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1-l-myo-Inositol-1-phosphate synthase catalyzes the conversion of d-glucose 6-phosphate to 1-l-myo-inositol-1-phosphate (MIP), the first and rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of all inositol-containing compounds. It involves an oxidation, intramolecular aldol cyclization, and reduction. We have determined the first crystal structure of MIP synthase. We present structures of both the NAD-bound enzyme and the enzyme bound to an inhibitor, 2-deoxy-glucitol-6-phosphate. While 58 amino acids are disordered in the unbound form of the enzyme in the vicinity of the active site, the inhibitor nucleates the folding of this domain in a striking example of induced fit, serving to completely encapsulate it within the enzyme. Three helices and a long beta-strand are formed in this process. We postulate a mechanism for the conversion based on the structure of the inhibitor-bound complex.

1JKF is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharomyces_cerevisiae Saccharomyces cerevisiae] with <scene name='pdbligand=NAD:'>NAD</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inositol-3-phosphate_synthase Inositol-3-phosphate synthase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=5.5.1.4 5.5.1.4] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1JKF OCA].  

[[Category: Geiger, J H.]]

[[Category: Stein, A J.]]

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