An anion binding site in human aldose reductase: mechanistic implications for the binding of citrate, cacodylate, and glucose 6-phosphate.

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An anion binding site in human aldose reductase: mechanistic implications for the binding of citrate, cacodylate, and glucose 6-phosphate.

Biochemistry - 1 Mar 1994

Harrison D H, Bohren K M, Ringe D, Petsko G A, Gabbay K H

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Aldose reductase is a NADPH-dependent aldo-keto reductase involved in the pathogenesis of some diabetic and galactosemic complications. The published crystal structure of human aldose reductase [Wilson et al. (1992) Science 257, 81-84] contains a hitherto unexplained electron density positioned w...

Topics

Aldehyde Reductase
Anions
Binding Sites
Cacodylic Acid
Catalysis
Citrates
Citric Acid
Computer Graphics
Escherichia coli
Glucose-6-Phosphate
Glucosephosphates
Humans
Mutation
NADP
Protein Conformation

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