Iron superoxide dismutases: structure and function of an archaic enzyme.

Biochem Soc Trans

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany.

Published: December 2003

Iron and manganese superoxide dismutases are phylogenetically closely related. They are compared by in silico analysis with regard to their metal specificity and their three-dimensional structure. Special attention is given to the structure and properties of superoxide dismutases from archaeal prokaryotes. The mechanism and the extreme thermostability of superoxide dismutase from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius are discussed on the basis of its high-resolution X-ray structure. An alternating-site mechanism and an evolutionary origin of superoxide dismutases under the environmental conditions on the early Earth are proposed.

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