@article{MareljaDambowskyBolisetal.2014,
  author    = {Marelja, Zvonimir and Dambowsky, Miriam and Bolis, Marco and Georgiou, Marina L. and Garattini, Enrico and Missirlis, Fanis and Leimk{\"u}hler, Silke},
  title     = {The four aldehyde oxidases of Drosophila melanogaster have different gene expression patterns and enzyme substrate specificities},
  series = {The journal of experimental biology},
  volume    = {217},
  journal   = {The journal of experimental biology},
  number    = {12},
  publisher = {Company of Biologists Limited},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {0022-0949},
  doi       = {10.1242/jeb.102129},
  pages     = {2201 -- 2211},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {In the genome of Drosophila melanogaster, four genes coding for aldehyde oxidases (AOX1-4) were identified on chromosome 3. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the AOX gene cluster evolved via independent duplication events in the vertebrate and invertebrate lineages. The functional role and the substrate specificity of the distinct Drosophila AOX enzymes is unknown. Two loss-of-function mutant alleles in this gene region, low pyridoxal oxidase (Po-lpo) and aldehyde oxidase-1 (Aldox-1(n1)) are associated with a phenotype characterized by undetectable AOX enzymatic activity. However, the genes involved and the corresponding mutations have not yet been identified. In this study we characterized the activities, substrate specificities and expression profiles of the four AOX enzymes in D. melanogaster. We show that the Po-lpo-associated phenotype is the consequence of a structural alteration of the AOX1 gene. We identified an 11-bp deletion in the Po-lpo allele, resulting in a frame-shift event, which removes the molybdenum cofactor domain of the encoded enzyme. Furthermore, we show that AOX2 activity is detectable only during metamorphosis and characterize a Minos-AOX2 insertion in this developmental gene that disrupts its activity. We demonstrate that the Aldox-1(n1) phenotype maps to the AOX3 gene and AOX4 activity is not detectable in our assays.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BadalyanYogaSchwuchowetal.2013,
  author    = {Badalyan, Artavazd and Yoga, Etienne Galemou and Schwuchow, Viola and P{\"o}ller, Sascha and Schuhmann, Wolfgang and Leimk{\"u}hler, Silke and Wollenberger, Ursula},
  title     = {Analysis of the interaction of the molybdenum hydroxylase PaoABC from Escherichia coli with positively and negatively charged metal complexes},
  series = {Electrochemistry communications : an international journal dedicated to rapid publications in electrochemistry},
  volume    = {37},
  journal   = {Electrochemistry communications : an international journal dedicated to rapid publications in electrochemistry},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {1388-2481},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.elecom.2013.09.017},
  pages     = {5 -- 7},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {An unusual behavior of the periplasmic aldehyde oxidoreductase (PaoABC) from Escherichia coil has been observed from electrochemical investigations of the enzyme catalyzed oxidation of aromatic aldehydes with different mediators under different conditions of ionic strength. The enzyme has similarity to other molybdoenzymes of the xanthine oxidase family, but the catalytic behavior turned out to be very different. Under steady state conditions the turnover of PaoABC is maximal at pH 4 for the negatively charged ferricyanide and at pH 9 for a positively charged osmium complex. Stopped-flow kinetic measurements of the catalytic half reaction showed that oxidation of benzaldehyde proceeds also above pH 7. Thus, benzaldehyde oxidation can proceed under acidic and basic conditions using this enzyme, a property which has not been described before for molybdenum hydroxylases. It is also suggested that the electron transfer with artificial electron acceptors and PaoABC can proceed at different protein sites and depends on the nature of the electron acceptor in addition to the ionic strength. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}