Structural highlights
Function
[UPPS_MICLU] Generates ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl pyrophosphate (UPP) from isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and farnesyl diphosphate. UPP is the precursor of glycosyl carrier lipid in the biosynthesis of bacterial cell wall polysaccharide components such as peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharide.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase (UPS) catalyzes the cis-prenyl chain elongation onto trans, trans-farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) to produce undecaprenyl diphosphate (UPP), which is indispensable for the biosynthesis of bacterial cell walls. We report here the crystal structure of UPS as the only three-dimensional structure among cis-prenyl chain elongating enzymes. The structure is classified into a protein fold family and is completely different from the so-called "isoprenoid synthase fold" that is believed to be a common structure for the enzymes relating to isoprenoid biosynthesis. Conserved amino acid residues among cis-prenyl chain elongating enzymes are located around a large hydrophobic cleft in the UPS structure. A structural P-loop motif, which frequently appears in the various kinds of phosphate binding site, is found at the entrance of this cleft. The catalytic site is determined on the basis of these structural features, from which a possible reaction mechanism is proposed.
Crystal structure of cis-prenyl chain elongating enzyme, undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase.,Fujihashi M, Zhang YW, Higuchi Y, Li XY, Koyama T, Miki K Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Apr 10;98(8):4337-42. Epub 2001 Apr 3. PMID:11287651[3]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Shimizu N, Koyama T, Ogura K. Molecular cloning, expression, and purification of undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase. No sequence similarity between E- and Z-prenyl diphosphate synthases. J Biol Chem. 1998 Jul 31;273(31):19476-81. PMID:9677368
- ↑ Koyama T, Yoshida I, Ogura K. Undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Micrococcus luteus B-P 26: essential factors for the enzymatic activity. J Biochem. 1988 May;103(5):867-71. PMID:3182755
- ↑ Fujihashi M, Zhang YW, Higuchi Y, Li XY, Koyama T, Miki K. Crystal structure of cis-prenyl chain elongating enzyme, undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Apr 10;98(8):4337-42. Epub 2001 Apr 3. PMID:11287651 doi:10.1073/pnas.071514398
