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- * Nickel-dependent hydrogenases large subunit signatures *
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- Hydrogenases are enzymes that catalyze the reversible activation of hydrogen
- and which occur widely in prokaryotes as well as in some eukaryotes. There are
- various types of hydrogenases, but all of them seem to contain at least one
- iron-sulfur cluster. They can be broadly divided into two groups: hydrogenases
- containing nickel and, in some cases, also selenium (the [NiFe] and [NiFeSe]
- hydrogenases) and those lacking nickel (the [Fe] hydrogenases).
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- The [NiFe] and [NiFeSe] hydrogenases are heterodimer that consist of a small
- subunit that contains a signal peptide and a large subunit. All the known
- large subunits seem to be evolutionary related [1]; they contain two Cys-x-x-
- Cys motifs; one at their N-terminal end; the other at their C-terminal end.
- These four cysteines are thought to be involved in the binding of nickel. In
- the [NiFeSe] hydrogenases the first cysteine of the C-terminal motif is a
- selenocysteine which has experimentally been shown to be a nickel ligand [2].
- We have developed two patterns which are centered on the Cys-x-x-Cys motifs.
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- Alcaligenes eutrophus possess a NAD-reducing cytoplasmic hydrogenase (hoxS)
- [3]; this enzyme is composed of four subunits. Two of these subunits (beta and
- delta) are responsible for the hydrogenase reaction and are evolutionary
- related to the large and small subunits of membrane-bound hydrogenases.
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- -Consensus pattern: R-G-[LIVMF]-E-x(15)-[QE]-R-x-C-G-[LIVM]-C
- [The two C's may be nickel ligands]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Consensus pattern: [FY]-D-P-C-[LIM]-[ASG]-C-x(2)-H
- [The two C's may be nickel ligands]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Last update: October 1993 / Patterns and text revised.
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- [ 1] Menon N.K., Robbins J., Peck H.D. Jr., Chatelus C.Y., Choi E.-S.,
- Przybyla A.E.
- J. Bacteriol. 172:1969-1977(1990).
- [ 2] Eidsness M.K., Scott R.A., Prickrill B., Der Vartaninan D.V., LeGall J.,
- Moura I., Moura J.J.G., Peck H.D. Jr.
- Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86:147-151(1989).
- [ 3] Tran-Betcke A., Warnecke U., Boecker C., Zaborosch C., Friedrich B.
- J. Bacteriol. 172:2920-2929(1990).
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