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T M Kitson1, J P Hill, G G Midwinter.
Abstract
Sheep liver cytoplasmic aldehyde dehydrogenase was labelled by reaction with the substrate p-nitrophenyl di[14C]methylcarbamate. After tryptic digestion and peptide fractionation the labelled residue was identified as Cys-302. This is the first unequivocal identification of the essential enzymic nucleophile in the esterase activity of aldehyde dehydrogenase. By implication, Cys-302 is probably also the residue that is acylated by aldehyde substrates and the first residue that is modified by disulfiram.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 2018476 PMCID: PMC1150034 DOI: 10.1042/bj2750207
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857