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P24527 (LKHA4_MOUSE) Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

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Names and origin

Protein namesRecommended name:
Leukotriene A-4 hydrolase

Short name=LTA-4 hydrolase
EC=3.3.2.6
Alternative name(s):
Leukotriene A(4) hydrolase
Gene names
Name:Lta4h
OrganismMus musculus (Mouse) [Reference proteome]
Taxonomic identifier10090 [NCBI]
Taxonomic lineageEukaryotaMetazoaChordataCraniataVertebrataEuteleostomiMammaliaEutheriaEuarchontogliresGliresRodentiaSciurognathiMuroideaMuridaeMurinaeMusMus

Protein attributes

Sequence length611 AA.
Sequence statusComplete.
Sequence processingThe displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.
Protein existenceEvidence at protein level

General annotation (Comments)

Function

Epoxide hydrolase that catalyzes the final step in the biosynthesis of the proinflammatory mediator leukotriene B4. Has also aminopeptidase activity. Ref.5

Catalytic activity

(7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-(5S,6S)-5,6-epoxyicosa-7,9,11,14-tetraenoate + H2O = (6Z,8E,10E,14Z)-(5S,12R)-5,12-dihydroxyicosa-6,8,10,14-tetraenoate. Ref.5

Cofactor

Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit.

Enzyme regulation

Inhibited by bestatin. Subject to suicide inhibition by leukotriene A4. Ref.5

Pathway

Lipid metabolism; leukotriene B4 biosynthesis.

Subcellular location

Cytoplasm.

Post-translational modification

Phosphorylation at Ser-416 inhibits enzymatic activity By similarity.

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the peptidase M1 family.

Biophysicochemical properties

Kinetic parameters:

KM=5 µM for leukotriene A4 Ref.5

Vmax=1030 nmol/min/mg enzyme for leukotriene A4

Sequence annotation (Features)

Feature keyPosition(s)LengthDescriptionGraphical viewFeature identifier

Molecule processing

Initiator methionine11Removed By similarity
Chain2 – 611610Leukotriene A-4 hydrolase
PRO_0000095125

Regions

Region135 – 1373Substrate binding By similarity
Region267 – 2726Substrate binding By similarity
Region564 – 5663Substrate binding By similarity

Sites

Active site2971Proton acceptor By similarity
Active site3841Proton donor By similarity
Metal binding2961Zinc; catalytic
Metal binding3001Zinc; catalytic
Metal binding3191Zinc; catalytic
Site3761Essential for epoxide hydrolase activity, but not for aminopeptidase activity By similarity
Site3791Covalently modified during suicide inhibition by leukotrienes By similarity

Amino acid modifications

Modified residue731N6-acetyllysine By similarity
Modified residue3371N6-acetyllysine By similarity
Modified residue4141N6-acetyllysine By similarity
Modified residue4161Phosphoserine By similarity
Modified residue5731N6-acetyllysine By similarity

Experimental info

Mutagenesis2961H → Y: Complete loss of activity. Ref.4
Mutagenesis3001H → Y: Complete loss of activity. Ref.4
Mutagenesis3191E → Q: Complete loss of activity. Ref.4
Mutagenesis3841Y → F, H or Q: Alters leukotriene hydrolase activity, strongly enhancing the formation of a metabolite that is normally produced in trace amounts. Ref.4 Ref.5
Sequence conflict4471T → A in AAB59675. Ref.1
Sequence conflict4471T → A in AAH21417. Ref.3

Sequences

Sequence LengthMass (Da)Tools
P24527 [UniParc].

Last modified July 27, 2011. Version 4.
Checksum: CCF8D30F6FA9721E

FASTA61169,051
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MPEVADTCSL ASPASVCRTQ HLHLRCSVDF ARRTLTGTAA LTVQSQEENL RSLTLDTKDL 

