Catalyses the hydrolysis of trans-substituted epoxides, such as trans-stilbene oxide, as well as various aliphatic epoxides derived from fatty-acid metabolism . It is involved in the metabolism of arachidonic epoxides (epoxyicosatrienoic acids; EETs) and linoleic acid epoxides. The EETs, which are endogenous chemical mediators, act at the vascular, renal and cardiac levels to regulate blood pressure [4,5]. The enzyme from mammals is a bifunctional enzyme: the C-terminal domain exhibits epoxide-hydrolase activity and the N-terminal domain has the activity of EC 3.1.3.76, lipid-phosphate phosphatase [1,2]. Like EC 3.3.2.9, microsomal epoxide hydrolase, it is probable that the reaction involves the formation of an hydroxyalkyl---enzyme intermediate [4,6]. The enzyme can also use leukotriene A4, the substrate of EC 3.3.2.6, leukotriene-A4 hydrolase, but it forms 5,6-dihydroxy-7,9,11,14-icosatetraenoic acid rather than leukotriene B4 as the product [9,10]. In vertebrates, five epoxide-hydrolase enzymes have been identified to date: EC 3.3.2.6 (leukotriene-A4 hydrolase), EC 3.3.2.7 (hepoxilin-epoxide hydrolase), EC 3.3.2.9 (microsomal epoxide hydrolase), EC 3.3.2.10 (soluble epoxide hydrolase) and EC 3.3.2.11 (cholesterol 5,6-oxide hydrolase) .
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SYSTEMATIC NAME
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epoxide hydrolase
Catalyses the hydrolysis of trans-substituted epoxides, such as trans-stilbene oxide, as well as various aliphatic epoxides derived from fatty-acid metabolism [7]. It is involved in the metabolism of arachidonic epoxides (epoxyicosatrienoic acids; EETs) and linoleic acid epoxides. The EETs, which are endogenous chemical mediators, act at the vascular, renal and cardiac levels to regulate blood pressure [4,5]. The enzyme from mammals is a bifunctional enzyme: the C-terminal domain exhibits epoxide-hydrolase activity and the N-terminal domain has the activity of EC 3.1.3.76, lipid-phosphate phosphatase [1,2]. Like EC 3.3.2.9, microsomal epoxide hydrolase, it is probable that the reaction involves the formation of an hydroxyalkyl---enzyme intermediate [4,6]. The enzyme can also use leukotriene A4, the substrate of EC 3.3.2.6, leukotriene-A4 hydrolase, but it forms 5,6-dihydroxy-7,9,11,14-icosatetraenoic acid rather than leukotriene B4 as the product [9,10]. In vertebrates, five epoxide-hydrolase enzymes have been identified to date: EC 3.3.2.6 (leukotriene-A4 hydrolase), EC 3.3.2.7 (hepoxilin-epoxide hydrolase), EC 3.3.2.9 (microsomal epoxide hydrolase), EC 3.3.2.10 (soluble epoxide hydrolase) and EC 3.3.2.11 (cholesterol 5,6-oxide hydrolase) [7].
the selectivity factor E reflecting the relative rate of the reaction of the two enantiomers is only 4.6 for the wild-type enzyme, in slight favor of the (S)-product, a value of 10.8 is observed with the natural EH variant IS002B1 with the three amino acid exchanges A217V, K332E and A390E. A value of 7.4 is observed with the natural variant IR003B1 with the amino acid exchange R219G, a value of 6.6 is observed with the natural variant IB001C2 with the amino acid exchange F340Y, a value of 6.4 is observed with the natural variant IE001H6 with the amino acid exchange A327V, a value of 6.2 is observed with the natural variant IS001H8 with the amino acid exchange A327V and a value of 5.5 is observed with the natural variant IL001D4 with the amino acid exchange P222S
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CRYSTALLIZATION (Commentary)
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three-dimensional crystal structure is determined at 3.5 A resolution by the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction method using crystals of a seleno-methionine substituted form of enzyme and then refined at 1.8 A resolution
site directed mutagenesis, inactive or nearly inactive mutant, recombinantly expressed mutant enzyme is not soluble but remains in the particulate fraction of Escherichia coli cells
the selectivity factor E reflecting the relative rate of the reaction of the two enantiomers is only 4.6 for the wild-type enzyme, in slight favor of the (S)-product, a value of 10.8 is observed with the natural EH variant IS002B1 with the three amino acid exchanges A217V, K332E and A390E. A value of 7.4 is observed with the natural variant IR003B1 with the amino acid exchange R219G, a value of 6.6 is observed with the natural variant IB001C2 with the amino acid exchange F340Y, a value of 6.4 is observed with the natural variant IE001H6 with the amino acid exchange A327V, a value of 6.2 is observed with the natural variant IS001H8 with the amino acid exchange A327V and a value of 5.5 is observed with the natural variant IL001D4 with the amino acid exchange P222S
recombinant enzyme from Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate fractionation, anion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and gel filtration
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CLONED (Commentary)
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DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, phylogenetic tree, sequence comparisons, functional expression of wild-type enzyme and expression of enzyme mutants in Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3)
Structure of Aspergillus niger epoxide hydrolase at 1.8 A resolution: implications for the structure and function of the mammalian microsomal class of epoxide hydrolases