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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE BIPHENYL-CLEAVING EXTRADIOL DIOXYGENASE FROM A PCB-DEGRADING PSEUDOMONAD
Overview
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) typify a class of stable aromatic pollutants that are targeted by bioremediation strategies. In the aerobic degradation of biphenyl by bacteria, the key step of ring cleavage is catalyzed by an Fe(II)-dependent extradiol dioxygenase. The crystal structure of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase from a PCB-degrading strain of Pseudomonas cepacia has been determined at 1.9 angstrom resolution. The monomer comprises amino- and carboxyl-terminal domains. Structural homology between and within the domains reveals evolutionary relationships within the extradiol dioxygenase family. The iron atom has five ligands in square pyramidal geometry: one glutamate and two histidine side chains, and two water molecules.
About this Structure
1HAN is a Single protein structure of sequence from Burkholderia cepacia. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of the biphenyl-cleaving extradiol dioxygenase from a PCB-degrading pseudomonad., Han S, Eltis LD, Timmis KN, Muchmore SW, Bolin JT, Science. 1995 Nov 10;270(5238):976-80. PMID:7481800 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 18:38:38 2008
