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Kinetic And Spectroscopic Studies Of Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase And Putative Active Site Mutants, Ellen W. Moomaw, Eric Hoffer, Patricia Moussatche, John C. Salerno Jun 2016

Kinetic And Spectroscopic Studies Of Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase And Putative Active Site Mutants, Ellen W. Moomaw, Eric Hoffer, Patricia Moussatche, John C. Salerno

Ellen Moomaw

Ceriporiopsis subvermispora oxalate oxidase (CsOxOx) is the first bicupin enzyme identified that catalyzes manganese-dependent oxidation of oxalate. In previous work, we have shown that the dominant contribution to catalysis comes from the monoprotonated form of oxalate binding to a form of the enzyme in which an active site carboxylic acid residue must be unprotonated. CsOxOx shares greatest sequence homology with bicupin microbial oxalate decarboxylases (OxDC) and the 241-244DASN region of the N-terminal Mn binding domain of CsOxOx is analogous to the lid region of OxDC that has been shown to determine reaction specificity. We have prepared a series of CsOxOx …


Kinetic And Spectroscopic Studies Of Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase And Putative Active Site Mutants, Ellen W. Moomaw, Eric Hoffer, Patricia Moussatche, John C. Salerno Jun 2016

Kinetic And Spectroscopic Studies Of Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase And Putative Active Site Mutants, Ellen W. Moomaw, Eric Hoffer, Patricia Moussatche, John C. Salerno

Ellen Moomaw

Ceriporiopsis subvermispora oxalate oxidase (CsOxOx) is the first bicupin enzyme identified that catalyzes manganese-dependent oxidation of oxalate. In previous work, we have shown that the dominant contribution to catalysis comes from the monoprotonated form of oxalate binding to a form of the enzyme in which an active site carboxylic acid residue must be unprotonated. CsOxOx shares greatest sequence homology with bicupin microbial oxalate decarboxylases (OxDC) and the 241-244DASN region of the N-terminal Mn binding domain of CsOxOx is analogous to the lid region of OxDC that has been shown to determine reaction specificity. We have prepared a series of CsOxOx …


Kinetic And Spectroscopic Studies Of Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase And Putative Active Site Mutants, Ellen W. Moomaw, Eric Hoffer, Patricia Moussatche, John C. Salerno Mar 2013

Kinetic And Spectroscopic Studies Of Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase And Putative Active Site Mutants, Ellen W. Moomaw, Eric Hoffer, Patricia Moussatche, John C. Salerno

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Ceriporiopsis subvermispora oxalate oxidase (CsOxOx) is the first bicupin enzyme identified that catalyzes manganese-dependent oxidation of oxalate. In previous work, we have shown that the dominant contribution to catalysis comes from the monoprotonated form of oxalate binding to a form of the enzyme in which an active site carboxylic acid residue must be unprotonated. CsOxOx shares greatest sequence homology with bicupin microbial oxalate decarboxylases (OxDC) and the 241-244DASN region of the N-terminal Mn binding domain of CsOxOx is analogous to the lid region of OxDC that has been shown to determine reaction specificity. We have prepared a series of CsOxOx …


36 Degrees Step Size Of Proton-Driven C-Ring Rotation In Fof1-Atp Synthase, Monika Düser, Nawid Zarrabi, Daniel Cipriano, Stefan Ernst, Gary Glick, Stanley Dunn, Michael Börsch Oct 2012

36 Degrees Step Size Of Proton-Driven C-Ring Rotation In Fof1-Atp Synthase, Monika Düser, Nawid Zarrabi, Daniel Cipriano, Stefan Ernst, Gary Glick, Stanley Dunn, Michael Börsch

Stanley D Dunn

Synthesis of adenosine triphosphate ATP, the 'biological energy currency', is accomplished by F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase. In the plasma membrane of Escherichia coli, proton-driven rotation of a ring of 10 c subunits in the F(o) motor powers catalysis in the F(1) motor. Although F(1) uses 120 degrees stepping during ATP synthesis, models of F(o) predict either an incremental rotation of c subunits in 36 degrees steps or larger step sizes comprising several fast substeps. Using single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer, we provide the first experimental determination of a 36 degrees sequential stepping mode of the c-ring during ATP synthesis.


Re-Introduction Of Transmembrane Serine Residues Reduce The Minimum Pore Diameter Of Channelrhodopsin-2, Robert Dempski, Ryan Richards Sep 2012

Re-Introduction Of Transmembrane Serine Residues Reduce The Minimum Pore Diameter Of Channelrhodopsin-2, Robert Dempski, Ryan Richards

Robert E. Dempski

Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) is a microbial-type rhodopsin found in the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Under physiological conditions, ChR2 is an inwardly rectifying cation channel that permeates a wide range of mono- and divalent cations. Although this protein shares a high sequence homology with other microbial-type rhodopsins, which are ion pumps, ChR2 is an ion channel. A sequence alignment of ChR2 with bacteriorhodopsin, a proton pump, reveals that ChR2 lacks specific motifs and residues, such as serine and threonine, known to contribute to non-covalent interactions within transmembrane domains. We hypothesized that reintroduction of the eight transmembrane serine residues present in bacteriorhodopsin, but …