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==Alcohol Dehydrogenase==  {{STRUCTURE_1htb |  PDB=1htb  |  SCENE=  }}
==Alcohol Dehydrogenase==  {{STRUCTURE_1htb |  PDB=1htb  |  SCENE=  }}


==Overview==


Alcohol dehydrogenase (PDB id [[1htb]]), or ADH, is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes and ketones through a mechanism that involves the removal of hydrogen. The initial scene (<scene name='Birrer_Sandbox_2/Whole_adh_molecule/1'>Alcohol Dehydrogenase Overview</scene>) shows an overview of the molecule, allowing for a general look at the tertiary structure of alcohol dehydrogenase. As far as structure is concerned, alcohol dehydrogenase exists as a tetramer with a zinc molecule complexed in each of the subunits.<ref>Vallee, Bert. L & Hoch, Frederic L. (1955) ''Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 41'',327-338. </ref> It has a SCOP catagory of an alpha and beta protein. It does contain at the N-terminal a domain that is all beta; however, the C-Terminal domain is alpha and beta, so the catagory is alpha and beta. The C-Terminal core has 3 layers of alpha/beta/alpha and parallel beta sheets of 6 strands.<ref>''Protein: Alcohol dehydrogenase from Human (Homo sapiens), different isozymes''. SCOP. 2009. 1 March 2010 < http://scop.berkeley.edu/data/scop.b.d.c.b.b.c.html></ref>
Alcohol dehydrogenase (PDB id [[1htb]]), ADH, is an 80kDa enzyme that catalyzes the 4th step in the metabolism of fructose before glycolysis. In the 4th step, glyceraldehyde is converted to the glycolytic intermediate DHAP by the NADH-dependent, ADH catalyzed reduction to glycerol.<ref>Voet, et. al. ''Fundamentals of Biochemistry: 3rd Edition''. Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2008.</ref> ADH catalyzes the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes and ketones through a mechanism that involves the removal of a hydrogen.




In the oxidation mechanism, ADH is momentarily associated with nicontinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), which functions as a cosubstrate. In its reaction, alcohol dehydrogenase uses zinc and NAD to facilitate the reaction. The function of zinc is to position the –OH group on the ethanol in a conformation that allows for the oxidation to occur. NAD then acts as a cosubstrate and performs the oxidation. <scene name='Birrer_Sandbox_2/Adh_plus_zn_and_ethanol/1'>1adc</scene> shows a picture of this interaction, with two ethanol molecules attached to the active sites. In the picture Zinc is positioned between Cys46, Cys174, and His67, all polar side chains. Ethanol, then, binds to the zinc which is next to the NAD cosubstrate. <ref>''Alcohol Dehydrogenase''. [[Protein Data Bank]]. 2010. RCSB. 1 March 2010 <http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=education_discussion/molecule_of_the_month/pdb13_3.html> </ref> Another view of the structure of alcohol dehydrogenase can be seen through the complex of alcohol dehydrogenase and just NAD and Zn in <scene name='Birrer_Sandbox_2/Adh_zn_nad/1'>3hud</scene>.
==Structure==


The of alcohol dehydrogenase reaction is as follows: CH3CH2OH + NAD+ -> CH3COH (acetaldehyde) + NADH + H+ (Note: The reaction is actually reversible although the arrow does not show it) <ref>Voet, et. al. ''Fundamentals of Biochemistry: 3rd Edition''. Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2008.</ref> The alcohol dehydrogenase reaction is a bisubstrate reaction, where ADH catalyzed the transfer of a hydride ion from ethanol to NAD+. In metabolic reactions within the human liver, glyceraldehyde is reduced to glycerol through a mechanism in which NADH is reduced to NAD+, and this whole process is catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenase.  
The initial scene (<scene name='Birrer_Sandbox_2/Whole_adh_molecule/3'>Domains of ADH</scene>) shows an overview of the molecule, allowing for a general look at the tertiary structure of alcohol dehydrogenase (it is complexed with Cl, Pyz, NAD, and Zn). A second scene (<scene name='Birrer_Sandbox_2/Close_look_at_ligand/2'>Closer Look at Subunit</scene>) shows a close view of the ligand within each subunit. Labels have been placed on NAD, CL, and Zn to clearly establish the structure.




Within alcohol dehydrogenase, <scene name='Birrer_Sandbox_2/The_active_site/1'>the active</scene> site of alcohol dehydrogenase has three important residues, Phe 93, Leu 57, and Leu 116. These three residues work together to bind to the alcohol substrate.<ref>''Protein: Alcohol Dehydrogenase''. The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. 1 March 2010 < http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~hjakubow/classes/rasmolchime/99ch331proj/alcoholdehydro/index.htm></ref>


