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The crystal structure of recombinant murine liver cytosolic epoxide hydrolase (EC 3.3.2.3) has been determined at 2.8-A resolution. The binding of a nanomolar affinity inhibitor confirms the active site location in the C-terminal domain; this domain is similar to that of haloalkane dehalogenase and shares the alpha/beta hydrolase fold. A structure-based mechanism is proposed that illuminates the unique chemical strategy for the activation of endogenous and man-made epoxide substrates for hydrolysis and detoxification. Surprisingly, a vestigial active site is found in the N-terminal domain similar to that of another enzyme of halocarbon metabolism, haloacid dehalogenase. Although the vestigial active site does not participate in epoxide hydrolysis, the vestigial domain plays a critical structural role by stabilizing the dimer in a distinctive domain-swapped architecture. Given the genetic and structural relationships among these enzymes of xenobiotic metabolism, a structure-based evolutionary sequence is postulated.

1CQZ is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus_musculus Mus musculus]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsomal_epoxide_hydrolase Microsomal epoxide hydrolase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.3.2.9 3.3.2.9] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1CQZ OCA].  

[[Category: Argiriadi, M A.]]

[[Category: Christianson, D W.]]

[[Category: Hammock, B D.]]

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