Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1887401 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry | 2007 | 7 Pages |
The X-ray damage of the sulfhydryl enzyme malate synthase from yeast has been investigated by physicochemical studies including time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering. Our previous studies already suggested the role of cysteine-sulfenic acid and disulfides in the damage process and established a simple model for the occurring aggregation. The preceding model is now confirmed by ab initio modeling approaches, illustrating the evolution to a 2D aggregation process. Information on the involvement of the sulfur-containing groups was obtained from recourse to crystallographic and sequence data of the E. coli enzyme, using surface and hydration algorithms; the applied approaches prove the existence and localization of sulfhydryl and sulfenic acid sites in the enzyme.