title: Structure of 2C-methyl-d-erythritol-2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase involved in mevalonate-independent biosynthesis of isoprenoids.
abstract: Isoprenoids are biosynthesized from isopentenyl diphosphate and the isomeric dimethylallyl diphosphate via the mevalonate pathway or a mevalonate-independent pathway that was identified during the last decade. The non-mevalonate pathway is present in many bacteria, some algae and in certain protozoa such as the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and in the plastids of higher plants, but not in mammals and archaea. Therefore, these enzymes have been recognised as promising drug targets. We report the crystal structure of Escherichia coli 2C- methyl-d-erythritol-2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase (IspF), which converts 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-d-erythritol 2-phosphate into 2C-methyl-d-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate and CMP in a Mg-dependent reaction. The protein forms homotrimers that tightly bind one zinc ion per subunit at the active site, which helps to position the substrate for direct attack of the 2-phosphate group on the beta-phosphate.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Strukturforschung, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Am Klopferspitz 18a, Martinsried, D-82152, Germany. steinbac@biochem.mpg.de
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steinbacher
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Juraithip
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wungsintaweekul
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hecht
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eisenreich
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
authors.forename: Adelbert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bacher
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rohdich
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002384:Catalysis; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003568:Cytidine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019761:Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D055672:Static Electricity; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates; D019761:Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; C400181:ISPF protein, E coli; D003568:Cytidine Monophosphate; D015032:Zinc; D008798:Mevalonic Acid