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SUBMITTER: Simmons JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2907160 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simmons Jana M JM Müller Tina A TA Hausinger Robert P RP
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) 20080627 38
Fe(II)/alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent hydroxylases uniformly possess a double-stranded beta-helix fold with two conserved histidines and one carboxylate coordinating their mononuclear ferrous ions. Oxidative decomposition of the alpha-keto acid is proposed to generate a ferryl-oxo intermediate capable of hydroxylating unactivated carbon atoms in a myriad of substrates. This Perspective focuses on a subgroup of these enzymes that are involved in pyrimidine salvage, purine decomposition, nucleoside ...[more]