... core in this family [ 3–6 ]. To iden-tify the catalytic residues involved in the PGDS and PGFS activity catalyzed by AKR1B1, we introducedsite-directed mutagenesis into the tetrad, generating the D43N, ... b-barrel, with the nicotinamide ring projectingdown into the center of the barrel and pyrophosphatestraddling the barrel lip [7]. Kubiseski et al. [8] haveestablished that the enzyme follows ... pros-taglandin. Adv Prostaglandin Thromboxane Leukot Res15, 36 5–3 67.18 Watanabe K, Yoshida R, Shimizu T & Hayaishi O(1985) Enzymatic formation of prostaglandin F2a from prostaglandin H2and...