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- Jones, Lesley, et al.
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Convergent genetic and expression data implicate immunity in Alzheimer's disease
- 2015
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Ingår i: Alzheimer's & Dementia. - : Wiley. - 1552-5260 .- 1552-5279. ; 11:6, s. 658-671
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is heritable with 20 genes showing genome-wide association in the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP). To identify the biology underlying the disease, we extended these genetic data in a pathway analysis. Methods: The ALIGATOR and GSEA algorithms were used in the IGAP data to identify associated functional pathways and correlated gene expression networks in human brain. Results: ALIGATOR identified an excess of curated biological pathways showing enrichment of association. Enriched areas of biology included the immune response (P = 3.27 X 10(-12) after multiple testing correction for pathways), regulation of endocytosis (P = 1.31 X 10(-11)), cholesterol transport (P = 2.96 X 10(-9)), and proteasome-ubiquitin activity (P = 1.34 X 10(-6)). Correlated gene expression analysis identified four significant network modules, all related to the immune response (corrected P = .002-.05). Conclusions: The immime response, regulation of endocytosis, cholesterol transport, and protein ubiquitination represent prime targets for AD therapeutics.
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- Alberti, Jean-Christophe, et al.
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A functional role identified for conserved charged residues at the active site entrance of lipoxygenase with double specificity
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Molecular Catalysis B. - : Elsevier BV. - 1381-1177 .- 1873-3158. ; 123, s. 167-173
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Plant lipoxygenases (LOXs) are a class of widespread dioxygenases catalyzing the hydroperoxidation of free polyunsaturated fatty acids, producing 9-hydroperoxides or 13-hydroperoxides from linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids, and are called 9-LOX or 13-LOX, respectively. Some LOXs produce both 9- and 13- hydroperoxides. The models proposed to explain the reaction mechanism specificity fail to explain the "double specificity" character of these LOXs. In this study, we used the olive LOX1 with double specificity to investigate the implication of the charged residues R265, R268, and K283 in the orientation of the substrate into the active site. These residues are present in a conserved pattern around the entrance of the active site. Our results show that these residues are involved in the penetration of the substrate into the active site: this positive patch could capture the carboxylate end of the substrate, and then guide it into the active site. Due to its position on alpha 2 helix, the residue K283 could have a more important role, its interaction with the substrate facilitating the motions of residues constituting the "cork of lipoxygenases" or the alpha 2 helix, by disrupting putative hydrogen and ionic bonds.
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- Palmieri-Thiers, Cynthia, et al.
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Identification of putative residues involved in the accessibility of the substrate-binding site of lipoxygenase by site-directed mutagenesis studies
- 2011
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Ingår i: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0003-9861 .- 1096-0384. ; 509:1, s. 82-89
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are a class of widespread dioxygenases catalyzing the hydroperoxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Recently, we isolated a cDNA encoding a LOX, named olive LOX1, from olive fruit of which the deduced amino acid sequence shows more than 50% identity with plant LOXs. In the present study, a model of olive LOX1 based on the crystal structure of soybean LOX-1 as template has been generated and two bulky amino acid residues highly conserved in LOXs (Phe277) and in plant LOXs (Tyr280), located at the putative entrance of catalytic site were identified. These residues may perturb accessibility of the substrate-binding site and therefore were substituted by less space-filling residues. Kinetic studies using linoleic and linolenic acids as substrates were carried out on wild type and mutants. The results show that the removal of steric bulk at the entrance of the catalytic site induces an increase of substrate affinity and of catalytic efficiency, and demonstrate that penetration of substrates into active site of olive LOX1 requires the movement of the side chains of the Phe277 and Tyr280 residues. This study suggests the involvement of these residues in the accessibility of the substrate-binding site in the lipoxygenase family.
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