Human choline dehydrogenase: Medical promises and biochemical challenges

F Salvi, G Gadda - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
Human choline dehydrogenase (CHD) is located in the inner membrane of mitochondria
primarily in liver and kidney and catalyzes the oxidation of choline to glycine betaine. Its …

Choline dehydrogenase: assay, properties and inhibitors

DR Haubrich, NH Gerber - Biochemical pharmacology, 1981 - Elsevier
Although choline has proven useful in the treatment of neurological disorders, its duration of
action is limited by its rapid rate of metabolism. In order to evaluate the role of choline …

Identification of the catalytic base for alcohol activation in choline oxidase

C Smitherman, K Rungsrisuriyachai, MW Germann… - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Choline oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of choline to glycine betaine through a two-step,
four-electron reaction with betaine aldehyde as an intermediate. Oxygen is the final electron …

On the Catalytic Role of the Conserved Active Site Residue His466 of Choline Oxidase

M Ghanem, G Gadda - Biochemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
The oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes is catalyzed by a number of flavin-dependent
enzymes, which have been grouped in the glucose-methanol-choline oxidoreductase …

Structural and kinetic studies on the Ser101Ala variant of choline oxidase: catalysis by compromise

S Finnegan, H Yuan, YF Wang, AM Orville… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2010 - Elsevier
The oxidation of choline catalyzed by choline oxidase includes two reductive half-reactions
where FAD is reduced by the alcohol substrate and by an aldehyde intermediate transiently …

[HTML][HTML] Deletion of murine choline dehydrogenase results in diminished sperm motility

AR Johnson, CN Craciunescu, Z Guo, YW Teng… - The FASEB …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Choline dehydrogenase (CHDH) catalyzes the conversion of choline to betaine, an
important methyl donor and organic osmolyte. We have previously identified single …

Structure of choline oxidase in complex with the reaction product glycine betaine

F Salvi, YF Wang, IT Weber, G Gadda - … Crystallographica Section D …, 2014 - scripts.iucr.org
Choline oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis, which is involved in the biosynthesis of
glycine betaine from choline, has been extensively characterized in its mechanistic and …

Choline‐related‐inherited metabolic diseases—A mini review

SB Wortmann, JA Mayr - Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In humans, the important water soluble, vitamin‐like nutrient choline, is taken up with the diet
or recycled in the liver. Deficiencies of choline have only been reported in experimental …

Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase: crucial metabolic enzyme and attractive target for drug discovery

L Tong - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS, 2005 - Springer
Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylases (ACCs) have crucial roles in fatty acid metabolism in most
living organisms. Mice deficient in ACC2 have continuous fatty acid oxidation and reduced …

pH and deuterium kinetic isotope effects studies on the oxidation of choline to betaine-aldehyde catalyzed by choline oxidase

G Gadda - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2003 - Elsevier
The FAD-dependent choline oxidase catalyzes the four-electron oxidation of choline to
glycine-betaine, with betaine-aldehyde as intermediate. The enzyme is capable of accepting …