The enzyme participates in the biosynthetic pathways for folate (in bacteria, plants and fungi) and methanopterin (in archaea). The enzyme exists in varying types of multifunctional proteins in different organisms. The enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana also harbors the activity of EC 2.7.6.3, 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine diphosphokinase , while the enzyme from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is trifunctional with the two above mentioned activities as well as EC 4.1.2.25, dihydroneopterin aldolase .
The enzyme participates in the biosynthetic pathways for folate (in bacteria, plants and fungi) and methanopterin (in archaea). The enzyme exists in varying types of multifunctional proteins in different organisms. The enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana also harbors the activity of EC 2.7.6.3, 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine diphosphokinase [4], while the enzyme from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is trifunctional with the two above mentioned activities as well as EC 4.1.2.25, dihydroneopterin aldolase [3].
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CRYSTALLIZATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
apoenzyme (PDB: 2VEF), complex with 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin monophosphate (DHPP) (PDB: 2VEG), TIM alpha/beta barrel fold with highly conserved 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin diphosphate-binding pocket, crystals: space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), unit cell parameters: a: 45, b: 90, c: 137, loop 1 and 2 highly flexible, dimer of two identical monomers in the asymmetric unit, in complex with DHPP only one monomer of the dimer has substrate bound wide-scale rearrangement of active site upon 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin diphosphate (DHPPP) binding mediated by diphosphate moiety, hanging-drop method: 2 microlitre protein solution (13 mg/ml) + 2 microl precipitant (0.2 M ammonium iodide, 20% (w/v) poly(ethylene glycol) 3350) +/-2.5 mM DHPPP (hydrolysis to DHPP during crystallization), 7-14 days, molecular replacement-based structure determination
insertion of glycine-serine dipeptide into loop 2 beginning at position 60, sulfonamide resistant, no effect on diphosphate affinity, no effect on 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin diphosphate binding: KD: 46 +/-5 microM (k(on): 260000 1/M*s, k(off): 12 1/s), reduced binding of p-aminobenzoic acid: KD: 16 +/-6 microM, no detectable binding of sulfamethoxazole
insertion of tyrosine residue in loop 2, sulfonamide resistant, no effect on diphosphate affinity, no effect on 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin diphosphate binding: KD: 48 +/-5 microM (k(on) = 240000 1/M*s, k(off): 11 1/sec), reduced binding of p-aminobenzoic acid: KD: 50 +/-6 microM, no detectable binding of sulfamethoxazole
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PURIFICATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
precipitation from bacterial lysate by ammonium sufate (50% saturation), resuspension in Tris/HCl pH 8, Resource Q ion-exchange chromatography (elution with NaCl gradient), dialysis, Mono Q ion-exchange chromatography (elution with NaCl gradient), for crystallisation followed by Superdex 200 gel-filtration chromatography