Structural highlights
Function
[DHLA_XANAU] Catalyzes hydrolytic cleavage of carbon-halogen bonds in halogenated aliphatic compounds, leading to the formation of the corresponding primary alcohols, halide ions and protons. Has a broad substrate specificity, which includes terminally mono- and di- chlorinated and brominated alkanes (up to C4 only). The highest activity was found with 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,3-dichloropropane, and 1,2-dibromoethane.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Crystal structures of haloalkane dehalogenase were determined in the presence of the substrate 1,2-dichloroethane. At pH 5 and 4 degrees C, substrate is bound in the active site without being converted; warming to room temperature causes the substrate's carbon-chlorine bond to be broken, producing a chloride ion with concomitant alkylation of the active-site residue Asp124. At pH 6 and room temperature the alkylated enzyme is hydrolysed by a water molecule activated by the His289-Asp260 pair in the active site. These results show that catalysis by the dehalogenase proceeds by a two-step mechanism involving an ester intermediate covalently bound at Asp124.
Crystallographic analysis of the catalytic mechanism of haloalkane dehalogenase.,Verschueren KH, Seljee F, Rozeboom HJ, Kalk KH, Dijkstra BW Nature. 1993 Jun 24;363(6431):693-8. PMID:8515812[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
References
- ↑ Verschueren KH, Seljee F, Rozeboom HJ, Kalk KH, Dijkstra BW. Crystallographic analysis of the catalytic mechanism of haloalkane dehalogenase. Nature. 1993 Jun 24;363(6431):693-8. PMID:8515812 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/363693a0
