Structural highlights
Function
[PCRB_STAA1] Prenyltransferase that catalyzes in vivo the transfer of the heptaprenyl moiety of heptaprenyl pyrophosphate (HepPP; 35 carbon atoms) to the C3 hydroxyl of sn-glycerol-1-phosphate (G1P), producing heptaprenylglyceryl phosphate (HepGP). This reaction is an ether-bond-formation step in the biosynthesis of archaea-type G1P-based membrane lipids found in Bacillales (By similarity).
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Well structured: As a new triose phosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel-fold prenyl transferase, PcrB catalyzes the production of heptaprenylglyceryl phosphate from heptaprenyl diphosphate and glycerol-1-phosphate. Crystal structures of PcrB from Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus in complex with ligands were solved, and together with site-directed mutagenesis and bioinformatics analyses, clearly reveal the catalytic mechanism of the enzyme.
Insights into TIM-barrel prenyl transferase mechanisms: crystal structures of PcrB from Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus.,Ren F, Feng X, Ko TP, Huang CH, Hu Y, Chan HC, Liu YL, Wang K, Chen CC, Pang X, He M, Li Y, Oldfield E, Guo RT Chembiochem. 2013 Jan 21;14(2):195-9. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201200748. Epub 2013 Jan , 15. PMID:23322418[1]
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References
- ↑ Ren F, Feng X, Ko TP, Huang CH, Hu Y, Chan HC, Liu YL, Wang K, Chen CC, Pang X, He M, Li Y, Oldfield E, Guo RT. Insights into TIM-barrel prenyl transferase mechanisms: crystal structures of PcrB from Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. Chembiochem. 2013 Jan 21;14(2):195-9. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201200748. Epub 2013 Jan , 15. PMID:23322418 doi:10.1002/cbic.201200748
