Triose Phosphate Isomerase Structure & Mechanism
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Triose Phosphate Isomerase (TIM)
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Triose phosphate isomerase (TIM)[1] (PDB 1wyi) is a crucial enzyme in the glycolytic pathway. reversibly converts the aldose Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (GASP) to the ketose Dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP). The interconversion proceeds by an enediol intermediate.
Structural Characteristics of TIM
The secondary structure consists of 14 alpha helices and 8 beta sheets per monomer, making it fall in the SCOP category of alpha and beta proteins. Alpha/Beta barrel The quaternary structure is a homodimer
Mechanism of TIM
The enzyme aids in catalysis by binding tightly to the enediol transition state. To convert GAP to the enediol intermediate, a proton is abstracted from C2 by a base and the carbonyl oxygen atom is protonated by an acid. To convert the enediol intermediate to DHAP, C1 is protonated by Glu 165, with His 95 removing a proton from C2’s OH group. As a result, the catalytic groups are back at their original states, and catalysis is completed.
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| Activity: | Triose-phosphate isomerase, with EC number 5.3.1.1 | ||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||
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| 1hti, resolution 2.80Å () | |||||||||
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| Activity: | Triose-phosphate isomerase, with EC number 5.3.1.1 | ||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Kinoshita T, Maruki R, Warizaya M, Nakajima H, Nishimura S. Structure of a high-resolution crystal form of human triosephosphate isomerase: improvement of crystals using the gel-tube method. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2005 Apr 1;61(Pt, 4):346-9. Epub 2005 Mar 24. PMID:16511037 doi:10.1107/S1744309105008341
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