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Structural highlights

Function

[T23O_XANCP] Catalyzes the oxidative cleavage of the L-tryptophan (L-Trp) pyrrole ring.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01972]^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Dioxygenase 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Forouhar F, Anderson JL, Mowat CG, Vorobiev SM, Hussain A, Abashidze M, Bruckmann C, Thackray SJ, Seetharaman J, Tucker T, Xiao R, Ma LC, Zhao L, Acton TB, Montelione GT, Chapman SK, Tong L. Molecular insights into substrate recognition and catalysis by tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 9;104(2):473-8. Epub 2006 Dec 29. PMID:17197414
2. ↑ Thackray SJ, Bruckmann C, Anderson JL, Campbell LP, Xiao R, Zhao L, Mowat CG, Forouhar F, Tong L, Chapman SK. Histidine 55 of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase is not an active site base but regulates catalysis by controlling substrate binding. Biochemistry. 2008 Oct 7;47(40):10677-84. Epub 2008 Sep 11. PMID:18783250 doi:10.1021/bi801202a