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Substituent effects on the binding of phenols to the D38N mutant of 3-oxo-delta5-steroid isomerase. A probe for the nature of hydrogen bonding to the intermediate.
Biochemistry - 13 Jan 1998
Petrounia I P, Pollack R M
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The nature of hydrogen bonding to the intermediate of the reaction catalyzed by 3-oxo-Delta5-steroid isomerase (KSI) was investigated. Substituted phenols bind tightly to the active site of the D38N mutant of KSI, and are analogs of the intermediate dienol. These D38N-phenol complexes exhibit fluorescence, NMR, and UV spectral characteristics similar to D38N complexed with phenolic steroids. The binding of...
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