title: Studies on the structure of lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LACT)--comparisons of the active site region and secondary structure of the human and the porcine enzymes.
abstract: 1. Chemical modification of essential serine, histidine and cysteine residues of porcine LCAT were accompanied by loss of enzymatic activity. 2. Modification of cysteine with DTNB inactivated the enzyme which could not be reactivated by KCN suggesting direct involvement of the cysteine residue(s) in catalysis. 3. About half of the primary structure of the porcine enzyme was determined. 4. Respective regions of the human and porcine LCAT are highly homologous; especially, the amino-terminus and the region surrounding the DFP-labeled serine residues. 5. The observed primary structure differences represent amino acid substitutions that are projected to induce significant changes in secondary structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth.
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gracy
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lacko
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004047:Diethyl Pyrocarbonate / Q000494:pharmacology; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007531:Isoflurophate / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013552:Swine / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007531:Isoflurophate; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase; D004047:Diethyl Pyrocarbonate; D005033:Ethylmaleimide