Rv2361 with IPPRv2361 with IPP

Structural highlights

2vg2 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.95Å
Ligands:, , , ,
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Function

DPDS_MYCTU Catalyzes the sequential condensation of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) in the cis configuration with (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (Z-FPP or EZ-FPP) generating the 50 carbon product trans,polycis-decaprenyl diphosphate. When (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (E-FPP or EE-FPP) is used in vitro, both primary products decaprenyl diphosphate and (2E,6E,10E)-geranylgeranyl diphosphate (EEE-GGPP) are synthesized. M.tuberculosis does not synthesize (2E,6E,10Z)-geranylgeranyl diphosphate (EEZ-GGPP) and heptaprenyl diphosphate. Can also accept many different allylic substrates, including E-geranyl diphosphate (E-GPP), neryl diphosphate (NPP), and all-trans-geranyl-geranyl diphosphate.[1] [2] [3]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

In Mycobacterium tuberculosis, two related Z-prenyl diphosphate synthases, E,Z-farnesyl diphosphate synthase (Rv1086) and decaprenyl diphosphate synthase (Rv2361c), work in series to synthesize decaprenyl phosphate (C(50)) from isopentenyl diphosphate and E-geranyl diphosphate. Decaprenyl phosphate plays a central role in the biosynthesis of essential mycobacterial cell wall components, such as the mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex and lipoarabinomannan; thus, its synthesis has attracted considerable interest as a potential therapeutic target. Rv1086 is a unique prenyl diphosphate synthase in that it adds only one isoprene unit to geranyl diphosphate, generating the 15-carbon product (E,Z-farnesyl diphosphate). Rv2361c then adds a further seven isoprene units to E,Z-farnesyl diphosphate in a processive manner to generate the 50-carbon prenyl diphosphate, which is then dephosphorylated to generate a carrier for activated sugars. The molecular basis for chain-length discrimination by Rv1086 during synthesis is unknown. We also report the structure of apo Rv1086 with citronellyl diphosphate bound and with the product mimic E,E-farnesyl diphosphate bound. We report the structures of Rv2361c in the apo form, with isopentenyl diphosphate bound and with a substrate analogue, citronellyl diphosphate. The structures confirm the enzymes are very closely related. Detailed comparison reveals structural differences that account for chain-length control in Rv1086. We have tested this hypothesis and have identified a double mutant of Rv1086 that makes a range of longer lipid chains.

The structural basis of chain length control in Rv1086.,Wang W, Dong C, McNeil M, Kaur D, Mahapatra S, Crick DC, Naismith JH J Mol Biol. 2008 Aug 1;381(1):129-40. Epub 2008 Jul 1. PMID:18597781[4]

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See Also

References

  1. Crick DC, Schulbach MC, Zink EE, Macchia M, Barontini S, Besra GS, Brennan PJ. Polyprenyl phosphate biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Bacteriol. 2000 Oct;182(20):5771-8. PMID:11004176
  2. Schulbach MC, Brennan PJ, Crick DC. Identification of a short (C15) chain Z-isoprenyl diphosphate synthase and a homologous long (C50) chain isoprenyl diphosphate synthase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Biol Chem. 2000 Jul 28;275(30):22876-81. PMID:10816587 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M003194200
  3. Kaur D, Brennan PJ, Crick DC. Decaprenyl diphosphate synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Bacteriol. 2004 Nov;186(22):7564-70. PMID:15516568 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.186.22.7564-7570.2004
  4. Wang W, Dong C, McNeil M, Kaur D, Mahapatra S, Crick DC, Naismith JH. The structural basis of chain length control in Rv1086. J Mol Biol. 2008 Aug 1;381(1):129-40. Epub 2008 Jul 1. PMID:18597781 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.060

2vg2, resolution 1.95Å

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