PMID: 8676381 , Related PDB ids: T8142, T8143, T8144, T8145

Authors:

Dreyer MK, Schulz GE

Title:

Catalytic mechanism of the metal-dependent fuculose aldolase from Escherichia coli as derived from the structure.

Journal:

J Mol Biol. 1996 Jun 14;259(3):458-66.

Abstract:

The structure of L-fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase in a cubic crystal form has been determined with and without the inhibitor phosphoglycolohydroxamate at 2.4 and 2.7 angstrom (1 angstrom = 0.1 nm) resolution, respectively. This inhibitor mimics the enediolate transition state of the substrate moiety dihydroxyacetone phosphate. The structures showed that dihydroxyacetone phosphate ligates the zinc ion of this metal-dependent class II aldolase with its hydroxyl and keto oxygen atoms, shifting Glu73 away from the zinc coordination sphere to a non-polar environment. At this position Glu73 accepts a proton in the initial reaction step, producing the enediolate which is then stabilized by the zinc ion. The other substrate moiety L-lactaldehyde was modeled, because no binding structure is yet available.