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].
pyruvate binding occurs near the large interface of DHDPS, and is likely, therefore, to stabilize this solvent-accessible face, which favors the formation of a dimer rather than a monomer. For the DELTAAsp168/Arg237 and DELTAAsp168/Asp171 DHDPS variants addition of pyruvate shifts the equilibrium from primarily monomer to favor almost exclusively dimers. On the other hand, for the DELTAAsp168 DHDPS variant, the monomer-tetramer equilibrium shifts from primarily monomer to primarily tetramer on addition of pyruvate
4 * 34000, SDS-PAGE, role of quaternary structure in the TIM-barrel family of enzymes, overview. Unlike other DHDPS enzymes, but like many thermophilic enzymes, Tm-DHDPS has a large number of charged residues at the quaternary interface. Removal of electrostatic interactions disrupts quaternary structure
4 * 34000, SDS-PAGE, role of quaternary structure in the TIM-barrel family of enzymes, overview. Unlike other DHDPS enzymes, but like many thermophilic enzymes, Tm-DHDPS has a large number of charged residues at the quaternary interface. Removal of electrostatic interactions disrupts quaternary structure
purified recombinant Tm-DHDPS-DELTAArg-237, vapor diffusion method, mixing of 150 nl protein solution, containing 11.2 mg/ml protein in 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, with 150 nl reservoir solution, containing 40% v/v PEG 300, 100 mM phosphate-citrate, buffer, pH 4.2, and 0.02% w/v sodium azide, X-ray diffraction structure determination and analysis at 1.9-2.1 A resolution
construction of mutants Tm-DHDPS-DELTAAsp168, DELTAAsp171, or DELTAArg237 by mutating charged residues, reduction of the number of salt bridges at one of the two tetramerization interface of the enzyme and its interactions results in variants with altered quaternary structure, e.g. monomeric, as shown by analytical ultracentrifugation, gel filtration liquid chromatography, and small angle X-ray scattering, and X-ray crystallographic studies, overview