Structural insight into the stereoselective production of PGF2(alpha) by Old Yellow Enzyme from Trypanosoma cruzi
Okamoto, N., Yamaguchi, K., Mizohata, E., Tokuoka, K., Uchiyama, N., Sugiyama, S., Matsumura, H., Inaka, K., Urade, Y., Inoue, T.(2011) J Biochem 150: 563-568
- PubMed: 21840922 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvr096
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3ATY, 3ATZ - PubMed Abstract: 
Old yellow enzyme (OYE) is an NADPH oxidoreductase capable of reducing a variety of compounds. It contains flavin mononucleotide (FMN) as a prosthetic group. A ternary complex structure of OYE from Trypanosoma cruzi (TcOYE) with FMN and one of the substrates, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, shows a striking movement around the active site upon binding of the substrate. From a structural comparison of other OYE complexed with 12-oxophytodienoate, we have constructed a complex structure with another substrate, prostaglandin H(2) (PGH(2)), to provide a proposed stereoselective reaction mechanism for the reduction of PGH(2) to prostaglandin F(2α) by TcOYE.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-Oka, Suita, Japan.