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Function5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase is a key enzyme for the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids in plants and many microbes. Consequently. EPSP synthase catalyzes the addition of phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) to shikimate-3-phosphate (S3P), generating 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate, which is a precursor for phenylalanine and tyrosine[1]. RelevanceEPSP synthase is a target for drugs and herbicides like Roundup. Structural insightsThe enzyme has two domains, with the active site found in the interdomain cleft . There is a substantial structural change upon substrate binding, resulting in a conformation. . Glyphosate (also known as Roundup) occupies the of the second substrate, phosphoenol pyruvate [2]. |
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3D structures of EPSP synthase3D structures of EPSP synthase
Updated on 19-October-2017
ReferencesReferences
- ↑ Priestman MA, Healy ML, Funke T, Becker A, Schonbrunn E. Molecular basis for the glyphosate-insensitivity of the reaction of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase with shikimate. FEBS Lett. 2005 Oct 24;579(25):5773-80. PMID:16225867 doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2005.09.066
- ↑ Schonbrunn E, Eschenburg S, Shuttleworth WA, Schloss JV, Amrhein N, Evans JN, Kabsch W. Interaction of the herbicide glyphosate with its target enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase in atomic detail. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Feb 13;98(4):1376-80. PMID:11171958 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.98.4.1376