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    FEBS Lett. 1996 Jul 8;389(3):263-7.

    Structural and mechanistic similarities of 6-phosphogluconate and 3-hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenases reveal a new enzyme family, the 3-hydroxyacid dehydrogenases.

    Hawes JW, Harper ET, Crabb DW, Harris RA.

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, 46202-5122, USA.

    Rat 3-hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase exhibits significant amino acid sequence homology with 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, D-phenylserine dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas syringae, and a number of hypothetical proteins encoded by genes of microbial origin. Key residues previously proposed to have roles in substrate binding and catalysis in sheep 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase are highly conserved in this entire family of enzymes. Site-directed mutagenesis, chemical modification, and substrate specificity studies were used to compare possible mechanistic similarities of 3-hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase with 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase. The data suggest that 3-hydroxyisobutyrate and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenases may comprise, in part, a previously unrecognized family of 3-hydroxyacid dehydrogenases.

    PMID: 8766712 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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