3bl5

Structural highlights

Function

QUEC_BACSU Catalyzes the ATP-dependent conversion of 7-carboxy-7-deazaguanine (CDG) to 7-cyano-7-deazaguanine (preQ(0)). Uses ammonia as nitrogen donor.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

References

1. ↑ Reader JS, Metzgar D, Schimmel P, de Crecy-Lagard V. Identification of four genes necessary for biosynthesis of the modified nucleoside queuosine. J Biol Chem. 2004 Feb 20;279(8):6280-5. Epub 2003 Dec 2. PMID:14660578 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M310858200
2. ↑ McCarty RM, Somogyi A, Lin G, Jacobsen NE, Bandarian V. The deazapurine biosynthetic pathway revealed: in vitro enzymatic synthesis of PreQ(0) from guanosine 5'-triphosphate in four steps. Biochemistry. 2009 May 12;48(18):3847-52. doi: 10.1021/bi900400e. PMID:19354300 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi900400e