Zn plays an important role in the catalysis. It funtions by electrostatically stabilizing the oxygen in alcohol during the reaction, which causes the alcohol to be more acidic. At the <scene name='Birrer_Sandbox_2/Zinc_binding_site/1'>Zinc Binding Site</scene>, Zinc coordinates with Cys 146, Cys 174, and His 67.<ref>''Protein: Alcohol Dehydrogenase''. The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. 1 March 2010 < http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~hjakubow/classes/rasmolchime/99ch331proj/alcoholdehydro/index.htm></ref>
NAD functions as a cosubstrate in the dehydration. NAD binds to numerous residues in a series of beta-alpha-beta folds. <scene name='Birrer_Sandbox_2/Nad_binding_site/1'>NAD Binding Region</scene> shows the domain where NAD binds, and many of the residues with which it interacts are selected.
<ref>''Protein: Alcohol Dehydrogenase''. The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. 1 March 2010 < http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~hjakubow/classes/rasmolchime/99ch331proj/alcoholdehydro/index.htm></ref>
Alcohol dehydrogenase exists as a dimer with a zinc molecule complexed in each of the subunits. It has a SCOP catagory of an alpha and beta protein. At the N-terminal, there is a domain that is all beta; however, the C-Terminal domain is alpha and beta, so the catagory is alpha and beta. The C-Terminal core has 3 layers of alpha/beta/alpha and parallel beta sheets of 6 strands.<ref>''Protein: Alcohol dehydrogenase from Human (Homo sapiens), different isozymes''. SCOP. 2009. 1 March 2010 < http://scop.berkeley.edu/data/scop.b.d.c.b.b.c.html></ref>
==Reaction and Mechanism==
In the oxidation mechanism, ADH is momentarily associated with nicontinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), which functions as a cosubstrate. In its reaction, alcohol dehydrogenase uses zinc and NAD to facilitate the reaction. The function of zinc is to position the –OH group on the ethanol in a conformation that allows for the oxidation to occur. NAD then acts as a cosubstrate and performs the oxidation.
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<ref>''Protein: Alcohol Dehydrogenase''. The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. 1 March 2010 < http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~hjakubow/classes/rasmolchime/99ch331proj/alcoholdehydro/index.htm></ref>
The of alcohol dehydrogenase reaction is as follows: CH3CH2OH + NAD+ -> CH3COH (acetaldehyde) + NADH + H+ (Note: The reaction is actually reversible although the arrow does not show it) <ref>Voet, et. al. ''Fundamentals of Biochemistry: 3rd Edition''. Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2008.</ref> The step-wise reduction mechanism for ADH is shown on the left. In the mechanism, His 51 is deprotonated and activated by a base catalyst. This allows histidine to accept a proton from NAD, which also draws a proton Thr 48. As a result of the proton transfer, the Thr is prepared to accept a proton from the alcohol substrate. While Thr accepts the proton, there is also a hydride transfer to NAD. The whole process can be summarized as the oxidation of an alcohol to an aldehyde in concert with the transfer of a hydride to NAD.<ref>''Protein: Alcohol Dehydrogenase''. The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. 1 March 2010 < http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~hjakubow/classes/rasmolchime/99ch331proj/alcoholdehydro/index.htm></ref>
The Mechanism for alcohol dehydrogenase follows an random bisubstrate mechanism.<ref>Voet, et. al. ''Fundamentals of Biochemistry: 3rd Edition''. Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2008.</ref> In the mechanism, the NAD+ and alcohol bind to the enzyme, so that the enzyme is now attached to the two subtrates. While attached, the hydrogen is formally transferred from the alcohol to NAD, resulting in the products NADH and a ketone or aldehyde. The two products are then released, and the enzyme has catalyzed the reaction.
==Kinetics==
The alcohol dehydrogenase catalyzed aldehyde-NADH reaction show kinetics consistent with a  random-order mechanism, and the rate-limiting step is the dissociation of the product enzyme-NAD+ complex. <ref>PMID: 4352908</ref> Alcohol dehydrogenase is more effective for smaller alcohol substrates, and it becomes less effective as substrate size increases. It is also more effective for primary than secondary alcohols.<ref>PMID: 4352908</ref> In a study where ADH was immobilized in tresyl-chloride-activate agarose, it was shown that the Michaelis-Menten model could not take into consideration all the constraints induced by the immobilization on the enzyme properties but that the Theorell-Chance model was more appropriate.<ref>PMID: 3769934</ref>
==Regulation==
Substrate size is a regulator, where larger substrates inhibit alcohol dehydrogenase. Further, alcohol dehydrogenase is somewhat inhibited if the substrate is a secondary alcohol, as opposed to a primary alcohol. <ref>PMID: 4352908</ref> Pyrazoles have also been shown to be inhibitors of ADH. <ref>PMID:115004</ref> Other inhibitors include heavy metals, thiourea, purine and pyrimidine derivatives, and both chloroethanol and flouroethanol. <ref>''Alcohol Dehydrogenase''. Worthington Biochemical Corporation . 31 March 2010 < http://http://www.worthington-biochem.com/ADH/default.html></ref> Activators include sulfhydryl activating reagents, mercaptoethanol, dithiothreitol, and cysteine.<ref>''Alcohol Dehydrogenase''.Worthington Biochemical Corporation . 31 March 2010 < http://http://www.worthington-biochem.com/ADH/default.html></ref>




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