| Structural highlights
5wj1 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Arath. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
| | Ligands: | , , , , , |
| Gene: | ALS, AHAS, CSR1, TZP5, At3g48560, T8P19.70 (ARATH) |
| Activity: | Acetolactate synthase, with EC number 2.2.1.6 |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Function
[ILVB_ARATH] Catalyzes the formation of acetolactate from pyruvate, the first step in valine and isoleucine biosynthesis.[1] [2] [:][3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS), the first enzyme in the branched amino acid biosynthesis pathway, is present only in plants and microorganisms, and it is the target of >50 commercial herbicides. Penoxsulam (PS), which is a highly effective broad-spectrum AHAS-inhibiting herbicide, is used extensively to control weed growth in rice crops. However, the molecular basis for its inhibition of AHAS is poorly understood. This is despite the availability of structural data for all other classes of AHAS-inhibiting herbicides. Here, crystallographic data for Saccharomyces cerevisiae AHAS (2.3 A) and Arabidopsis thaliana AHAS (2.5 A) in complex with PS reveal the extraordinary molecular mechanisms that underpin its inhibitory activity. The structures show that inhibition of AHAS by PS triggers expulsion of two molecules of oxygen bound in the active site, releasing them as substrates for an oxygenase side reaction of the enzyme. The structures also show that PS either stabilizes the thiamin diphosphate (ThDP)-peracetate adduct, a product of this oxygenase reaction, or traps within the active site an intact molecule of peracetate in the presence of a degraded form of ThDP: thiamine aminoethenethiol diphosphate. Kinetic analysis shows that PS inhibits AHAS by a combination of events involving FAD oxidation and chemical alteration of ThDP. With the emergence of increasing levels of resistance toward front-line herbicides and the need to optimize the use of arable land, these data suggest strategies for next generation herbicide design.
Structural insights into the mechanism of inhibition of AHAS by herbicides.,Lonhienne T, Garcia MD, Pierens G, Mobli M, Nouwens A, Guddat LW Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Feb 13. pii: 1714392115. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1714392115. PMID:29440497[9]
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References
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- ↑ Haughn GW, Somerville CR. A Mutation Causing Imidazolinone Resistance Maps to the Csr1 Locus of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 1990 Apr;92(4):1081-5. PMID:16667374
- ↑ Sathasivan K, Haughn GW, Murai N. Molecular Basis of Imidazolinone Herbicide Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana var Columbia. Plant Physiol. 1991 Nov;97(3):1044-50. PMID:16668488
- ↑ Ott KH, Kwagh JG, Stockton GW, Sidorov V, Kakefuda G. Rational molecular design and genetic engineering of herbicide resistant crops by structure modeling and site-directed mutagenesis of acetohydroxyacid synthase. J Mol Biol. 1996 Oct 25;263(2):359-68. PMID:8913312 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1996.0580
- ↑ Chang AK, Duggleby RG. Expression, purification and characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana acetohydroxyacid synthase. Biochem J. 1997 Oct 1;327 ( Pt 1):161-9. PMID:9355748
- ↑ Chang AK, Duggleby RG. Herbicide-resistant forms of Arabidopsis thaliana acetohydroxyacid synthase: characterization of the catalytic properties and sensitivity to inhibitors of four defined mutants. Biochem J. 1998 Aug 1;333 ( Pt 3):765-77. PMID:9677339
- ↑ Lee YT, Chang AK, Duggleby RG. Effect of mutagenesis at serine 653 of Arabidopsis thaliana acetohydroxyacid synthase on the sensitivity to imidazolinone and sulfonylurea herbicides. FEBS Lett. 1999 Jun 11;452(3):341-5. PMID:10386618
- ↑ Lonhienne T, Garcia MD, Pierens G, Mobli M, Nouwens A, Guddat LW. Structural insights into the mechanism of inhibition of AHAS by herbicides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Feb 13. pii: 1714392115. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1714392115. PMID:29440497 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714392115
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