1zg3
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'''Crystal structure of the isoflavanone 4'-O-methyltransferase complexed with SAH and 2,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavanone''' | '''Crystal structure of the isoflavanone 4'-O-methyltransferase complexed with SAH and 2,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavanone''' | ||
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Crystal structure of the isoflavanone 4'-O-methyltransferase complexed with SAH and 2,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavanone
Overview
In leguminous plants such as pea (Pisum sativum), alfalfa (Medicago sativa), barrel medic (Medicago truncatula), and chickpea (Cicer arietinum), 4'-O-methylation of isoflavonoid natural products occurs early in the biosynthesis of defense chemicals known as phytoalexins. However, among these four species, only pea catalyzes 3-O-methylation that converts the pterocarpanoid isoflavonoid 6a-hydroxymaackiain to pisatin. In pea, pisatin is important for chemical resistance to the pathogenic fungus Nectria hematococca. While barrel medic does not biosynthesize 6a-hydroxymaackiain, when cell suspension cultures are fed 6a-hydroxymaackiain, they accumulate pisatin. In vitro, hydroxyisoflavanone 4'-O-methyltransferase (HI4'OMT) from barrel medic exhibits nearly identical steady state kinetic parameters for the 4'-O-methylation of the isoflavonoid intermediate 2,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavanone and for the 3-O-methylation of the 6a-hydroxymaackiain isoflavonoid-derived pterocarpanoid intermediate found in pea. Protein x-ray crystal structures of HI4'OMT substrate complexes revealed identically bound conformations for the 2S,3R-stereoisomer of 2,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavanone and the 6aR,11aR-stereoisomer of 6a-hydroxymaackiain. These results suggest how similar conformations intrinsic to seemingly distinct chemical substrates allowed leguminous plants to use homologous enzymes for two different biosynthetic reactions. The three-dimensional similarity of natural small molecules represents one explanation for how plants may rapidly recruit enzymes for new biosynthetic reactions in response to changing physiological and ecological pressures.
About this Structure
1ZG3 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Medicago truncatula. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural basis for dual functionality of isoflavonoid O-methyltransferases in the evolution of plant defense responses., Liu CJ, Deavours BE, Richard SB, Ferrer JL, Blount JW, Huhman D, Dixon RA, Noel JP, Plant Cell. 2006 Dec;18(12):3656-69. Epub 2006 Dec 15. PMID:17172354 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 17:34:37 2008
