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Arabidopsis thaliana acyl-CoA oxidase 1
Structural highlights
FunctionACOX1_ARATH Catalyzes the desaturation of both long- and medium-chain acyl-CoAs to 2-trans-enoyl-CoAs. Most active with C14-CoA. Activity on long-chain mono-unsaturated substrates is 40% higher than with the corresponding saturated substrates. Seems to be an important factor in the general metabolism of root tips. May be involved in the biosynthesis of jasmonic acid. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase family plays an essential role in lipid metabolism by catalyzing the conversion of acyl-CoA into trans-2-enoyl-CoA during fatty acid beta-oxidation. Here, we report the X-ray structure of the FAD-containing Arabidopsis thaliana acyl-CoA oxidase 1 (ACX1), the first three-dimensional structure of a plant acyl-CoA oxidase. Like other acyl-CoA oxidases, the enzyme is a dimer and it has a fold resembling that of mammalian acyl-CoA oxidase. A comparative analysis including mammalian acyl-CoA oxidase and the related tetrameric mitochondrial acyl-CoA dehydrogenases reveals a substrate-binding architecture that explains the observed preference for long-chained, mono-unsaturated substrates in ACX1. Two anions are found at the ACX1 dimer interface and for the first time the presence of a disulfide bridge in a peroxisomal protein has been observed. The functional differences between the peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidases and the mitochondrial acyl-CoA dehydrogenases are attributed to structural differences in the FAD environments. Acyl-CoA oxidase 1 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Structure of a key enzyme in plant lipid metabolism.,Pedersen L, Henriksen A J Mol Biol. 2005 Jan 21;345(3):487-500. PMID:15581893[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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