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Insights into the mechanism of the antibiotic-synthesizing enzyme MoeO5 from crystal structures of different complexes

  • Feifei Ren
  • , Tzu Ping Ko
  • , Xinxin Feng
  • , Chun Hsiang Huang
  • , Hsiu Chien Chan
  • , Yumei Hu
  • , Ke Wang
  • , Yanhe Ma
  • , Po Huang Liang
  • , Andrew H.J. Wang
  • , Eric Oldfield
  • , Rey Ting Guo

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Abstract

Barrel-shaped: The enzyme MoeO5 catalyzes the transfer of the C 15 moiety of farnesyl pyrophosphate to the 2-hydroxy group of 3-phosphoglycerate to give 2-(Z,E)-farnesyl-3-phosphoglycerate (FPG; ligand in the center of the shown structure). X-ray crystallographic structures showed that MoeO5 forms a triose-phosphate-isomerase barrel structure and binds FPG in a curved pocket, mainly as a result of its long λ3 loop (magenta in picture).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4157-4160
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume51
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 23 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • biosynthesis
  • enzyme catalysis
  • prenyltransferases
  • protein folding
  • protein structures

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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