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ArticleBiochemistry2022

Antibacterial Target DXP Synthase Catalyzes the Cleavage of d-Xylulose 5-Phosphate: a Study of Ketose Phosphate Binding and Ketol Transfer Reaction.

Melanie L Johnston, Eucolona M Bonett, Alicia A DeColli, Caren L Freel Meyers

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Article in Biochemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melanie L JohnstonDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.
Eucolona M BonettDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.
Alicia A DeColliDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.
Caren L Freel MeyersDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1458-0897
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

BIOCHEMISTRY, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PROGRAMT32GM007445 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GREEN, RACHEL · 1985 to 2021
$24.1M
PHARMACOLOGY TRAINING GRANTT32GM008763 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FREEL MEYERS, CAREN L. · 2000 to 2019
$6.1M
Targeting Non-mammalian Isoprenoid BiosynthesisR01GM084998 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FREEL MEYERS, CAREN L. · 2010 to 2019
$3.0M
Toward Understanding the Chemistry and Biology of Microbial DXP SynthaseR01GM143810 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Caren L. Freel Meyers · 2021 to 2026
$2.0M
Toward targeting bacterial metabolism: Relevance, mechanism and function of DXP synthaseR56AI150221 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FREEL MEYERS, CAREN L. · 2020 to 2020
$640k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI150221NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084998NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143810NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007445NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008763
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bacterial enzyme 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase (DXPS) catalyzes the formation of DXP from pyruvate and d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (d-GAP) in a thiamin diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent manner. In addition to its role in isoprenoid biosynthesis, DXP is required for ThDP and pyridoxal phosphate biosynthesis. Due to its function as a branch-point enzyme and its demonstrated substrate and catalytic promiscuity, we hypothesize that DXPS could be key for bacterial adaptation in the dynamic metabolic landscape during infection. Prior work in the Freel Meyers laboratory has illustrated that DXPS displays relaxed specificity toward donor and acceptor substrates and varies acceptor specificity according to the donor used. We have reported that DXPS forms dihydroxyethyl (DHE)ThDP from ketoacid or aldehyde donor substrates via decarboxylation and deprotonation, respectively. Here, we tested other DHE donors and found that DXPS cleaves d-xylulose 5-phosphate (X5P) at C2-C3, producing DHEThDP through a third mechanism involving d-GAP elimination. We interrogated DXPS-catalyzed reactions using X5P as a donor substrate and illustrated (1) production of a semi-stable enzyme-bound intermediate and (2) O

Indexed as

KetosesXyluloseAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaGlyceraldehyde 3-PhosphatePhosphatesThiamine PyrophosphateTransferasesAnti-Bacterial Agentsdeoxyxylulose-5-phosphate synthaseGlyceraldehyde 3-PhosphateKetosesPhosphatesThiamine PyrophosphateTransferasesXylulose

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PMID35998648
PMCPMC9531112
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