Sandbox Reserved 316

This Sandbox is Reserved from January 10, 2010, through April 10, 2011 for use in BCMB 307-Proteins course taught by Andrea Gorrell at the University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada.

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spinqualitylabelsall models Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D load='3hle' size='350' frame='false' scene=
3hle, resolution 2.06Å (default scene)
Ligands:	DTT, MJA
Related:	1hld
Structural annotation: Resources: InterPro : Ipr012338, Ipr001466 Pfam : PF00144
Evolutionary conservation: Toggle Conservation Colors: Rows = identical sequences: Further Information: Caveats, Explanation, Complete Results at ConSurfDB
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum
Coordinates:	save as pdb, mmCIF, xml

Introduction

Simvastation synthase (LovD) is an enzyme isolated from the natural product biosynthetic pathways of Aspergillus terreus. Simvastatin Synthase is an acyltransferase that converts the inactive monacolin J acid (MJA) by dimethylbutyryl chloride to yield the protected form of simvastatin, which is subsequently undergoes lactonization to yield simvastatin.

LovD can also synthesize the blockbuster drug simvastatin using MJA and a synthetic alpha-dimethylbutyryl thioester, albeit with suboptimal properties as a biocatalyst.