PROSITE documentation PDOC00628

Chorismate synthase signatures

Description:

Chorismate synthase (EC 4.2.3.5) catalyzes the last of the seven steps in the shikimate pathway which is used in prokaryotes, fungi and plants for the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids. It catalyzes the 1,4-trans elimination of the phosphate group from 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) to form chorismate which can then be used in phenylalanine, tyrosine or tryptophan biosynthesis. Chorismate synthase requires the presence of a reduced flavin mononucleotide (FMNH2 or FADH2) for its activity.

Chorismate synthase from various sources shows [1,2] a high degree of sequence conservation. It is a protein of about 360 to 400 amino-acid residues. We developed three signature patterns from conserved regions rich in basic residues (mostly arginines). The first is in the N-terminal section, the second is central and the third is C-terminal.

Last update:

April 2006 / Pattern revised.

Technical section:

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CHORISMATE_SYNTHASE_1, PS00787Chorismate synthase signature 1  (PATTERN)
Consensus pattern: G-[DES]-S-H-[GC]-x(2)-[LIVM]-[GTIVLAMS]-x-[LIVTM]-[LIVM]-[DEST]-[GH]-x-[PV]
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: 1Q1L 1QXO 1R52 1R53 ... [ALL]
CHORISMATE_SYNTHASE_2, PS00788Chorismate synthase signature 2  (PATTERN)
Consensus pattern: [GE]-x(2)-S-[AG]-R-x-[ST]-x(3)-[VT]-x(2)-[GA]-[STAVY]-[LIVMF]
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: 1Q1L 1QXO 1UM0 1UMF ... [ALL]
CHORISMATE_SYNTHASE_3, PS00789Chorismate synthase signature 3  (PATTERN)
Consensus pattern: R-[SHF]-D-[PSV]-[CSAVT]-x(4)-[SGAIVM]-x-[IVGSTAPM]-[LIVM]-x-E-[STAHNCG]-[LIVMA]
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 PS00789
Retrieve a list of all Swiss-Prot/TrEMBL entries matching PS00789
Scan Swiss-Prot/TrEMBL entries against PS00789
view ligand binding statistics
Matching PDB structures: 1R52 1R53 1UM0 1UMF ... [ALL]

References:

1 AuthorsSchaller A., Schmid J., Leibinger U., Amrhein N.
TitleMolecular cloning and analysis of a cDNA coding for chorismate synthase from the higher plant Corydalis sempervirens Pers.
SourceJ. Biol. Chem. 266:21434-21438(1991).
PubMed ID1718979
2 AuthorsJones D.G.L., Reusser U., Braus G.H.
TitleMolecular cloning, characterization and analysis of the regulation of the ARO2 gene, encoding chorismate synthase, of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
SourceMol. Microbiol. 5:2143-2152(1991).
PubMed ID1837329

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