Crystal structure of ADL1, a plant-specific homologue of the universal diaminopimelate amino transferase enzyme of lysine biosynthesis
Vladimir Sobolev, Marvin Edelman, Orly Dym, Tamar Unger, Shira Albeck, and Gad Galili[1]
Molecular Tour
The Arabidopsis “Aberrant growth and death-2” (AGD2) protein was originally identified as a protein that is associated with pathogen resistance. The AGD2 protein was subsequently identified as the diaminopimelate amino transferase (DAPAT) enzyme. An Arabidopsis homologue of this protein was subsequently identified and originally named as the AGD2-like defense response protein 1 (ALD1). Here we report the structure of the ALD1 protein from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtALD1), to a resolution of 2.1 Å.
