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Characterization of the dinuclear metal center of Pyrococcus furiosus prolidase by analysis of targeted mutants.
FEBS letters - 7 Nov 2005
Du Xuelian, Tove Sherry, Kast-Hutcheson Karen, Grunden Amy M
Abstract excerpt
Prolidases are dipeptidases specific for cleavage of Xaa-Pro dipeptides. Pyrococcus furiosus prolidase is a homodimer having one Co-bound dinuclear metal cluster per monomer with one tightly bound Co(II) site and the other loosely bound (Kd 0.24 mM). To identify which Co site is tight-binding and which is loose-binding, site-directed mutagenesis was used to modify amino acid residues that participate in binding...
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