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Asparagine362 is essential for zinc binding and catalysis in the peptidase reaction of Saccharomyces cerevisiae leukotriene A₄ hydrolase.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Oct 2010
Seipelt Rebecca L, Bailey Frank C, Schaible Alexis, Thompson Michael W
Abstract excerpt
Zinc metallopeptidases are ubiquitous enzymes with diverse cellular functions that can be found in most organisms. Leukotriene A₄ hydrolase (LTA4H; E.C. 3.3.2.6) is an unusual zinc metallopeptidase of the M1 family that also possesses an epoxide hydrolase activity; however, the role of its peptid...
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