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Crystallographic investigations of the tryptophan-derived cofactor in the quinoprotein methylamine dehydrogenase

A model of tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ), recently proposed by Mclntire et al. (Science (1991) 252, 817-824) to be the prosthetic group of the quinoprotein methylamine dehydrogenase, has been compared with electron density maps of this dehydrogenase from Thiobacillus versutus and Paracoccus den...

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Published in:FEBS letters 1991-08, Vol.287 (1), p.163-166
Main Authors: Chen, Longyin, Mathews, F.Scott, Davidson, Victor L., Huizinga, Eric G., Vellieux, Frederic M.D., Duine, Johannis A., Hol, Wim G.J.
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Summary:A model of tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ), recently proposed by Mclntire et al. (Science (1991) 252, 817-824) to be the prosthetic group of the quinoprotein methylamine dehydrogenase, has been compared with electron density maps of this dehydrogenase from Thiobacillus versutus and Paracoccus denitrificans. The comparison shows that the TTQ model can be neatly accommodated, providing strong supportive evidence that TTQ is indeed the cofactor for this group of quinoproteins.
ISSN:0014-5793
1873-3468
DOI:10.1016/0014-5793(91)80041-Z