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== Structure == | == Structure == | ||
The SOD 1 protein is a homodimer with an amino acid sequence length of 154. SOD 1 has an 8-stranded "Greek key" beta-barrel shape with the active site located between the barrels. The copper and zinc ligands are made up of six histidine side-chains and one aspartate side-chain with the metal ions connected with by a single histidine chain.<ref name="Tainer">Tainer JA, Getzoff ED, Richardson JS, Richardson DC. Structure and mechanism of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase. Nature. 1983 Nov 17-23;306(5940):284-7. PMID:6316150</ref>. This first SOD structure was determined by Irwin Fridovich and Joe McCord in 1973 <ref name="McCord">McCord JM, Fridovich I. Superoxide dismutase. An enzymic function for erythrocuprein (hemocuprein). J Biol Chem. 1969 Nov 25;244(22):6049-55. PMID:5389100</ref><ref name="McCord2">McCord JM, Fridovich I. Superoxide dismutase: the first twenty years (1968-1988). Free Radic Biol Med. 1988;5(5-6):363-9. PMID:2855736</ref> with the SOD 1 "Greek key" structure visualized by Dr. Jane Richardson .<ref name="Tainer">Tainer JA, Getzoff ED, Richardson JS, Richardson DC. Structure and mechanism of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase. Nature. 1983 Nov 17-23;306(5940):284-7. PMID:6316150</ref> | The SOD 1 protein is a homodimer with an amino acid sequence length of 154. SOD 1 has an 8-stranded "Greek key" beta-barrel shape with the active site located between the barrels. The copper and zinc ligands are made up of six histidine side-chains and one aspartate side-chain with the metal ions connected with by a single histidine chain.<ref name="Tainer">Tainer JA, Getzoff ED, Richardson JS, Richardson DC. Structure and mechanism of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase. Nature. 1983 Nov 17-23;306(5940):284-7. PMID:6316150</ref>. This first SOD structure was determined by Irwin Fridovich and Joe McCord in 1973 <ref name="McCord">McCord JM, Fridovich I. Superoxide dismutase. An enzymic function for erythrocuprein (hemocuprein). J Biol Chem. 1969 Nov 25;244(22):6049-55. PMID:5389100</ref><ref name="McCord2">McCord JM, Fridovich I. Superoxide dismutase: the first twenty years (1968-1988). Free Radic Biol Med. 1988;5(5-6):363-9. PMID:2855736</ref> with the SOD 1 "Greek key" structure visualized by Dr. Jane Richardson (see below).<ref name="Tainer">Tainer JA, Getzoff ED, Richardson JS, Richardson DC. Structure and mechanism of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase. Nature. 1983 Nov 17-23;306(5940):284-7. PMID:6316150</ref> | ||
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== ALS == | == ALS == | ||
