1pyd | pdb_00001pyd
CATALYTIC CENTERS IN THE THIAMIN DIPHOSPHATE DEPENDENT ENZYME PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE AT 2.4 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION
Structural highlights
Function[PDC1_YEAST] Major of three pyruvate decarboxylases (PDC1, PDC5, PDC6) implicated in the nonoxidative conversion of pyruvate to acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide during alcoholic fermentation. Most of the produced acetaldehyde is subsequently reduced to ethanol, but some is required for cytosolic acetyl-CoA production for biosynthetic pathways. The enzyme is also one of five 2-oxo acid decarboxylases (PDC1, PDC5, PDC6, ARO10, and THI3) able to decarboxylate more complex 2-oxo acids (alpha-ketoacids) than pyruvate, which seem mainly involved in amino acid catabolism. Here the enzyme catalyzes the decarboxylation of amino acids, which, in a first step, have been transaminated to the corresponding 2-oxo acids. In a third step, the resulting aldehydes are reduced to alcohols, collectively referred to as fusel oils or alcohols. Its preferred substrates are the transaminated amino acids valine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan, whereas leucine is no substrate. In a side-reaction the carbanionic intermediate (or active aldehyde) generated by decarboxylation or by activation of an aldehyde can react with an aldehyde via condensation (or carboligation) yielding a 2-hydroxy ketone, collectively called acyloins.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] 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 PubMedThe crystal structure of brewers' yeast pyruvate decarboxylase, a thiamin diphosphate dependent alpha-keto acid decarboxylase, has been determined to 2.4-A resolution. The homotetrameric assembly contains two dimers, exhibiting strong intermonomer interactions within each dimer but more limited ones between dimers. Each monomeric subunit is partitioned into three structural domains, all folding according to a mixed alpha/beta motif. Two of these domains are associated with cofactor binding, while the other is associated with substrate activation. The catalytic centers containing both thiamin diphosphate and Mg(II) are located deep in the intermonomer interface within each dimer. Amino acids important in cofactor binding and likely to participate in catalysis and substrate activation are identified. Catalytic centers in the thiamin diphosphate dependent enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase at 2.4-A resolution.,Dyda F, Furey W, Swaminathan S, Sax M, Farrenkopf B, Jordan F Biochemistry. 1993 Jun 22;32(24):6165-70. PMID:8512926[11] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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