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SUBMITTER: Haider S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3286521 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haider Shozeb S Joseph Caleb G CG Neidle Stephen S Fierke Carol A CA Fuchter Matthew J MJ
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20110202 7
Biochemical studies reveal that a conserved arginine residue (R37) at the centre of the 14Å internal cavity of histone deacetylase (HDAC) 8 is important for catalysis and acetate affinity. Computational studies indicate that R37 forms multiple hydrogen bonding interactions with the backbone carbonyl oxygen atoms of two conserved glycine residues, G303 and G305, resulting in a 'closed' form of the channel. One possible rationale for these data is that water or product (acetate) transit through th ...[more]