In eubacteria, fungi and plants, this enzyme, along with EC 6.3.4.18, 5-(carboxyamino)imidazole ribonucleotide synthase, is required to carry out the single reaction catalysed by EC 4.1.1.21, phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase, in vertebrates . In the absence of EC 6.3.2.6, phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase, the reaction is reversible . The substrate is readily converted into 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole by non-enzymic decarboxylation .
common, buried carboxylate or CO2 binding site for substrate and product in a hydrophobic pocket, in which the carboxylate or CO2 interacts with backbone amides. The carboxylate orients the substrate for proton transfer from His45 to 5-carboxyamino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole to form an enzyme-bound aminoimidazole ribonucleotide and CO2 intermediate. subsequent movement of the aminoimidazole moiety reorients it for addition of CO2 at C4 to generate iso-5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate. H5 is now in a position to remove a C4 proton to produce 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate
In eubacteria, fungi and plants, this enzyme, along with EC 6.3.4.18, 5-(carboxyamino)imidazole ribonucleotide synthase, is required to carry out the single reaction catalysed by EC 4.1.1.21, phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase, in vertebrates [6]. In the absence of EC 6.3.2.6, phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase, the reaction is reversible [3]. The substrate is readily converted into 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole by non-enzymic decarboxylation [3].
the carbamate carboxylate is directly transferred to generate 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate, without equilibration with HCO3- and CO2 in solution
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CRYSTALLIZATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
wild-type cocrystallized with 4-nitroaminoimidazole ribonucleotide and mutants H45N and H45Q soaked with 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate
hanging-drop vapor-diffusion method, crystals grown in the presence of 4-carboxaminoimidazole ribonucleotide belong to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit cell parameters a = 86.92, b = 94.55 and c = 149.96 A. The 1.5 A crystal structure reveals an octameric structure with 422 symmetry
Purification and characterization of the purE, purK, and purC gene products: identification of a previously unrecognized energy requirement in the purine biosynthetic pathway
Evidence for the Direct Transfer of the carboxylate of N5-carboxyaminoimidazole ribonucleotide (N5-CAIR) to generate 4-carboxy-5-aminoimidazole ribonucleotide catalyzed by Escherichia coli PurE, an N5-CAIR mutase
Mueller, E.J.; Meyer, E.; Rudolph, J.; Davisson, V.J.; Stubbe, J.
N5-carboxyaminoimidazole ribonucleotide: evidence for a new intermediate and two new enzymatic activities in the de novo purine biosynthetic pathway of Escherichia coli
Identification and sequence analysis of Escherichia coli purE and purK genes encoding 5'-phosphoribosyl-5-amino-4-imidazole carboxylase for de novo purine biosynthesis