Publication: Characterization of putative hydrophobic substrate binding site residues of a Delta class glutathione transferase from Anopheles dirus
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2008-11-01
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10960384
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00039861
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Mahidol University
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Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Vol.479, No.1 (2008), 97-103
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Tassanee Lerksuthirat, Albert J. Ketterman Characterization of putative hydrophobic substrate binding site residues of a Delta class glutathione transferase from Anopheles dirus. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Vol.479, No.1 (2008), 97-103. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2008.08.006 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/18832
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Characterization of putative hydrophobic substrate binding site residues of a Delta class glutathione transferase from Anopheles dirus
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To date, investigations of the hydrophobic substrate site of the insect Delta class glutathione transferase are limited in number. In the present study, putative hydrophobic site residues of AdGSTD4-4 have been proposed and characterized. These residues are Gln-112, Thr-174, Phe-212, Arg-214, Tyr-215 and Phe-216. It was found that Gln-112 does not contribute significantly to the catalytic properties of AdGSTD4-4. Arg-214, Tyr-215 and Phe-216 made contributions to catalytic properties and the rate-limiting step. Thr-174 and Phe-212 appeared to be important in enzymatic catalysis by stabilizing the active site β1-α1 loop on which the critical catalytic residue Ser-9 is located. The aromatic Phe-212 pi cloud appears to be important for interactions with its hydrophobic size representing an almost equally important factor. The data suggests that these residues are not directly involved in catalysis but exert their influence through secondary interactions. In addition, active site rearrangements occur to bring different residues into play even for conjugation through the same mechanisms. Therefore, due to the conformational rearrangements topologically equivalent residues observed in crystal structures may not perform equivalent roles in catalysis in different GST classes. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.