1999
Pro-1 of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Functions as a Catalytic Base in the Phenylpyruvate Tautomerase Activity † , ‡
Lubetsky J, Swope M, Dealwis C, Blake P, Lolis E. Pro-1 of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Functions as a Catalytic Base in the Phenylpyruvate Tautomerase Activity † , ‡. Biochemistry 1999, 38: 7346-7354. PMID: 10353846, DOI: 10.1021/bi990306m.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsBinding SitesCatalysisCrystallography, X-RayEnzyme ActivationGlycineHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacromolecular SubstancesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMethionineMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularPhenylpyruvic AcidsProlineRecombinant ProteinsConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorMacrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) functionsAnti-inflammatory effectsMigration inhibitory factorImportant immunoregulatory moleculeTautomerase activityImmunoregulatory moleculesPhenylpyruvate tautomerase activityInhibitory factorP-hydroxyphenylpyruvateGlucocorticoidsPro-1CytokinesActivity
1998
Direct link between cytokine activity and a catalytic site for macrophage migration inhibitory factor
Swope M, Sun H, Blake P, Lolis E. Direct link between cytokine activity and a catalytic site for macrophage migration inhibitory factor. The EMBO Journal 1998, 17: 3534-3541. PMID: 9649424, PMCID: PMC1170690, DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.13.3534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-terminal prolineN-terminal regionStructure-based inhibitorsMultiple sequence alignmentThree-dimensional structureInvariant residuesEntire polypeptideMicrobial enzymesCatalytic basePro-1Sequence alignmentMIF homologuesCytokine activityHuman macrophage migration inhibitory factorCatalytic siteProlineInhibitory factorHomologuesUnderlying biological activityP-hydroxyphenylpyruvateProteinMacrophage migration inhibitory factorActive siteBiological activity