Figure 8
The catalytic mechanism of DAD. (a) shows the substrate complex, as in Fig. 7 , and the following parts (b–f) indicate the steps of the reaction proposed by Paria et al. (2012 ) which is consistent with our experimentally determined structure. For clarity, steps (d–f) show the active-site histidines and the iron greyed-out since they are in the background in this view. The scheme emphasizes the key role played by the –OH group of Tyr93 in the stabilizing the intermediates. |