title: Biosynthesis of terpenoids: 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol synthase of Arabidopsis thaliana.
abstract: A hypothetical gene with similarity to the ispD gene of Escherichia coli was cloned from Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA. The ORF of 909 bp specifies a protein of 302 amino acid residues. The cognate chromosomal gene consists of 2,071 bp and comprises 11 introns with a size range of 78-202 bp. A fragment comprising amino acid residues 76-302 was expressed in a recombinant E. coli strain. The protein was purified to homogeneity and was shown to catalyze the formation of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-d-erythritol from 2C-methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate with a specific activity of 67 micromol small middle dotmin(-1) mg(-1). The Michaelis constants for 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-d-erythritol and CTP were 500 microM and 114 microM, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rohdich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wungsintaweekul
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eisenreich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Schuhr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hecht
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Zenk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bacher
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002384:Catalysis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013729:Terpenes; C400183:4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C--methylerythritol synthase; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases