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Cryptic proteolytic activity of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Apr 2007
Babady Ngolela Esther, Pang Yuan-Ping, Elpeleg Orly, Isaya Grazia
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial enzyme, dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (DLD), is essential for energy metabolism across eukaryotes. Here, conditions known to destabilize the DLD homodimer enabled the mouse, pig, or human enzyme to function as a protease. A catalytic dyad (S456-E431) buried at the homodimer interface was identified. Serine protease inhibitors and an S456A or an E431A point mutation abolished the proteolytic...
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