Abstract
Acyl-coenzyme A binding proteins are known from a large group of eukaryote species and to bind a long chain length acyl-CoA ester with very high affinity. Detailed biochemical mapping of ligand binding properties has been obtained as well as in-depth structural studies on the bovine apo-protein and of the complex with palmitoyl-CoA using NMR spectroscopy. In the four alpha-helix bundle structure, a set of 21 highly conserved residues present in more that 90% of all known sequences of acyl-coenzyme A binding proteins constitutes three separate mini-cores. These residues are predominantly located at the helix-helix interfaces. From studies of a large set of mutant proteins the role of the conserved residues has been related to structure, function, folding and stability.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | B B A - Reviews on Cancer |
| Volume | 1441 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 150-61 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISSN | 0006-3002 |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Nov 1999 |