Structural highlights
Disease
[LTC4S_HUMAN] Defects in LTC4S are the cause of leukotriene C4 synthase deficiency (LTC4 synthase deficiency) [MIM:246530]. LTC4 synthase deficiency is a fatal neurometabolic developmental disorder. It is associated with muscular hypotonia, psychomotor retardation, failure to thrive, and microcephaly.
Function
[LTC4S_HUMAN] Catalyzes the conjugation of leukotriene A4 with reduced glutathione to form leukotriene C4.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Dodecyl-beta-D-selenomaltoside (SeDDM) is a seleno-detergent with a beta-glycosidic seleno-ether in place of the ether moiety in dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside. Seleno-detergents are candidates for heavy-atom agents in experimental phasing of membrane proteins in protein crystallography. Crystals of a nuclear membrane-embedded enzyme, leukotriene C(4) synthase (LTC(4)S), in complex with SeDDM were prepared and a multiwavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) experiment was performed. The SeDDM in the LTC(4)S crystal exhibited sufficient anomalous diffraction for determination of the structure using MAD phasing.
Seleno-detergent MAD phasing of leukotriene C4 synthase in complex with dodecyl-beta-D-selenomaltoside.,Saino H, Ago H, Ukita Y, Miyano M Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 Dec 1;67(Pt 12):1666-73., Epub 2011 Nov 29. PMID:22139193[1]
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References
- ↑ Saino H, Ago H, Ukita Y, Miyano M. Seleno-detergent MAD phasing of leukotriene C4 synthase in complex with dodecyl-beta-D-selenomaltoside. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 Dec 1;67(Pt 12):1666-73., Epub 2011 Nov 29. PMID:22139193 doi:10.1107/S1744309111042345
