@article{HeineHerrmannSelmeretal.2014,
  author    = {Heine, A. and Herrmann, G. and Selmer, Thorsten and Terwesten, F. and Buckel, W. and Reuter, K.},
  title     = {High resolution crystal structure of clostridium propionicum β-Alanyl-CoA:Ammonia Lyase, a new member of the "Hot Dog Fold" protein superfamily},
  series = {Proteins},
  volume    = {82},
  journal   = {Proteins},
  number    = {9},
  publisher = {Wiley-Liss},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {1097-0134 (E-Journal); 0887-3585 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1002/prot.24557},
  pages     = {2041 -- 2053},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Clostridium propionicum is the only organism known to ferment β-alanine, a constituent of coenzyme A (CoA) and the phosphopantetheinyl prosthetic group of holo-acyl carrier protein. The first step in the fermentation is a CoA-transfer to β-alanine. Subsequently, the resulting β-alanyl-CoA is deaminated by the enzyme β-alanyl-CoA:ammonia lyase (Acl) to reversibly form ammonia and acrylyl-CoA. We have determined the crystal structure of Acl in its apo-form at a resolution of 0.97 {\AA} as well as in complex with CoA at a resolution of 1.59 {\AA}. The structures reveal that the enyzme belongs to a superfamily of proteins exhibiting a so called "hot dog fold" which is characterized by a five-stranded antiparallel β-sheet with a long α-helix packed against it. The functional unit of all "hot dog fold" proteins is a homodimer containing two equivalent substrate binding sites which are established by the dimer interface. In the case of Acl, three functional dimers combine to a homohexamer strongly resembling the homohexamer formed by YciA-like acyl-CoA thioesterases. Here, we propose an enzymatic mechanism based on the crystal structure of the Acl·CoA complex and molecular docking. Proteins 2014; 82:2041-2053. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AboulnagaPinkenburgSchiffelsetal.2013,
  author    = {Aboulnaga, E. H. and Pinkenburg, O. and Schiffels, Johannes and El-Refai, A. and Buckel, W. and Selmer, Thorsten},
  title     = {Butyrate production in Escherichia coli: Exploitation of an oxygen tolerant bifurcating butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase/electron transferring flavoprotein complex from Clostridium difficile},
  series = {Journal of bacteriology. June 14, 2013},
  journal   = {Journal of bacteriology. June 14, 2013},
  issn      = {1098-5530 (E-Journal) ; 0021-9193 (Print)},
  pages     = {Epub ahead of print},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {de}
}