Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Aspartate/asparagine-β-hydroxylase crystal structures reveal an unexpected epidermal growth factor-like domain substrate disulfide pattern

  • Inga Pfeffer,
  • Lennart Brewitz,
  • Tobias Krojer,
  • Sacha A. Jensen,
  • Grazyna T. Kochan,
  • Nadia J. Kershaw,
  • Kirsty S. Hewitson,
  • Luke A. McNeill,
  • Holger Kramer,
  • Martin Münzel,
  • Richard J. Hopkinson,
  • Udo Oppermann,
  • Penny A. Handford,
  • Michael A. McDonough,
  • Christopher J. Schofield

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12711-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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AspH catalyses hydroxylation of asparagine and aspartate residues in epidermal growth factor-like domains (EGFDs). Here, the authors present crystal structures of AspH with and without substrates and show that AspH uses EFGD substrates with a non-canonical disulfide pattern.