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'''THE STRUCTURE OF XYLOSE REDUCTASE, A DIMERIC ALDO-KETO REDUCTASE FROM CANDIDA TENUIS'''<br />

==Overview==
Xylose reductase is a homodimeric oxidoreductase dependent on NADPH or, NADH and belongs to the largely monomeric aldo-keto reductase superfamily, of proteins. It catalyzes the first step in the assimilation of xylose, an, aldose found to be a major constituent monosaccharide of renewable plant, hemicellulosic material, into yeast metabolic pathways. It does this by, reducing open chain xylose to xylitol, which is reoxidized to xylulose by, xylitol dehydrogenase and metabolically integrated via the pentose, phosphate pathway. No structure has yet been determined for a xylose, reductase, a dimeric aldo-keto reductase or a family 2 aldo-keto, reductase. The structures of the Candida tenuis xylose reductase apo- and, holoenzyme, which crystallize in spacegroup C2 with different unit cells, have been determined to 2.2 A resolution and an R-factor of 17.9 and, 20.8%, respectively. Residues responsible for mediating the novel dimeric, interface include Asp-178, Arg-181, Lys-202, Phe-206, Trp-313, and, Pro-319. Alignments with other superfamily members indicate that these, interactions are conserved in other dimeric xylose reductases but not, throughout the remainder of the oligomeric aldo-keto reductases, predicting alternate modes of oligomerization for other families. An, arrangement of side chains in a catalytic triad shows that Tyr-52 has a, conserved function as a general acid. The loop that folds over the NAD(P)H, cosubstrate is disordered in the apo form but becomes ordered upon, cosubstrate binding. A slow conformational isomerization of this loop, probably accounts for the observed rate-limiting step involving release of, cosubstrate. Xylose binding (K(m) = 87 mM) is mediated by interactions, with a binding pocket that is more polar than a typical aldo-keto, reductase. Modeling of xylose into the active site of the holoenzyme using, ordered waters as a guide for sugar hydroxyls suggests a convincing mode, of substrate binding.

==About this Structure==
1JEZ is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_tenuis Candida tenuis]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldehyde_reductase Aldehyde reductase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=1.1.1.21 1.1.1.21] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1JEZ OCA]. 

==Reference==
The structure of apo and holo forms of xylose reductase, a dimeric aldo-keto reductase from Candida tenuis., Kavanagh KL, Klimacek M, Nidetzky B, Wilson DK, Biochemistry. 2002 Jul 16;41(28):8785-95. PMID:[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il//pmbin/getpm?pmid=12102621 12102621]
[[Category: Aldehyde reductase]]
[[Category: Candida tenuis]]
[[Category: Single protein]]
[[Category: Kavanagh, K.L.]]
[[Category: Klimacek, M.]]
[[Category: Nidetzky, B.]]
[[Category: Wilson, D.K.]]
[[Category: aldo-keto reductase]]
[[Category: nadh]]
[[Category: nadph]]
[[Category: tim barrel]]

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