The reaction can be divided into three consecutive steps: Schiff base formation with pyruvate, the addition of L-aspartate-semialdehyde, and finally transimination leading to cyclization with simultaneous dissociation of the product. The product of the enzyme was initially thought to be (S)-2,3-dihydrodipicolinate [1,2], and the enzyme was classified accordingly as EC 4.2.1.52, dihydrodipicolinate synthase. Later studies of the enzyme from the bacterium Escherichia coli have suggested that the actual product of the enzyme is (2S,4S)-4-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrodipicolinate , and thus the enzyme has been reclassified as 4-hydroxy-tetrahydrodipicolinate synthase. However, the identity of the product is still controversial, as more recently it has been suggested that it may be (S)-2,3-dihydrodipicolinate after all .
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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
L-aspartate-4-semialdehyde hydro-lyase [adding pyruvate and cyclizing; (4S)-4-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-(2S)-dipicolinate-forming]
The reaction can be divided into three consecutive steps: Schiff base formation with pyruvate, the addition of L-aspartate-semialdehyde, and finally transimination leading to cyclization with simultaneous dissociation of the product. The product of the enzyme was initially thought to be (S)-2,3-dihydrodipicolinate [1,2], and the enzyme was classified accordingly as EC 4.2.1.52, dihydrodipicolinate synthase. Later studies of the enzyme from the bacterium Escherichia coli have suggested that the actual product of the enzyme is (2S,4S)-4-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrodipicolinate [3], and thus the enzyme has been reclassified as 4-hydroxy-tetrahydrodipicolinate synthase. However, the identity of the product is still controversial, as more recently it has been suggested that it may be (S)-2,3-dihydrodipicolinate after all [5].
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CRYSTALLIZATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
by the oil-batch method at 291 K, to 2.2 A resolution. Belongs to space group P21 with unit-cell parameters a = 80.5 A, b = 76.5 A, c = 101.9 A, gamma = 106.9 A. The asymmetric unit contains four DHDPS molecules, forming a homotetramer with approximate 222 symmetry. The overall tertiary structure of DHDPS possesses a (beta/alpha)8-barrel fold (TIM barrel) with three additional alpha-helices (alpha9-alpha11) at the C-terminus of the chain. The beta-strands of the barrel form an intrinsic network of hydrogen-bonding interactions with the neighbouring beta-strands and are oriented in the same directions. The functional residue Lys161, which participates in Schiff-base formation, is located within the beta-barrel and the side chain of Tyr132 sits over this residue