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==Structure of 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase==
<StructureSection load='3qn0' size='340' side='right'caption='[[3qn0]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.34&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3qn0]] is a 6 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli_BL21(DE3) Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3QN0 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3QN0 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.34&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=ZN:ZINC+ION'>ZN</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3qn0 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3qn0 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3qn0 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3qn0 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3qn0 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3qn0 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/QUED_ECOLI QUED_ECOLI] Catalyzes the conversion of 7,8-dihydroneopterin triphosphate (H2NTP) to 6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin (CPH4) and acetaldehyde. Can also convert 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin (PPH4) and sepiapterin to CPH4; these 2 compounds are probably intermediates in the reaction from H2NTP.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Escherichia coli 6-carboxytetrahydropterin synthase (eCTPS), a homologue of 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS), possesses a much stronger catalytic activity to cleave the side chain of sepiapterin in vitro compared with genuine PTPS activity and catalyzes the conversion of dihydroneopterin triphosphate to 6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin in vivo. Crystal structures of wild-type apo eCTPS and of a Cys27Ala mutant eCTPS complexed with sepiapterin have been determined to 2.3 and 2.5 A resolution, respectively. The structures are highly conserved at the active site and the Zn(2+) binding site. However, comparison of the eCTPS structures with those of mammalian PTPS homologues revealed that two specific residues, Trp51 and Phe55, that are not found in mammalian PTPS keep the substrate bound by stacking it with their side chains. Replacement of these two residues by site-directed mutagenesis to the residues Met and Leu, which are only found in mammalian PTPS, converted eCTPS to the mammalian PTPS activity. These studies confirm that these two aromatic residues in eCTPS play an essential role in stabilizing the substrate and in the specific enzyme activity that differs from the original PTPS activity. These aromatic residues Trp51 and Phe55 are a key signature of bacterial PTPS enzymes that distinguish them from mammalian PTPS homologues.

Structural basis of a novel activity of bacterial 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase homologues distinct from mammalian 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase activity.,Seo KH, Zhuang N, Park YS, Park KH, Lee KH Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2014 May;70(Pt 5):1212-23. doi:, 10.1107/S1399004714002016. Epub 2014 Apr 26. PMID:24816091<ref>PMID:24816091</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
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