5ejm

Structural highlights

Function

MEND_ECOLI Catalyzes the thiamine diphosphate-dependent decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate and the subsequent addition of the resulting succinic semialdehyde-thiamine pyrophosphate anion to isochorismate to yield 2-succinyl-5-enolpyruvyl-6-hydroxy-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate (SEPHCHC).^{[1] [2]}

References

1. ↑ Palaniappan C, Sharma V, Hudspeth ME, Meganathan R. Menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis: evidence that the Escherichia coli menD gene encodes both 2-succinyl-6-hydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylic acid synthase and alpha-ketoglutarate decarboxylase activities. J Bacteriol. 1992 Dec;174(24):8111-8. PMID:1459959
2. ↑ Jiang M, Cao Y, Guo ZF, Chen M, Chen X, Guo Z. Menaquinone biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: identification of 2-succinyl-5-enolpyruvyl-6-hydroxy-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate as a novel intermediate and re-evaluation of MenD activity. Biochemistry. 2007 Sep 25;46(38):10979-89. Epub 2007 Aug 31. PMID:17760421 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi700810x