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Chorismate synthase catalyzes the conversion of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate to chorismate in the shikimate pathway, which represents an attractive target for discovering antimicrobial agents and herbicides. Chorismate serves as a common precursor for the synthesis of aromatic amino acids and many aromatic compounds in microorganisms and plants. Chorismate synthase requires reduced FMN as a cofactor but the catalyzed reaction involves no net redox change. Here, we have determined the crystal structure of chorismate synthase from Helicobacter pylori in both FMN-bound and FMN-free forms. It is a tetrameric enzyme, with each monomer possessing a novel "beta-alpha-beta sandwich fold". Highly conserved regions, including several flexible loops, cluster together around the bound FMN to form the active site. The unique FMN-binding site is formed largely by a single subunit, with a small contribution from a neighboring subunit. The isoalloxazine ring of the bound FMN is significantly non-planar. Our structure illuminates the essential functional roles played by the cofactor.

1UM0 is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori Helicobacter pylori] with <scene name='pdbligand=FMN:'>FMN</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorismate_synthase Chorismate synthase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=4.2.3.5 4.2.3.5] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1UM0 OCA].  

[[Category: Ahn, H J.]]

[[Category: Suh, S W.]]

[[Category: Yoon, H J.]]

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