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TIEKVVINGQ EVKYTLGESQ GYKGSPMEIS LPIALSKNQE IVIEISFETS PKSSALQWLT 

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PEQTSGKQHP YLFSQCQAIH CRAILPCQDT PSVKLTYTAE VSVPKELVAL MSAIRDGEAP 

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DPEDPSRKIY RFNQRVPIPC YLIALVVGAL ESRQIGPRTL VWSEKEQVEK SANEFSETES 

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MLKIAEDLGG PYVWGQYDLL VLPPSFPYGG MENPCLTFVT PTLLAGDKSL SNVIAHEISH 

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SWTGNLVTNK TWDHFWLNEG HTVYLERHIC GRLFGEKFRH FHALGGWGEL QNTIKTFGES 

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HPFTKLVVDL KDVDPDVAYS SIPYEKGFAL LFYLEQLLGG PEVFLGFLKA YVKKFSYQSV 

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TTDDWKSFLY SHFKDKVDLL NQVDWNTWLY APGLPPVKPN YDVTLTNACI ALSQRWVTAK 

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EEDLSSFSIA DLKDLSSHQL NEFLAQVLQK APLPLGHIKR MQEVYNFNAI NNSEIRFRWL 

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RLCIQSKWEE AIPLALKMAT EQGRMKFTRP LFKDLAAFDK SHDQAVHTYQ EHKASMHPVT 

       610 
AMLVGRDLKV D 

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References

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[1]"Molecular cloning and expression of mouse leukotriene A4 hydrolase cDNA."
Medina J.F., Raadmark O., Funk C.D., Haeggstroem J.Z.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 176:1516-1524(1991) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
Tissue: Spleen.
[2]"The transcriptional landscape of the mammalian genome."
Carninci P., Kasukawa T., Katayama S., Gough J., Frith M.C., Maeda N., Oyama R., Ravasi T., Lenhard B., Wells C., Kodzius R., Shimokawa K., Bajic V.B., Brenner S.E., Batalov S., Forrest A.R., Zavolan M., Davis M.J. expand/collapse author list , Wilming L.G., Aidinis V., Allen J.E., Ambesi-Impiombato A., Apweiler R., Aturaliya R.N., Bailey T.L., Bansal M., Baxter L., Beisel K.W., Bersano T., Bono H., Chalk A.M., Chiu K.P., Choudhary V., Christoffels A., Clutterbuck D.R., Crowe M.L., Dalla E., Dalrymple B.P., de Bono B., Della Gatta G., di Bernardo D., Down T., Engstrom P., Fagiolini M., Faulkner G., Fletcher C.F., Fukushima T., Furuno M., Futaki S., Gariboldi M., Georgii-Hemming P., Gingeras T.R., Gojobori T., Green R.E., Gustincich S., Harbers M., Hayashi Y., Hensch T.K., Hirokawa N., Hill D., Huminiecki L., Iacono M., Ikeo K., Iwama A., Ishikawa T., Jakt M., Kanapin A., Katoh M., Kawasawa Y., Kelso J., Kitamura H., Kitano H., Kollias G., Krishnan S.P., Kruger A., Kummerfeld S.K., Kurochkin I.V., Lareau L.F., Lazarevic D., Lipovich L., Liu J., Liuni S., McWilliam S., Madan Babu M., Madera M., Marchionni L., Matsuda H., Matsuzawa S., Miki H., Mignone F., Miyake S., Morris K., Mottagui-Tabar S., Mulder N., Nakano N., Nakauchi H., Ng P., Nilsson R., Nishiguchi S., Nishikawa S., Nori F., Ohara O., Okazaki Y., Orlando V., Pang K.C., Pavan W.J., Pavesi G., Pesole G., Petrovsky N., Piazza S., Reed J., Reid J.F., Ring B.Z., Ringwald M., Rost B., Ruan Y., Salzberg S.L., Sandelin A., Schneider C., Schoenbach C., Sekiguchi K., Semple C.A., Seno S., Sessa L., Sheng Y., Shibata Y., Shimada H., Shimada K., Silva D., Sinclair B., Sperling S., Stupka E., Sugiura K., Sultana R., Takenaka Y., Taki K., Tammoja K., Tan S.L., Tang S., Taylor M.S., Tegner J., Teichmann S.A., Ueda H.R., van Nimwegen E., Verardo R., Wei C.L., Yagi K., Yamanishi H., Zabarovsky E., Zhu S., Zimmer A., Hide W., Bult C., Grimmond S.M., Teasdale R.D., Liu E.T., Brusic V., Quackenbush J., Wahlestedt C., Mattick J.S., Hume D.A., Kai C., Sasaki D., Tomaru Y., Fukuda S., Kanamori-Katayama M., Suzuki M., Aoki J., Arakawa T., Iida J., Imamura K., Itoh M., Kato T., Kawaji H., Kawagashira N., Kawashima T., Kojima M., Kondo S., Konno H., Nakano K., Ninomiya N., Nishio T., Okada M., Plessy C., Shibata K., Shiraki T., Suzuki S., Tagami M., Waki K., Watahiki A., Okamura-Oho Y., Suzuki H., Kawai J., Hayashizaki Y.
Science 309:1559-1563(2005) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA].
Strain: C57BL/6J.
Tissue: Olfactory bulb.
[3]"The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."
The MGC Project Team
Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA].
[4]"Leukotriene A4 hydrolase: determination of the three zinc-binding ligands by site-directed mutagenesis and zinc analysis."
Medina J.F., Wetterholm A., Raadmark O., Shapiro R., Haeggstroem J.Z., Vallee B.L., Samuelsson B.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88:7620-7624(1991) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: MUTAGENESIS OF ZINC LIGANDS.
[5]"Mutation of tyrosine 383 in leukotriene A4 hydrolase allows conversion of leukotriene A4 into 5S,6S-dihydroxy-7,9-trans-11,14-cis-eicosatetraenoic acid. Implications for the epoxide hydrolase mechanism."
Andberg M.B., Hamberg M., Haeggstrom J.Z.
J. Biol. Chem. 272:23057-23063(1997) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: MUTAGENESIS OF TYR-384, CATALYTIC ACTIVITY, FUNCTION, BIOPHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES, ENZYME REGULATION.
+Additional computationally mapped references.

