1cr6
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF MURINE SOLUBLE EPOXIDE HYDROLASE COMPLEXED WITH CPU INHIBITOR
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OverviewOverview
The crystal structure of recombinant murine liver cytosolic epoxide hydrolase (EC 3.3.2.3) has been determined at 2.8-A resolution. The binding of a nanomolar affinity inhibitor confirms the active site location in the C-terminal domain; this domain is similar to that of haloalkane dehalogenase and shares the alpha/beta hydrolase fold. A structure-based mechanism is proposed that illuminates the unique chemical strategy for the activation of endogenous and man-made epoxide substrates for hydrolysis and detoxification. Surprisingly, a vestigial active site is found in the N-terminal domain similar to that of another enzyme of halocarbon metabolism, haloacid dehalogenase. Although the vestigial active site does not participate in epoxide hydrolysis, the vestigial domain plays a critical structural role by stabilizing the dimer in a distinctive domain-swapped architecture. Given the genetic and structural relationships among these enzymes of xenobiotic metabolism, a structure-based evolutionary sequence is postulated.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1CR6 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Mus musculus with as ligand. Active as Microsomal epoxide hydrolase, with EC number 3.3.2.9 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Detoxification of environmental mutagens and carcinogens: structure, mechanism, and evolution of liver epoxide hydrolase., Argiriadi MA, Morisseau C, Hammock BD, Christianson DW, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Sep 14;96(19):10637-42. PMID:10485878
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