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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 103, Issue 41, Pages 15032-15037Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605143103
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diabetes; substrate binding; metalloprotein; HD domain; polyol metabolism
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Altered metabolism of the inositol sugars myo-inositol (MI) and D-chiro-inositol is implicated in diabetic complications. in animals, catabolism of MI and D-chiro-inositol depends on the enzyme MI oxygenase (MIOX),which catalyzes the first committed step of the glucuronate-xylulose pathway, and is found almost exclusively in the kidneys. The crystal structure of MIOX, in complex with MI, has been determined by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction methods and refined at 2.0-angstrom resolution (R = 0.206, R-free = 0.253). The structure reveals a monomeric, single-domain protein with a mostly helical fold that is distantly related to the diverse HD domain superfamily. Five helices form the structural core an provide six ligands (four His and two Asp) for the di-iron center, in which the two iron atoms are bridged by a putative hydroxide ion and one of the Asp ligands, Asp-124. A key loop forms a lid over the MI substrate, which is coordinated in bidentate mode to one iron atom. It is proposed that this mode of iron coordination, and interaction with a key Lys residue, activate MI for bond cleavage. The structure also reveals the basis of substrate specificity and suggests routes for the development of specific MIOX inhibitors.
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