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| Ligands: | , , , | ||||||||
| Gene: | GPT (Escherichia coli) | ||||||||
| Activity: | Xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase, with EC number 2.4.2.22 | ||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||
XANTHINE-GUANINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE
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Introduction
Xanthine-guanine Phosphoribosyltansferase (XGPRT) is one of three purine phosphoribosyltransferases (PRTases) that are part of the purine salvage pathway in Escherichia coli[1]; the other two PRTases in the pathway are HPRT and APRT[1]
Structure
XGPRT is a tetramer[1]. PRTase structures fall into two groups, type I and Type II[1]. XGTPase has a conserved sequence,85-IVIDDLVDTG-94, which is called the PRib-PP (5-phospho-a-D-ribosyl-1-pyrophosphate)[1](The binding sites of each subunit is shown in pink). This binding site features two adjacent acidic residues, which are surrounded by hydrophobic residues[1]. There is a five-stranded b-sheet surrounded by three or four a-helices that creates a conserved structural core containing the PRib-PP binding site[1]. Another region of the sequence in XGTPase forms a lobe, which is involved in substrate recognition[1].
Function
XGPRT is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of guanine, xanthine, and sometimes hypoxanthine, to GMP, XMP, and IMP [1].
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Mechanism
In the large mobile loop of the XGPRT, there are several residues that are critical for substrate binding and catalysis[1].
Catalysis
Magnesium and other divalent cations are necessary for catalysis because magnesium and PRib-PP binding play a critical role for the PRTase reaction[1]. The Mg:PRib-PP complex binds to the active site of PRTases[1]. In type I PRTases, XGPRT, catalysis proceeds via SN1 mechanism and it forms a oxocarbonium ion in the transition state[1]. It has been suggested, that the magnesium ion departs with the displaced pyrophosphate because there is no magnesium ion at the active site[1].
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Vos S, Parry RJ, Burns MR, de Jersey J, Martin JL. Structures of free and complexed forms of Escherichia coli xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase. J Mol Biol. 1998 Oct 2;282(4):875-89. PMID:9743633 doi:10.1006/jmbi.1998.2051

