Function

RmlC is an enzyme of the dTPD-rhamnose pathway. Deoxy-thymidine diphosphate (dTDP)-L-rhamnose is the precursor of L-rhamnose. L-rhamnose is a sugar component of microbial cell wall and is absent in human[1].

Disease

Relevance

Inhibitors of RmlC can serve as potential antimicrobial drugs[2].

Structural highlights

Structure of RmlC complex with dTPD-rhamnose (PDB code 2ixc).

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3D structures of RmlC3D structures of RmlC

Updated on 17-August-2016

ReferencesReferences

  1. Giraud MF, Leonard GA, Field RA, Berlind C, Naismith JH. RmlC, the third enzyme of dTDP-L-rhamnose pathway, is a new class of epimerase. Nat Struct Biol. 2000 May;7(5):398-402. PMID:10802738 doi:10.1038/75178
  2. Kantardjieff KA, Kim CY, Naranjo C, Waldo GS, Lekin T, Segelke BW, Zemla A, Park MS, Terwilliger TC, Rupp B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis RmlC epimerase (Rv3465): a promising drug-target structure in the rhamnose pathway. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2004 May;60(Pt 5):895-902. Epub 2004, Apr 21. PMID:15103135 doi:10.1107/S0907444904005323

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