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ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
Volume 427, Issue 2, Pages 164-169Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.05.003
Keywords
epoxide hydrolase; phosphatase; polymorphism; SNP; stability; dimer; monomer
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES011630] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM56708] Funding Source: Medline
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Human soluble epoxide hydrolase (hsEH) has been shown to play a role in regulating blood pressure and inflammation. HsEH consists of an N-terminal phosphatase and a C-terminal epoxide hydrolase domain. In the present study, we examined the effects of polymorphisms in the hsEH gene on phosphatase activity, enzyme stability, and protein quaternary structure. The results showed that mutants Lys55Arg, Arg103Cys, Cys154Tyr, Arg287Gln, and the Arg103Cys/Arg287Gln (double mutant) have significantly lower phosphatase activity compared to the most frequent allele (MFA) of hsEH. In addition, the Lys55Arg, Arg103Cys, Cys154Tyr, Arg287Gln, and the double mutant have significantly lower k(cat)/K-m values. The stabilities at 37 degreesC of purified Arg287Gln and Arg103Cys/Arg287Gln mutants were also significantly reduced compared to the MFA. HPLC size-exclusion studies showed that the MFA exists predominantly as a dimer. However, the Arg287Gln and Arg103Cys/Arg287Gln mutants show increased concentration of the monomer. We conclude that the Arg287Gln polymorphism disrupts putative intra- and inter-monomeric salt-bridges responsible for dimerization. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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