2uuv

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ALKYLDIHYDROXYACETONEPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE IN P1

Overview

Ether phospholipids are essential constituents of eukaryotic cell, membranes. Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 3 is a severe, peroxisomal disorder caused by inborn deficiency of, alkyldihydroxyacetonephosphate synthase (ADPS). The enzyme carries out the, most characteristic step in ether phospholipid biosynthesis: formation of, the ether bond. The crystal structure of ADPS from Dictyostelium, discoideum shows a fatty-alcohol molecule bound in a narrow hydrophobic, tunnel, specific for aliphatic chains of 16 carbons. Access to the tunnel, is controlled by a flexible loop and a gating helix at the, protein-membrane interface. Structural and mutagenesis investigations, identify a cluster of hydrophilic catalytic residues, including an, essential tyrosine, possibly involved in ... [(full description)]

About this Structure

2UUV is a [Single protein] structure of sequence from [Dictyostelium discoideum] with FAD and PL3 as [ligands]. Active as [Alkylglycerone-phosphate synthase], with EC number [2.5.1.26]. Structure known Active Site: AC1. Full crystallographic information is available from [OCA].

Reference

The crucial step in ether phospholipid biosynthesis: structural basis of a noncanonical reaction associated with a peroxisomal disorder., Razeto A, Mattiroli F, Carpanelli E, Aliverti A, Pandini V, Coda A, Mattevi A, Structure. 2007 Jun;15(6):683-92. PMID:17562315

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