Discovery of a eukaryotic pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent oxidoreductase belonging to a new auxiliary activity family in the database of carbohydrate-active enzymes.

Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) is a redox cofactor utilized by a number of prokaryotic dehydrogenases. Not all prokaryotic organisms are capable of synthesizing PQQ, even though it plays important roles in the growth and development of many organisms, including humans. The existence of PQQ-dependent...

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Main Authors: Hirotoshi Matsumura, Kiwamu Umezawa, Kouta Takeda, Naohisa Sugimoto, Takuya Ishida, Masahiro Samejima, Hiroyuki Ohno, Makoto Yoshida, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Nobuhumi Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4133262?pdf=render