2.5.1.9 A43L decrease in affinity for substrate 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine. A43L replacement causes substantial perturbation of the overall binding site topology 687468 2.5.1.9 C48A site-directed mutagenesis, nearly inactive mutant 658346 2.5.1.9 C48M site-directed mutagenesis, nearly inactive mutant 658346 2.5.1.9 C48S mutation in the activity cavity, causes significant 19F NMR chemical shift modulation of trifluoromethyl derivatives of 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine in complex with the protein. Replacement of C48 changes the electron density topology in the N-terminal substrate binding site in the vicinity of C-6 and C-7 atoms of bound ligand 687468 2.5.1.9 C48S site-directed mutagenesis, highly decreased activity compared to the wild-type enzyme 658346 2.5.1.9 D143G site-directed mutagenesis, soluble protein, too unstable to be purified 637580 2.5.1.9 D143N site-directed mutagenesis, soluble protein, too unstable to be purified 637580 2.5.1.9 D185L site-directed mutagenesis, low remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 DELTA1-180 variant that lacks the C-terminal extension the coiled-coil and C-terminal peptide (AaRS1-180) 759481 2.5.1.9 DELTA1-196 variant that lacks the C-terminal extension (1-196). Substantial decrease in association efficiency with lumazine synthase is observed for the truncated variant 759481 2.5.1.9 DELTA180-196 variant that lacks the C-terminal extension the coiled-coil segment (DELTA180-196). The mutant enzyme associated with lumazine synthase to an about 3fold higher extent than the full-length riboflavin synthase 759481 2.5.1.9 E183G site-directed mutagenesis, reduced activity 637580 2.5.1.9 E66G site-directed mutagenesis, low remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 E85G site-directed mutagenesis, reduced activity 637580 2.5.1.9 F2A nearly inactive mutant, comparison of kinetics for wild-type and mutant enzymes 658235 2.5.1.9 F2A site-directed mutagenesis, no remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 F2Y site-directed mutagenesis, very low remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 H102Q highly reduced activity compared to the wild-type enzyme, comparison of kinetics for wild-type and mutant enzymes 658235 2.5.1.9 H102Q site-directed mutagenesis, very low remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 H97Q site-directed mutagenesis, low remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 K137A site-directed mutagenesis, low remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 additional information 5 mutants genes cannot be expressed recombinantly in Escherichia coli: C48S, T50R, T67R, T148R, T165R 637580 2.5.1.9 additional information a F2DELTA deletion mutant construct has no remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 additional information overexpression in Escherichia coli can suppress the lack of pyrimidine deaminase/reductase in a riboflavin-deficient ribD- strain 684754 2.5.1.9 additional information recombinant sequence segment 1-97 forms a homodimer that can bind riboflavin, 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine, and trifluoromethyl-substituted 8-ribityllumazine derivatives, and is required for ligand binding, recombinant sequence segment 101-213 is unstable and only partially involved in riboflavin binding 637583 2.5.1.9 N181G site-directed mutagenesis, soluble protein, too unstable to be purified 637580 2.5.1.9 N45G site-directed mutagenesis, slightly reduced activity 637580 2.5.1.9 N83G site-directed mutagenesis, reduced activity 637580 2.5.1.9 S146A site-directed mutagenesis, slightly increased activity compared to the wild-type enzyme 658346 2.5.1.9 S146C site-directed mutagenesis, slightly increased activity compared to the wild-type enzyme 658346 2.5.1.9 S146G site-directed mutagenesis, low remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 S41A site-directed mutagenesis, mutant produces a dimeric pentacyclic reaction intermediate, i.e. compound Q, which can be cleaved in 2 different ways by the enzyme 657905 2.5.1.9 S41A site-directed mutagenesis, very low remaining activity 637580 2.5.1.9 T3R site-directed mutagenesis, slightly reduced activity, low expression rate 637580 2.5.1.9 T50A production by site-directed mutagenesis, replacement of threonine residue with alanine decreases the acidity of protein-bound by 1-2 orders of magnitude 704202 2.5.1.9 T67A production by site-directed mutagenesis, replacement of threonine residue with alanine decreases the acidity of protein-bound by 1-2 orders of magnitude 704202 2.5.1.9 T71A site-directed mutagenesis, slightly reduced activity 637580 2.5.1.9 W207A the mutant enzyme is taken up by lumazine synthase only 30% less efficiently than wild-type enzyme 759481 2.5.1.9 Y133A site-directed mutagenesis, soluble protein, too unstable to be purified 637580