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Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications
Γ-glutamyltranspeptidase; Ntn-hydrolase; glutathione; acivicin; x-ray crystallography
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Crystal Structure Of Acivicin-Inhibited Γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase Reveals Critical Roles For Its C-Terminus In Autoprocessing And Catalysis, Kristin Williams, Sierra Cullati, Aaron Sand, Ekaterina I. Biterova, Joseph J. Barycki
Crystal Structure Of Acivicin-Inhibited Γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase Reveals Critical Roles For Its C-Terminus In Autoprocessing And Catalysis, Kristin Williams, Sierra Cullati, Aaron Sand, Ekaterina I. Biterova, Joseph J. Barycki
Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications
Helicobacter pylori γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (HpGT) is a general γ-glutamyl hydrolase and a
demonstrated virulence factor. The enzyme confers a growth advantage to the bacterium, providing essential amino acid precursors by initiating the degradation of extracellular glutathione and glutamine. HpGT is a member of the N-terminal nucleophile (Ntn) hydrolase superfamily and undergoes autoprocessing to generate the active form of the enzyme. Acivicin is a widely used γ-glutamyltranspeptidase inhibitor that covalently modifies the enzyme, but its precise mechanism of action remains unclear. The time-dependent inactivation of HpGT exhibits a hyperbolic dependence on acivicin concentration with kmax = 0.033 ± 0.006 sec−1 …