2uuv

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spinqualitylabelsall models PDB ID 2uuv Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image
, resolution 1.99Å
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Ligands:	,
Activity:	Alkylglycerone-phosphate synthase, with EC number 2.5.1.26
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB
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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 substrate proton abstraction, and the arginine that is mutated in ADPS-deficient patients. We propose that ether bond formation might be orchestrated through a covalent imine intermediate with the flavin, accounting for the noncanonical employment of a flavin cofactor in a nonredox reaction.

About this Structure

2UUV is a Single protein structure of sequence from Dictyostelium discoideum. 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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