PROSITE documentation PDOC00569

Dihydrodipicolinate synthase signatures

Description:

Dihydrodipicolinate synthase (EC 4.2.1.52) (DHDPS) [1] catalyzes, in higher plants chloroplast and in many bacteria (gene dapA), the first reaction specific to the biosynthesis of lysine and of diaminopimelate. DHDPS is responsible for the condensation of aspartate semialdehyde and pyruvate by a ping-pong mechanism in which pyruvate first binds to the enzyme by forming a Schiff-base with a lysine residue.

Three other proteins are structurally related to DHDPS and probably also act via a similar catalytic mechanism:

  • Escherichia coli N-acetylneuraminate lyase (EC 4.1.3.3) (gene nanA), which catalyzes the condensation of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and pyruvate to form N-acetylneuraminate.
  • Rhizobium meliloti protein mosA [3], which is involved in the biosynthesis of the rhizopine 3-o-methyl-scyllo-inosamine.
  • Escherichia coli hypothetical protein yjhH.

We have developed two signature patterns for these enzymes. The first one is centered on highly conserved region in the N-terminal part of these proteins. The second signature contains a lysine residue which has been shown, in Escherichia coli dapA [2], to be the one that forms a Schiff-base with the substrate.

Last update:

December 2004 / Pattern and text revised.

Technical section:

PROSITE methods (with tools and information) covered by this documentation:

DHDPS_1, PS00665Dihydrodipicolinate synthase signature 1  (PATTERN)
Consensus pattern: [GSA]-[LIVM]-[LIVMFY]-x(2)-G-[ST]-[TG]-G-E-[GASNF]-x(6)-[EQ]
Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL
Other sequence(s) detected in Swiss-Prot: NONE.
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Matching PDB structures: 1DHP 1F5Z 1F6K 1F6P ... [ALL]
DHDPS_2, PS00666Dihydrodipicolinate synthase signature 2  (PATTERN)
Consensus pattern: Y-[DNSAH]-[LIVMFAN]-P-x(2)-[STAV]-x(2,3)-[LIVMFT]-x(13,14)-[LIVMCF]-x-[SGA]-[LIVMFNS]-K-[DEQAFYH]-[STACI]
K is involved in Schiff-base formation
Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL
Other sequence(s) detected in Swiss-Prot: NONE.
• Retrieve an alignment of Swiss-Prot true positive hits:
  Clustal format, color, condensed view  / Clustal format, color  / Clustal format, plain text  / Fasta format
Retrieve the sequence logo from the alignment
Taxonomic tree view of all Swiss-Prot/TrEMBL entries matching PS00666
Retrieve a list of all Swiss-Prot/TrEMBL entries matching PS00666
Scan Swiss-Prot/TrEMBL entries against PS00666
view ligand binding statistics
Matching PDB structures: 1DHP 1F5Z 1F6K 1F6P ... [ALL]

References:

1 AuthorsKaneko T., Hashimoto T., Kumpaisal R., Yamada Y.
TitleMolecular cloning of wheat dihydrodipicolinate synthase.
SourceJ. Biol. Chem. 265:17451-17455(1990).
PubMed ID2211639
2 AuthorsLaber B., Gomis-Ruth F.-X., Romao M.J., Huber R.
TitleEscherichia coli dihydrodipicolinate synthase. Identification of the active site and crystallization.
SourceBiochem. J. 288:691-695(1992).
PubMed ID1463470
3 AuthorsMurphy P.J., Trenz S.P., Grzemski W., De Bruijn F.J., Schell J.
TitleThe Rhizobium meliloti rhizopine mos locus is a mosaic structure facilitating its symbiotic regulation.
SourceJ. Bacteriol. 175:5193-5204(1993).
PubMed ID8349559

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