Functional characterization of GcpE, an essential enzyme of the non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis

Kollas, A. K., Duin, E. C., Eberl, Matthias ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-5348, Altincicek, B., Hintz, M., Reichenberg, A., Henschker, D., Henne, A., Steinbrecher, I., Ostrovsky, D. N., Hedderich, R., Beck, E., Jomaa, H. and Wiesner, J. 2002. Functional characterization of GcpE, an essential enzyme of the non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis. FEBS Letters 532 (3) , pp. 432-436. 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03725-0

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Abstract

The gcpE gene product controls one of the terminal steps of isoprenoid biosynthesis via the mevalonate independent 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate (MEP) pathway. This pathway is utilized by a variety of eubacteria, the plastids of algae and higher plants, and the plastid-like organelle of malaria parasites. Recombinant GcpE protein from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus was produced in Escherichia coli and purified under dioxygen-free conditions. The protein was enzymatically active in converting 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-2,4-cyclodiphosphate (MEcPP) into (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-but-2-enyl diphosphate (HMBPP) in the presence of dithionite as reductant. The maximal specific activity was 0.6 micromol x min(-1) x mg(-1) at pH 7.5 and 55 degrees C. The kcat value was 0.4 s(-1) and the K(m) value for HMBPP 0.42 mM.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine Research Institutes & Centres > Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0014-5793
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/64098

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