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Reviews on structure and function of lipoxygenases

  1. Boyington, J.C., Gaffney, B.J. and Amzel, L.M. (1993) Structure of soybean lipoxygenase­I. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 21, 744-748.
  2. Cooper, C.E. and Porter, J.B. (1997) Ribonucleotide reductase, lipoxygenase and the intracellular low­molecular­weight iron pool. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 25, 75-80.
  3. Ford­Hutchinson, A.W., Gresser, M. and Young, R.N. (1994) 5­Lipoxygenase. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 63, 383-417.
  4. Funk, C.D. and Loll, P.J. (1997) A molecular dipstick? Nature Struct. Biol. 4, 966-968.
  5. Gaffney, B.J. (1996) Lipoxygenases: structural principles and spectroscopy. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 25, 431-459.
  6. Gaffney, B.J., Boyington, J.C., Amzel, L.M., Doctor, K.S., Prigge, S.T. and Yuan, S.M. (1995) Lipoxygenase structure and mechanism. Adv. Prostaglandin Thromboxane Leukot. Res. 23, 11-16.
  7. Gardner, H.W. (1991) Recent investigations into the lipoxygenase pathway of plants. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1084, 221-239.
  8. Gerwick, W.H. (1994) Structure and biosynthesis of marine algal oxylipins. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1211, 243-255.
  9. Kalyanaraman, B. (1996) Detection of nitric oxide by electron spin resonance in chemical, photochemical, cellular, physiological, and pathophysiological systems. Methods Enzymol. 268, 168-187.
  10. Kohen, A. and Klinman, J.P. (1998) Enzyme catalysis: beyond classical paradigms. Acc. Chem. Res. 31, 397-404.
  11. McMillan, R.M. and Walker, E.R. (1992) Designing therapeutically effective 5­lipoxygenase inhibitors. Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 13, 323-330.
  12. Needleman, P., Turk, J., Jakschik, B.A., Morrison, A.R. and Lefkowith, J.B. (1986) Arachidonic acid metabolism. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 55, 69-102.
  13. Nelson, M.J. and Seitz, S.P. (1994) The structure and function of lipoxygenase. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 4, 878-884.
  14. Parker, C.W. (1987) Lipid mediators produced through the lipoxygenase pathway. Annu. Rev. Immunol. 5, 65-84.
  15. Prescott, A.G. and John, P. (1996) Dioxygenases: molecular structure and role in plant metabolism. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 47, 245-271.
  16. Prigge, S.T., Boyington, J.C., Faig, M., Doctor, K.S., Gaffney, B.J. and Amzel, L.M. (1997) Structure and mechanism of lipoxygenases. Biochimie 79, 629-636.
  17. Que, L., Jr. and Ho, R.Y.N. (1996) Dioxygen activation by enzymes with mononuclear non­heme iron active sites. Chem. Rev. 96, 2607-2624.
  18. Samuelsson, B., Dahlen, S.E., Lindgren, J.A., Rouzer, C.A. and Serhan, C.N. (1987) Leukotrienes and lipoxins: structures, biosynthesis, and biological effects. Science 237, 1171-1176.
  19. Schewe, T. and Kuhn, H. (1991) Do 15­lipoxygenases have a common biological role? Trends Biochem. Sci 16, 369-373.
  20. Shibata, D. and Axelrod, B. (1995) Plant lipoxygenases. J. Lipid Mediat. Cell Signal. 12, 213-228.
  21. Siedow, J.N. (1991) Plant lipoxygenase: structure and function. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 42, 145-188.
  22. Solomon, E.I., Zhou, J., Neese, F. and Pavel, E.G. (1997) New insights from spectroscopy into the structure/function relationships of lipoxygenases. Chemistry & Biology 4, 795-808.
  23. Stubbe, J. A. (1989) Protein radical involvement in biological catalysis? Annu. Rev. Biochem. 58, 257-285.
  24. Toh, H., Yokoyama, C., Tanabe, T., Yoshimoto, T. and Yamamoto, S. (1992) Molecular evolution of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase. Prostaglandins 44, 291-315.
  25. Veldink, G.A. and Vliegenthart, J.F.G. (1984) Lipoxygenases, nonheme iron­containing enzymes. In Eichhorn, G.L. and Marzilli, L.G., Eds. Advances in Inorganic Biochemistry, vol. 6. Elsevier, New York, pp. 139-161.
  26. Yamamoto, S. (1992) Mammalian lipoxygenases: molecular structures and functions. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1128, 117-131.

Books

  1. Crooke, S.T. and Wong, A., Eds. (1991) Lipoxygenases and Their Products. Academic Press, San Diego.
Bibliography on structural studies of lipoxygenases