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== Function ==
== Function ==


'''Mevalonate kinase''' (MK) is the first enzyme in the mevalonate pathway which synthesizes sterol isoprenoids like cholesterol and non-sterol isoprenoids like ubiquinone<ref>PMID:17467679</ref>. MK catalyzes the conversion of mevalonate to 5-phosphomevalonate.
'''Mevalonate kinase''' (MK) is the first enzyme in the mevalonate pathway which synthesizes sterol isoprenoids like cholesterol and non-sterol isoprenoids like ubiquinone<ref>PMID:17467679</ref>. MK catalyzes the conversion of mevalonate to 5-phosphomevalonate.
 
See also [[Mevalonate pathway]]


== Disease ==
== Disease ==
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== Structural highlights ==
== Structural highlights ==


The 3D structure of MK complex with mevalonate shows the enzyme composed of <scene name='86/864102/Cv/2'>2 domains</scene>: The N-terminal and the C-terminal. The mevalonate binds in a deep cleft between the 2 domains forming H-bond interactions with Arg and Tyr residues and several hydrophobic interactions<ref>PMID:17397541</ref>.
The 3D structure of MK complex with mevalonate shows the enzyme composed of <scene name='86/864102/Cv/2'>2 domains</scene>: The N-terminal and the C-terminal. The mevalonate binds in a <scene name='86/864102/Cv/7'>deep cleft</scene> between the 2 domains forming <scene name='86/864102/Cv/6'>H-bonds and hydrophobic interactions</scene><ref>PMID:17397541</ref>. Water molecules are shown as red spheres.


==3D structures of mevalonate kinase==
==3D structures of mevalonate kinase==
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[[6mdf]] - MmMK + 5-phosphomevalonate<br />
[[6mdf]] - MmMK + 5-phosphomevalonate<br />
[[1kkh]], [[1vis]] - MK - ''Methancaldococcus jannaschii''<br />
[[1kkh]], [[1vis]] - MK - ''Methancaldococcus jannaschii''<br />
[[8teb]] - MK - ''Methanococcoides burtonii''<br />
[[8tfo]] - MK + mevalonate - ''Ramazzottius varieornatus''<br />
[[2oi2]] - MK + diphosphomevalonate - ''Streptococcus pneumaniae''<br />
[[2oi2]] - MK + diphosphomevalonate - ''Streptococcus pneumaniae''<br />
[[2hfs]] - LmMK - ''Leishmania major''<br />
[[2hfs]] - LmMK - ''Leishmania major''<br />

Latest revision as of 09:02, 22 December 2025

Mevalonate kinase complex with mevalonate (PDB code 2hfu).

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