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ArticleBiochemistry2016

Crystal Structure of Aspirin-Acetylated Human Cyclooxygenase-2: Insight into the Formation of Products with Reversed Stereochemistry.

Michael J Lucido, Benjamin J Orlando, Alex J Vecchio, Michael G Malkowski

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Article in Biochemistry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers.

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15.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

91 citing papers in PubMed, 229 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael J LucidoDepartment of Structural Biology, The State University of New York at Buffalo and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute , Buffalo, New York 14203, United States.
Benjamin J OrlandoDepartment of Structural Biology, The State University of New York at Buffalo and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute , Buffalo, New York 14203, United States.
Alex J VecchioDepartment of Structural Biology, The State University of New York at Buffalo and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute , Buffalo, New York 14203, United States.
Michael G MalkowskiDepartment of Structural Biology, The State University of New York at Buffalo and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute , Buffalo, New York 14203, United States.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · USHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute · US

Funding

ZINC FINGER-DNA COMPLEXP41RR001646 · NCRR · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI CINGOLANI, GINO · 1985 to 2011
$23.8M
Overall (pp. 40-62)P41GM103485 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI CERIONE, RICHARD A. · 2012 to 2018
$15.5M
Structural Biology of Oxylipin BiosynthesisR01GM077176 · NIGMS · HAUPTMAN-WOODWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH INST · PI MALKOWSKI, MICHAEL G · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
Structure and Dynamics of Cyclooxygenase Catalysis and InhibitionR01GM115386 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI MALKOWSKI, MICHAEL G · 2015 to 2018
$1.5M
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR001646NIGMS NIH HHS DMR-0225180NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103485NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077176NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115386
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs target the cyclooxygenase enzymes (COX-1 and COX-2) to block the formation of prostaglandins. Aspirin is unique in that it covalently modifies each enzyme by acetylating Ser-530 within the cyclooxygenase active site. Acetylation of COX-1 leads to complete loss of activity, while acetylation of COX-2 results in the generation of the monooxygenated product 15(R)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15R-HETE). Ser-530 has also been shown to influence the stereochemistry for the addition of oxygen to the prostaglandin product. We determined the crystal structures of S530T murine (mu) COX-2, aspirin-acetylated human (hu) COX-2, and huCOX-2 in complex with salicylate to 1.9, 2.0, and 2.4 Å, respectively. The structures reveal that (1) the acetylated Ser-530 completely blocks access to the hydrophobic groove, (2) the observed binding pose of salicylate is reflective of the enzyme-inhibitor complex prior to acetylation, and (3) the observed Thr-530 rotamer in the S530T muCOX-2 crystal structure does not impede access to the hydrophobic groove. On the basis of these structural observations, along with functional analysis of the S530T/G533V double mutant, we propose a working hypothesis for the generation of 15R-HETE by aspirin-acetylated COX-2. We also observe differential acetylation of COX-2 purified in various detergent systems and nanodiscs, indicating that detergent and lipid binding within the membrane-binding domain of the enzyme alters the rate of the acetylation reaction in vitro.

Indexed as

AcetylationAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAspirinCrystallography, X-RayCyclooxygenase 2HumansMiceMolecular Docking SimulationProtein ConformationAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAspirinCyclooxygenase 2

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PMID26859324
PMCPMC4775376
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