Cross-references

Sequence databases

EMBL
GenBank
DDBJ
M63848 mRNA. Translation: AAB59675.1.
AK134931 mRNA. Translation: BAE22342.1.
BC021417 mRNA. Translation: AAH21417.1.
IPIIPI00229527.
PIRJN0066.
RefSeqNP_032543.2. NM_008517.2.
UniGeneMm.271071.

3D structure databases

ProteinModelPortalP24527.
SMRP24527. Positions 6-610.
ModBaseSearch...

Protein-protein interaction databases

STRING10090.ENSMUSP00000016033.

Protein family/group databases

MEROPSM01.004.

PTM databases

PhosphoSiteP24527.

Proteomic databases

PaxDbP24527.
PRIDEP24527.

Protocols and materials databases

StructuralBiologyKnowledgebaseSearch...

Genome annotation databases

EnsemblENSMUST00000016033; ENSMUSP00000016033; ENSMUSG00000015889.
GeneID16993.
KEGGmmu:16993.

Organism-specific databases

CTD4048.
MGIMGI:96836. Lta4h.

Phylogenomic databases

eggNOGCOG0308.
GeneTreeENSGT00530000063003.
HOGENOMHOG000293296.
HOVERGENHBG001274.
InParanoidQ3UY71.
KOK01254.
OMAQEVKYTL.
OrthoDBEOG40GCQC.

Enzyme and pathway databases

UniPathwayUPA00878.

Gene expression databases

BgeeP24527.
CleanExMM_LTA4H.
GenevestigatorP24527.
GermOnlineENSMUSG00000015889. Mus musculus.

Family and domain databases

InterProIPR016024. ARM-type_fold.
IPR012777. Leukotriene_A4_hydrolase.
IPR001930. Peptidase_M1.
IPR015211. Peptidase_M1_C.
IPR014782. Peptidase_M1_N.
[Graphical view]
PANTHERPTHR11533. PTHR11533. 1 hit.
PfamPF09127. Leuk-A4-hydro_C. 1 hit.
PF01433. Peptidase_M1. 1 hit.
[Graphical view]
PRINTSPR00756. ALADIPTASE.
SUPFAMSSF48371. ARM-type_fold. 1 hit.
TIGRFAMsTIGR02411. leuko_A4_hydro. 1 hit.
PROSITEPS00142. ZINC_PROTEASE. 1 hit.
[Graphical view]
ProtoNetSearch...

Other

ChEMBLCHEMBL3738.
NextBio291088.
SOURCESearch...

Entry information

Entry nameLKHA4_MOUSE
AccessionPrimary (citable) accession number: P24527
Secondary accession number(s): Q3UY71, Q8VDR8
Entry history
Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: March 1, 1992
Last sequence update: July 27, 2011
Last modified: May 1, 2013
This is version 128 of the entry and version 4 of the sequence. [Complete history]
Entry statusReviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
Annotation programChordata Protein Annotation Program

Relevant documents

Peptidase families

Classification of peptidase families and list of entries

MGD cross-references

Mouse Genome Database (MGD) cross-references in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

PATHWAY comments

Index of metabolic and biosynthesis pathways

SIMILARITY comments

Index of protein domains and families