liu, Hiroaki Iwaki, Tingfeng Li, Yoshie Hasegawa, Aimin Liu

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Article in Proteins, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Lu HuoDepartment of Chemistry and the Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
Fange Liu
Hiroaki Iwaki
Tingfeng Li
Yoshie Hasegawa
Aimin Liu

Funding

Development of innovative therapeutics for otitis mediaR01DC015557 · NIDCD · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KOHANE, DANIEL S, LI, JIAN-DONG · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
NF-kappaB Regulation by Human PirinR01GM107529 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI LI, JIAN-DONG, LIU, AIMIN · 2014 to 2017
$1.0M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC015557NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107529NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM107529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human α-amino-β-carboxymuconate-ε-semialdehyde decarboxylase determines the fate of tryptophan metabolites in the kynurenine pathway by controlling the quinolinate levels for de novo nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide biosynthesis. The unstable nature of its substrate has made gaining insight into its reaction mechanism difficult. Our electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic study on the Cu-substituted human enzyme suggests that the native substrate does not directly ligate to the metal ion. Substrate binding did not result in a change of either the hyperfine structure or the super-hyperfine structure of the EPR spectrum. We also determined the crystal structure of the human enzyme in its native catalytically active state (at 1.99 Å resolution), a substrate analogue-bound form (2.50 Å resolution), and a selected active site mutant form with one of the putative substrate binding residues altered (2.32 Å resolution). These structures illustrate that each asymmetric unit contains three pairs of dimers. Consistent with the EPR findings, the ligand-bound complex structure shows that the substrate analogue does not directly coordinate to the metal ion but is bound to the active site by two arginine residues through noncovalent interactions.

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Models, MolecularBiocatalysisCarboxy-LyasesCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyEscherichia coliHumansProtein MultimerizationSubstrate SpecificityTemperatureZincaminocarboxymuconate-semialdehyde decarboxylaseCarboxy-LyasesZinckynureninequaternary structurequinolinate synthesisTryptophan metabolites

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PMID25392945
PMCPMC4289673

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