USP7: Structure, substrate specificity, and inhibition

Testicular steroid sulfatase. Substrate specificity and inhibition.

Kinetic studies of the cleavage of dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (i) and androstenediol-3-sulfate by a particulate enzyme preparation from a rat testicular microsomal fraction gave K m values of 2.04 x 10-6M for DHA-S and 0.935 x 10-6M for androstenediol-3-sulfate with identical Vma x values° Inhibition studies with equimolar concentrations of substrate and inhibitor demonstrated that 5~-andro...

The structure and substrate specificity of human Cdk12/Cyclin K

Phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain (CTD) by cyclin-dependent kinases is important for productive transcription. Here we determine the crystal structure of Cdk12/CycK and analyse its requirements for substrate recognition. Active Cdk12/CycK is arranged in an open conformation similar to that of Cdk9/CycT but different from those of cell cycle kinases. Cdk12 contains a C-t...

Crystal Structure and Substrate Specificity of Drosophila 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine Decarboxylase

BACKGROUND 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine decarboxylase (DDC), also known as aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase, catalyzes the decarboxylation of a number of aromatic L-amino acids. Physiologically, DDC is responsible for the production of dopamine and serotonin through the decarboxylation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine and 5-hydroxytryptophan, respectively. In insects, both dopamine and serotonin ...

Substrate specificity of the MUS81-EME2 structure selective endonuclease

MUS81 plays important cellular roles in the restart of stalled replication forks, the resolution of recombination intermediates and in telomere length maintenance. Although the actions of MUS81-EME1 have been extensively investigated, MUS81 is the catalytic subunit of two human structure-selective endonucleases, MUS81-EME1 and MUS81-EME2. Little is presently known about the activities of MUS81-...

Substrate Specificity of MMPs