CYTOCHROME-B558 - THE FLAVIN-BINDING COMPONENT OF THE PHAGOCYTE NADPH OXIDASE
CYTOCHROME-B558 - THE FLAVIN-BINDING COMPONENT OF THE PHAGOCYTE NADPH OXIDASE
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1318579
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发表时间:
1992-06-05
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
KWONG, CH
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作者:
ROTROSEN, D;YEUNG, CL;KWONG, CH
The phagocyte respiratory burst oxidase is a flavin-adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-dependent dehydrogenase and an electron transferase that reduces molecular oxygen to superoxide anion, a precursor of microbicidal oxidants. Several proteins required for assembly of the oxidase have been characterized, but the identity of its flavin-binding component has been unclear. Oxidase activity was reconstituted in vitro with only the purified oxidase proteins p47phox, p67phox, Rac-related guanine nucleotide (GTP)-binding proteins, and membrane-bound cytochrome b558. The reconstituted oxidase required added FAD, and FAD binding was localized to cytochrome b558. Alignment of the amino acid sequence of the beta-subunit of cytochrome b558 (gp91phox) with other flavoproteins revealed similarities to the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced) (NADPH)-binding domains. Thus flavocytochrome b558 is the only obligate electron transporting component of the NADPH oxidase.