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Medium- and short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase gene and protein families

Three-dimensional structures of MDR alcohol dehydrogenases

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In this report we describe the main features of the initially determined alcohol dehydrogenase, that of horse liver, relate this to the human enzyme structures and review recent structural studies on mutants and new complexes of the enzymes. We further review the structure of a bacterial alcohol dehydrogenase to arrive at a coherent picture of medium-chain dehydrogenase/reductase alcohol dehydrogenases in general.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, BMC S 75124, Uppsala, Sweden

    H. Eklund

  2. Department Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, USA

    S. Ramaswamy

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Eklund, H., Ramaswamy, S. Medium- and short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase gene and protein families. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 65, 3907 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-008-8589-x

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