2-Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase

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2-Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase E1o

Template:STRUCTURE 2jgd 2-Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase E1o is part of the 2-Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase multi enzyme complex. E1o catalyzes the that catalyzes the the oxidative decarboxylation of alpha-ketoglutarate at its [1]. This subunit is a homo-dimer and one of three enzymes that make up the multi-enzyme complex of 2-Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase. each of the that make up the homo-dimer has an cofactor that facilitates the catalysis. This enzyme is involved in the metabolic citric acid cycle. E1o is not categorized in the Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP); hoevever, the of one of the dimers shows that this enzyme has large sections of alpha-helices followed by a large section of parallel beta-pleated sheets these alpha and beta subunits are fused as a single polypeptide [2]. This enzyme catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation by keeping the necessary substrates for the reaction close within the enzyme so that it is more likely that the substrate will be in a conformation that will alow it to react. The exzyme also is part of a larger multienzyme complex that chanells the intermediates in the catalysis between subunits of the complex thus minimizing other reactions.

References

  1. Voet, Donald, Judith G. Voet, and Charlotte W. Pratt. Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008.
  2. Frank RA, Price AJ, Northrop FD, Perham RN, Luisi BF. Crystal structure of the E1 component of the Escherichia coli 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex. J Mol Biol. 2007 May 4;368(3):639-51. Epub 2007 Feb 7. PMID:17367808 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.01.080
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