Sandbox Reserved 1756

This Sandbox is Reserved from November 4, 2022 through January 1, 2023 for use in the course CHEM 351 Biochemistry taught by Bonnie Hall at the Grand View University, Des Moines, USA. This reservation includes Sandbox Reserved 1755 through Sandbox Reserved 1764.

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Ornithine Aminotransferase

spinqualitylabelsall models OAT Protein Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D This is a default text for your page '. Click above on edit this page' to modify. Be careful with the < and > signs. You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia or to the article describing Jmol to the rescue. Function of your protein The specific function of ornithine aminotransferase is responsible for converting ornithine into pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) to another molecule. Glutamate and proline are the amino acids that can be produced from P5C Homo sapiens is the organism from which the HOAT is derived These enzymes are comprised of two substrates, GABA and AVA. By using the soaking method, the GABA structure was covalently attached to the PLP, as well as the AVA structure. Both structures were covalently attached to both the PLP and Catalytic Lys292. Biological relevance and broader implications A type of cancer that is being studied is hepatocellular carcinoma, an aggressive form of liver cancer. Scientists have determined that HOAT is over-expressed in specific cells. The study of the HOAT enzyme has enabled scientists to gain a more thorough understanding of metabolism. This is because it provides information about how the human body responds to specific stimuli through the use of this enzyme. Important amino acids Amino acids 300-304 are an important parts of the ligands binding site . Hydrogen bonding - Val 143, Asp 263, Gly 142 Covalent bonding - Lys 292 Salt bridge - Asp 262 and Arg Pi-stacking - Phe 177 Structural highlights This is a sample scene created with SAT to color by Group, and another to make a transparent representation of the protein. You can make your own scenes on SAT starting from scratch or loading and editing one of these sample scenes. An ornithine aminotransferase is composed of 50% of alpha helices, 45% of beta sheets, and 5% of other structures. The beta sheet contains 1 of the 3 catalytic amino acids.