Crystal Structure of Isopentenyl Phosphate Kinase from Methanocaldococcus jannaschiiCrystal Structure of Isopentenyl Phosphate Kinase from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

Structural highlights

3k4o is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.05Å
Ligands:,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

IPK_METJA Catalyzes the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP), the building block of all isoprenoids. Has no activity with farnesyl phosphate.[1] [2]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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

References

  1. Grochowski LL, Xu H, White RH. Methanocaldococcus jannaschii uses a modified mevalonate pathway for biosynthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate. J Bacteriol. 2006 May;188(9):3192-8. PMID:16621811 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.188.9.3192-3198.2006
  2. Dellas N, Noel JP. Mutation of Archaeal Isopentenyl Phosphate Kinase Highlights Mechanism and Guides Phosphorylation of Additional Isoprenoid Monophosphates. ACS Chem Biol. 2010 Apr 14. PMID:20392112 doi:10.1021/cb1000313

3k4o, resolution 2.05Å

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