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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The crystal structure of (4S)-limonene synthase from Mentha spic ata, a metal ion-dependent monoterpene cyclase that catalyzes the coupled isomerization and cyclization of geranyl diphosphate, is reported at 2.7-A; resolution in two forms liganded to the substrate and intermediate analogs, 2-fluorogeranyl diphosphate and 2-fluorolinalyl diphosphate, respectively. The implications of these findings are described for domain interactions in the homodimer and for changes in diphosphate-metal ion coordination and substrate binding conformation in the course of the multistep reaction.

Structure of limonene synthase, a simple model for terpenoid cyclase catalysis.,Hyatt DC, Youn B, Zhao Y, Santhamma B, Coates RM, Croteau RB, Kang C Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Mar 27;104(13):5360-5. Epub 2007 Mar 19. PMID:17372193^[1]

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