Structural highlights
Function[Q8X5X6_ECO57] CoA transferase having broad substrate specificity for short-chain acyl-CoA thioesters with the activity decreasing when the length of the carboxylic acid chain exceeds four carbons. Exhibits high activity with acetoacetyl-CoA, propionyl-CoA, crotonoyl-CoA or butyryl-CoA as donors, with acetate as an acceptor. When acetyl-CoA is used as the donor, propionate, acetoacetate, butyrate, isobutyrate, and 4-hydroxybutyrate can be utilized as acceptors but not isovalerate. May play a role in short-chain fatty acid metabolism in E.coli. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedCoenzyme A transferases are involved in a broad range of biochemical processes in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and exhibit a diverse range of substrate specificities. The YdiF protein from Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an acyl-CoA transferase of unknown physiological function, and belongs to a large sequence family of CoA transferases, present in bacteria to humans, which utilize oxoacids as acceptors. In vitro measurements showed that YdiF displays enzymatic activity with short-chain acyl-CoAs. The crystal structures of YdiF and its complex with CoA, the first co-crystal structure for any Family I CoA transferase, have been determined and refined at 1.9 and 2.0 A resolution, respectively. YdiF is organized into tetramers, with each monomer having an open alpha/beta structure characteristic of Family I CoA transferases. Co-crystallization of YdiF with a variety of CoA thioesters in the absence of acceptor carboxylic acid resulted in trapping a covalent gamma-glutamyl-CoA thioester intermediate. The CoA binds within a well defined pocket at the N- and C-terminal domain interface, but makes contact only with the C-terminal domain. The structure of the YdiF complex provides a basis for understanding the different catalytic steps in the reaction of Family I CoA transferases. Crystallographic trapping of the glutamyl-CoA thioester intermediate of family I CoA transferases.,Rangarajan ES, Li Y, Ajamian E, Iannuzzi P, Kernaghan SD, Fraser ME, Cygler M, Matte A J Biol Chem. 2005 Dec 30;280(52):42919-28. Epub 2005 Oct 27. PMID:16253988[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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