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The conserved active site proline determines the reducing power of Staphylococcus aureus thioredoxin.
Journal of molecular biology - 4 May 2007
Roos Goedele, Garcia-Pino Abel, Van Belle Karolien, Brosens Elke, Wahni Khadija, Vandenbussche Guy, Wyns Lode, Loris Remy, Messens Joris
Abstract excerpt
Nature uses thioredoxin-like folds in several disulfide bond oxidoreductases. Each of them has a typical active site Cys-X-X-Cys sequence motif, the hallmark of thioredoxin being Trp-Cys-Gly-Pro-Cys. The intriguing role of the highly conserved proline in the ubiquitous reducing agent thioredoxin was studied by site-specific mutagenesis of Staphylococcus aureus thioredoxin (Sa_Trx). We present X-ray structures,...
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