MECHANISM OF HUMAN PLACENTAL AROMATASE - A NEW ACTIVE-SITE MODEL

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作者
OH, SS [1 ]
ROBINSON, CH [1 ]
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[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT PHARMACOL & MOLEC SCI,725 N WOLFE ST,BALTIMORE,MD 21205
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10.1016/0960-0760(93)90242-O
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Based on Akhtar's ferric peroxide mechanism and on recent studies in our own laboratory, we present a detailed proposal for aromatase action. This picture can account for the known stereochemical consequences at C-19 observed by others using isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen. The postulated process involves anchoring of the 19-hydroxymethyl and 19-oxo groups at the active site by a glutamate residue, which also serves to activate the 19-oxo group for attack by ferric peroxy species in the third oxidative step.
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