Crystal structure of a eukaryotic (pea seedling) copper-containing amine oxidase at 2.2 A resolution.
Kumar, V., Dooley, D.M., Freeman, H.C., Guss, J.M., Harvey, I., McGuirl, M.A., Wilce, M.C., Zubak, V.M.(1996) Structure 4: 943-955
- PubMed: 8805580 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(96)00101-3
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1KSI - PubMed Abstract: 
Copper-containing amine oxidases catalyze the oxidative deamination of primary amines to aldehydes, in a reaction that requires free radicals. These enzymes are important in many biological processes, including cell differentiation and growth, would healing, detoxification and signalling. The catalytic reaction requires a redox cofactor, topa quinone (TPQ), which is derived by post-translational modification of an invariant tyrosine residue. Both the biogenesis of the TPQ cofactor and the reaction catalyzed by the enzyme require the presence of a copper atom at the active site. The crystal structure of a prokaryotic copper amine oxidase from E. coli (ECAO) has recently been reported.
Organizational Affiliation: 
School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.