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Insights into the role of the unusual disulfide bond in copper-zinc superoxide dismutase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 23 Jan 2015
Sea Kevin, Sohn Se Hui, Durazo Armando, Sheng Yuewei, Shaw Bryan F, Cao Xiaohang, Taylor Alexander B, Whitson Lisa J, Holloway Stephen P, Hart P John, Cabelli Diane E, Gralla Edith Butler, Valentine Joan Selverstone
Abstract excerpt
The functional and structural significance of the intrasubunit disulfide bond in copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) was studied by characterizing mutant forms of human SOD1 (hSOD) and yeast SOD1 lacking the disulfide bond. We determined x-ray crystal structures of metal-bound and metal-deficient hC57S SOD1. C57S hSOD1 isolated from yeast contained four zinc ions per protein dimer and was structurally very...
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