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Min1, Begley, Myllyharju
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853
Abstract:
Prolyl-4-hydroxylase catalyzes the formation of 4-hydroxyproline in collagens. In contrast to deacetoxy/deacetylcephalosporin C synthase, p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase, lysyl hydroxylase and alpha-ketoisocaproate oxygenase, no incorporation of (18)O-labeled water into the hydroxylated product was found for the human type I prolyl-4-hydroxylase when N-Cbz-Gly-L-Phe-L-Pro-Gly-OEt was used as a substrate. This suggests that the ferryl intermediate for this enzyme is not solvent accessible. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
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