A substrate-bound structure of cyanobacterial biliverdin reductase identifies stacked substrates as critical for activity

A substrate-bound structure of cyanobacterial biliverdin reductase identifies stacked substrates as critical for activity

Biliverdin reductase (BVR) catalyses the last step in haem degradation. Here the authors present the crystal structure of cyanobacterial BVR bound to its substrate biliverdin and oxidised cofactor NADP+, which was used to propose the catalytic mechanism of this enzyme.

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Main Authors: Haruna Takao, Kei Hirabayashi, Yuki Nishigaya, Haruna Kouriki, Tetsuko Nakaniwa, Yoshinori Hagiwara, Jiro Harada, Hideaki Sato, Toshimasa Yamazaki, Yoichi Sakakibara, Masahito Suiko, Yujiro Asada, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Ken Yamamoto, Keiichi Fukuyama, Masakazu Sugishima, Kei Wada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14397

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