ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2019
Crystal structure of (S)-3-O-geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate synthase from Thermoplasma acidophilum in complex with the substrate sn-glycerol 1-phosphate.
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- Hexamerization and thermostability emerged very early during geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate synthase evolution.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2021Article
- Structural studies of geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate synthase, a prenyltransferase found in thermophilic Euryarchaeota.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2020Article
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Abstract
(S)-3-O-Geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate synthase (GGGPS) catalyzes the initial ether-bond formation between sn-glycerol 1-phosphate (G1P) and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate to synthesize (S)-3-O-geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate in the production of an archaeal cell-membrane lipid molecule. Archaeal GGGPS proteins are divided into two groups (group I and group II). In this study, the crystal structure of the archaeal group II GGGPS from Thermoplasma acidophilum (TaGGGPS) was determined at 2.35 Å resolution. The structure of TaGGGPS showed that it has a TIM-barrel fold, the third helix of which is disordered (α3*), and that it forms a homodimer, although a pre-existing structure of an archaeal group II GGGPS (from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus) showed a hexameric form. The structure of TaGGGPS showed the precise G1P-recognition mechanism of an archaeal group II GGGPS. The structure of TaGGGPS and molecular-dynamics simulation analysis showed fluctuation of the β2-α2, α3* and α5a regions, which is predicted to be important for substrate uptake and/or product release by TaGGGPS.
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