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PROSITE documentation PDOC00536Indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase signature
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Indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase (EC 4.1.1.48) (IGPS) catalyzes the fourth step in the biosynthesis of tryptophan: the ring closure of 1-(2-carboxy-phenylamino)-1-deoxyribulose into indol-3-glycerol-phosphate.
In some bacteria, IGPS is a single chain enzyme. In others - such as Escherichia coli - it is the N-terminal domain of a bifunctional enzyme that also catalyzes N-(5'-phosphoribosyl)anthranilate isomerase (PRAI) activity, the third step of tryptophan biosynthesis. In fungi, IGPS is the central domain of a trifunctional enzyme that also contains a PRAI C-terminal domain and a glutamine amidotransferase N-terminal domain.
The N-terminal section of IGPS contains a highly conserved region which X-ray crystallography studies [1] have shown to be part of the active site cavity. We use this region as a signature pattern for IGPS.
Last update:April 2006 / Pattern revised.
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| 1 | Authors | Wilmanns M. Priestle J.P. Niermann T. Jansonius J.N. |
| Title | Three-dimensional structure of the bifunctional enzyme phosphoribosylanthranilate isomerase: indoleglycerolphosphate synthase from Escherichia coli refined at 2.0 A resolution. | |
| Source | J. Mol. Biol. 223:477-507(1992). | |
| PubMed ID | 1738159 |
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