Tryptophan synthase complexed with IGP, internal aldimine, pH 9.0Tryptophan synthase complexed with IGP, internal aldimine, pH 9.0

Structural highlights

2rh9 is a 2 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:, ,
Activity:Tryptophan synthase, with EC number 4.2.1.20
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

[TRPA_SALTY] The alpha subunit is responsible for the aldol cleavage of indoleglycerol phosphate to indole and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. [TRPB_SALTY] The beta subunit is responsible for the synthesis of L-tryptophan from indole and L-serine.

Evolutionary Conservation

 

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

2rh9, resolution 1.70Å

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