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- Name help_outline formate Identifier CHEBI:15740 (CAS: 71-47-6) help_outline Charge -1 Formula CHO2 InChIKeyhelp_outline BDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-M SMILEShelp_outline [H]C([O-])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 99 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline acetyl-CoA Identifier CHEBI:57288 (Beilstein: 8468140) help_outline Charge -4 Formula C23H34N7O17P3S InChIKeyhelp_outline ZSLZBFCDCINBPY-ZSJPKINUSA-J SMILEShelp_outline CC(=O)SCCNC(=O)CCNC(=O)[C@H](O)C(C)(C)COP([O-])(=O)OP([O-])(=O)OC[C@H]1O[C@H]([C@H](O)[C@@H]1OP([O-])([O-])=O)n1cnc2c(N)ncnc12 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 382 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline pyruvate Identifier CHEBI:15361 (CAS: 57-60-3) help_outline Charge -1 Formula C3H3O3 InChIKeyhelp_outline LCTONWCANYUPML-UHFFFAOYSA-M SMILEShelp_outline CC(=O)C([O-])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 220 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline CoA Identifier CHEBI:57287 (Beilstein: 11604429) help_outline Charge -4 Formula C21H32N7O16P3S InChIKeyhelp_outline RGJOEKWQDUBAIZ-IBOSZNHHSA-J SMILEShelp_outline CC(C)(COP([O-])(=O)OP([O-])(=O)OC[C@H]1O[C@H]([C@H](O)[C@@H]1OP([O-])([O-])=O)n1cnc2c(N)ncnc12)[C@@H](O)C(=O)NCCC(=O)NCCS 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 1,565 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
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Publications
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Pyruvate formate-lyase of Escherichia coli: the acetyl-enzyme intermediate.
Knappe J., Blaschkowski H.P., Groebner P., Schmitt T.
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Pyruvate formate lyase is structurally homologous to type I ribonucleotide reductase.
Leppanen V.M., Merckel M.C., Ollis D.L., Wong K.K., Kozarich J.W., Goldman A.
<h4>Background</h4>Pyruvate formate lyase (PFL) catalyses a key step in Escherichia coli anaerobic glycolysis by converting pyruvate and CoA to formate and acetylCoA. The PFL mechanism involves an unusual radical cleavage of pyruvate, involving an essential C alpha radical of Gly734 and two cystei ... >> More
<h4>Background</h4>Pyruvate formate lyase (PFL) catalyses a key step in Escherichia coli anaerobic glycolysis by converting pyruvate and CoA to formate and acetylCoA. The PFL mechanism involves an unusual radical cleavage of pyruvate, involving an essential C alpha radical of Gly734 and two cysteine residues, Cys418 and Cys419, which may form thiyl radicals required for catalysis. We undertook this study to understand the structural basis for catalysis.<h4>Results</h4>The first structure of a fragment of PFL (residues 1-624) at 2.8 A resolution shows an unusual barrel-like structure, with a catalytic beta finger carrying Cys418 and Cys419 inserted into the centre of the barrel. Several residues near the active-site cysteines can be ascribed roles in the catalytic mechanism: Arg176 and Arg435 are positioned near Cys419 and may bind pyruvate/formate and Trp333 partially buries Cys418. Both cysteine residues are accessible to each other owing to their cis relationship at the tip of the beta finger. Finally, two clefts that may serve as binding sites for CoA and pyruvate have been identified.<h4>Conclusions</h4>PFL has striking structural homology to the aerobic ribonucleotide reductase (RNR): the superposition of PFL and RNR includes eight of the ten strands in the unusual RNR alpha/beta barrel as well as the beta finger, which carries key catalytic residues in both enzymes. This provides the first structural proof that RNRs and PFLs are related by divergent evolution from a common ancestor. << Less
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Modification of Cys-418 of pyruvate formate-lyase by methacrylic acid, based on its radical mechanism.
Plaga W., Vielhaber G., Wallach J., Knappe J.
The recently determined crystal structure of pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL) suggested a new view of the mechanism of this glycyl radical enzyme, namely that intermediary thiyl radicals of Cys-418 and Cys-419 participate in different ways [Becker, A. et al. (1999) Nat. Struct. Biol. 6, 969-975]. We r ... >> More
The recently determined crystal structure of pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL) suggested a new view of the mechanism of this glycyl radical enzyme, namely that intermediary thiyl radicals of Cys-418 and Cys-419 participate in different ways [Becker, A. et al. (1999) Nat. Struct. Biol. 6, 969-975]. We report here a suicide reaction of PFL that occurs with the substrate-analog methacrylate with retention of the protein radical (K(I)=0.42 mM, k(i)=0.14 min(-1)). Using [1-(14)C]methacrylate (synthesized via acetone cyanhydrin), the reaction end-product was identified by peptide mapping and cocrystallization experiments as S-(2-carboxy-(2S)-propyl) substituted Cys-418. The stereoselectivity of the observed Michael addition reaction is compatible with a radical mechanism that involves Cys-418 thiyl as nucleophile and Cys-419 as H-atom donor, thus supporting the functional assignments of these catalytic amino acid residues derived from the protein structure. << Less