title: Three-dimensional structure of tetrahydrodipicolinate N-succinyltransferase.
abstract: The conversion of tetrahydrodipicolinate and succinyl-CoA to N-succinyltetrahydrodipicolinate and CoA is catalyzed by tetrahydrodipicolinate N-succinyltransferase and is the committed step in the succinylase pathway by which bacteria synthesize L-lysine and meso-diaminopimelate, a component of peptidoglycan. The X-ray crystal structure of THDP succinyltransferase has been determined to 2.2 A resolution and has been refined to a crystallographic R-factor of 17.0%. The enzyme is trimeric and displays the left-handed parallel beta-helix (L beta H) structural motif encoded by the "hexapeptide repeat" amino acid sequence motif [Raetz, C.R.H., & Roderick, S.L. (1995) Science 270, 997-1000]. The approximate location of the active site of THDP succinyltransferase is suggested by the proximity of binding sites for two inhibitors: p-(chloromercuri)benzenesulfonic acid and cobalt ion, both of which bind to the L beta H domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Beaman
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Blanchard
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Roderick
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012984:Software; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000217:Acyltransferases; C040777:succinyl-CoA-tetrahydrodipicolinate N-succinyltransferase