The α/β hydrolase fold

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1992
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Abstract
We have identified a new protein fold—the α/β hydrolase fold—that is common to several hydrolytic enzymes of widely differing phylogenetic origin and catalytic function. The core of each enzyme is similar: an α/β sheet, not barrel, of eight β-sheets connected by α-helices. These enzymes have diverged from a common ancestor so as to preserve the arrangement of the catalytic residues, not the binding site. They all have a catalytic triad, the elements of which are borne on loops which are the best-conserved structural features in the fold. Only the histidine in the nucleophile-histidine-acid catalytic triad is completely conserved, with the nucleophile and acid loops accommodating more than one type of amino acid. The unique topological and sequence arrangement of the triad residues produces a catalytic triad which is, in a sense, a mirror-image of the serine protease catalytic triad. There are now four groups of enzymes which contain catalytic triads and which are related by convergent evolution towards a stable, useful active site: the eukaryotic serine proteases, the cysteine proteases, subtilisins and the α/β hydrolase fold enzymes.
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Authors David L. Ollis, Eong Cheah, Mirosław Cygler, Bauke W. Dijkstra, Felix Frolow, Sybille Franken, Michal Harel, S. Jamse Remington, Israel Silman, Joseph D. Schrag, Joel L. Sussman, Koen H. G. Verschueren, Adrian Goldman
Journal Protein Engineering Design and Selection
Year 1992
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10.1093/protein/5.3.197
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https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/5.3.197
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