PGHS-1 Cyclooxygenase
 

PGHS-1 dimer showing the membrane interaction surface

PGHS-1 dimer surface showing how the epidermal growth factor-like (EGF) domain and the membrane binding domain form the membrane interaction surface.

References of Interest

Picot, D., Loll, P. J., and Garavito, R. M. (1994)  "The X-ray crystal structure of the membrane protein prostaglandin H2 synthase-1."  Nature (London) 367, 243-249.

Loll, P. J., Picot, D., and Garavito, R. M.  (1995) "The structural basis of aspirin activity inferred from the crystal structure of inactivated prostaglandin H2 synthase."  Nature Structural Biology 2, 637-643.

W. L. Smith, R. M. Garavito, D. L. DeWitt (1996)  "Prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthases (cyclooxygenases)-1 and 2."  J. Biol. Chem. 271, 33157-60.

R. M. Garavito (1996) "The cyclooxygenase-2 structure:  new drugs for an old target?"  Nature Struct. Biol. 3, 897-901.

Garavito, R. M., and DeWitt, D. L. (1999) "The cyclooxygenase isoforms: Structural insights into the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins." Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1441, 278-87.

Malkowski, M.G., Ginell, S., Smith, W.L., and Garavito, R. M. (2000) "Structure of prostaglandin synthase complexed with arachidonic acid." Science 289,1933-37.

Thuresson, E.D., Lakkides, K. M., Rieke, C.J., Sun, Y., Wingerd, B., Micielli, R. J., Mulichak, A. M., Malkowski, M. G., Garavito, R. M., Smith, W.L. (2001) "Prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase-1: The functions of cycloxygenase active site residues in the binding, positioning and oxygenastion of arachidonic acid." J. Biol. Chem. 276, 10347-59.

Thuresson, E.D,. Malkowski, M. G., Lakkides, K. M., Rieke, C.J., Mulichak, A. M. , Ginell, S., Garavito, R. M., Smith, W.L. (2001) "Mutational and X-ray crystallographic analysis of the interaction of homo-g-linolenic acid with prostaglandin endoperoxide synthases." J. Biol. Chem. 276, 10358-65.

M. G. Malkowski, E. D. Thuresson, K. M. Lakkides, C. J. Rieke, R. Micielli, W. L. Smith, and R. M. Garavito (2001) Structure of Eicosapentaenoic and Linoleic acids in the cyclooxygenase site of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase-1. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 37547–37555.

Lin, H. J., Lakkides, K. M., T. O. Keku, S. T. Reddy, A. D. Louie, I. H. Kau, H. Zhou, et al. (2002) "Prostaglandin H synthase 2 variant in African Americans may reduce the risk for colorectal neoplasia." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention 11, 1305-15.

Malkowski, M. G., DeWitt, D. L., Garavito, R. M. (2002) "The Structures of Prostaglandin Endoperoxide H Synthases-1 and -2". Prostaglandins and other Lipid Mediators 68-69, 129-52.

Garavito, R. M. and Mulichak, A. M. (2003) The structure of mammalian cyclooxygenases. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomolec. Struct. 32, 183-206.

Harman C., C. J. Rieke R. M. Garavito, and W. L. Smith. (2004) “Crystal Structure of Arachidonic Acid Bound to a Mutant of Prostaglandin Endoperoxide Synthase-1 that Forms Predominantly 11-HPETE.” J. Biol. Chem. 279, 42929 - 42935.

 


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