1B9L

7,8-DIHYDRONEOPTERIN TRIPHOSPHATE EPIMERASE


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.259 
  • R-Value Work: 0.188 

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Literature

Crystal structure of 7,8-dihydroneopterin triphosphate epimerase.

Ploom, T.Haussmann, C.Hof, P.Steinbacher, S.Bacher, A.Richardson, J.Huber, R.

(1999) Structure 7: 509-516

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(99)80067-7
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1B9L

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Dihydroneopterin triphosphate (H2NTP) is the central substrate in the biosynthesis of folate and tetrahydrobiopterin. Folate serves as a cofactor in amino acid and purine biosynthesis and tetrahydrobiopterin is used as a cofactor in amino acid hydroxylation and nitric oxide synthesis. In bacteria, H2NTP enters the folate biosynthetic pathway after nonenzymatic dephosphorylation; in vertebrates, H2NTP is used to synthesize tetrahydrobiopterin. The dihydroneopterin triphosphate epimerase of Escherichia coli catalyzes the inversion of carbon 2' of H2NTP. The crystal structure of the homo-octameric protein has been solved by a combination of multiple isomorphous replacement, Patterson search techniques and cyclic averaging and has been refined to a crystallographic R factor of 18.8% at 2.9 A resolution. The enzyme is a torus-shaped, D4 symmetric homo-octamer with approximate dimensions of 65 x 65 A. Four epimerase monomers form an unusual 16-stranded antiparallel beta barrel by tight association between the N- and C-terminal beta strands of two adjacent subunits. Two tetramers associate in a head-to-head fashion to form the active enzyme complex. The folding topology, quaternary structure and amino acid sequence of epimerase is similar to that of the dihydroneopterin aldolase involved in the biosynthesis of the vitamin folic acid. The monomer fold of epimerase is also topologically similar to that of GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTP CH-1), 6-pyrovoyl tetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) and uroate oxidase (UO). Despite a lack of significant sequence homology these proteins share a common subunit fold and oligomerize to form central beta barrel structures employing different cyclic symmetry elements, D4, D5, D3 and D2, respectively. Moreover, these enzymes have a topologically equivalent acceptor site for the 2-amino-4-oxo pyrimidine (2-oxo-4-oxo pyrimidine in uroate oxidase) moiety of their respective substrates.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Abteilung Strukturforschung, Martins Germany. ploom@biochem.mpg.de


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
PROTEIN (EPIMERASE)
A, B, C, D, E
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
120Escherichia coliMutation(s): 0 
UniProt
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UniProt GroupP0AC19
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.259 
  • R-Value Work: 0.188 
  • Space Group: P 41
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 69.68α = 90
b = 69.68β = 90
c = 239.72γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
X-PLORrefinement

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2000-02-18
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-26
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Derived calculations, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2023-12-27
    Changes: Data collection, Database references