3b7u is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
LKHA4_HUMAN Epoxide hydrolase that catalyzes the final step in the biosynthesis of the proinflammatory mediator leukotriene B4. Has also aminopeptidase activity.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
M1 aminopeptidases comprise a large family of biologically important zinc enzymes. We show that peptide turnover by the M1 prototype, leukotriene A4 hydrolase/aminopeptidase, involves a shift in substrate position associated with exchange of zinc coordinating groups, while maintaining the overall coordination geometry. The transition state is stabilized by residues conserved among M1 members and in the final reaction step, Glu-296 of the canonical zinc binding HEXXH motif shuffles a proton from the hydrolytic water to the leaving group. Tripeptide substrates bind along the conserved GXMEN motif, precisely occupying the distance between Glu-271 and Arg-563, whereas the Arg specificity is governed by a narrow S1 pocket capped with Asp-375. Our data provide detailed insights to the active site chemistry of M1 aminopeptidases and will aid in the development of novel enzyme inhibitors.
Structure-based dissection of the active site chemistry of leukotriene A4 hydrolase: implications for M1 aminopeptidases and inhibitor design.,Tholander F, Muroya A, Roques BP, Fournie-Zaluski MC, Thunnissen MM, Haeggstrom JZ Chem Biol. 2008 Sep 22;15(9):920-9. PMID:18804029[8]
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↑Odlander B, Claesson HE, Bergman T, Radmark O, Jornvall H, Haeggstrom JZ. Leukotriene A4 hydrolase in the human B-lymphocytic cell line Raji: indications of catalytically divergent forms of the enzyme. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1991 May 15;287(1):167-74. PMID:1897988
↑Toh H, Minami M, Shimizu T. Molecular evolution and zinc ion binding motif of leukotriene A4 hydrolase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1990 Aug 31;171(1):216-21. PMID:1975494
↑Haeggstrom JZ, Wetterholm A, Shapiro R, Vallee BL, Samuelsson B. Leukotriene A4 hydrolase: a zinc metalloenzyme. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1990 Nov 15;172(3):965-70. PMID:2244921
↑Thunnissen MM, Andersson B, Samuelsson B, Wong CH, Haeggstrom JZ. Crystal structures of leukotriene A4 hydrolase in complex with captopril and two competitive tight-binding inhibitors. FASEB J. 2002 Oct;16(12):1648-50. Epub 2002 Aug 7. PMID:12207002 doi:10.1096/fj.01-1017fje
↑Rudberg PC, Tholander F, Thunnissen MM, Samuelsson B, Haeggstrom JZ. Leukotriene A4 hydrolase: selective abrogation of leukotriene B4 formation by mutation of aspartic acid 375. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Apr 2;99(7):4215-20. Epub 2002 Mar 26. PMID:11917124 doi:10.1073/pnas.072090099
↑Rudberg PC, Tholander F, Andberg M, Thunnissen MM, Haeggstrom JZ. Leukotriene A4 hydrolase: identification of a common carboxylate recognition site for the epoxide hydrolase and aminopeptidase substrates. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jun 25;279(26):27376-82. Epub 2004 Apr 12. PMID:15078870 doi:10.1074/jbc.M401031200
↑Tholander F, Muroya A, Roques BP, Fournie-Zaluski MC, Thunnissen MM, Haeggstrom JZ. Structure-based dissection of the active site chemistry of leukotriene A4 hydrolase: implications for M1 aminopeptidases and inhibitor design. Chem Biol. 2008 Sep 22;15(9):920-9. PMID:18804029 doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.07.018
↑Tholander F, Muroya A, Roques BP, Fournie-Zaluski MC, Thunnissen MM, Haeggstrom JZ. Structure-based dissection of the active site chemistry of leukotriene A4 hydrolase: implications for M1 aminopeptidases and inhibitor design. Chem Biol. 2008 Sep 22;15(9):920-9. PMID:18804029 doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.07.018
