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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-26
pubmed:abstractText
The active site of the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) has been probed using site-directed mutagenesis and inhibitor binding techniques. Replacement of a specific glycyl with an alanyl or a prolyl with a seryl residue in a highly conserved region confers glyphosate tolerance to several bacterial and plant EPSPS enzymes, suggesting a high degree of structural conservation between these enzymes. The glycine to alanine substitution corresponding to Escherichia coli EPSPS G96A increases the Ki(app) (glyphosate) of petunia EPSPS 5000-fold while increasing the Km(app)(phosphoenolpyruvate) about 40-fold. Substitution of this glycine with serine, however, abolishes EPSPS activity but results in the elicitation of a novel EPSP hydrolase activity whereby EPSP is converted to shikimate 3-phosphate and pyruvate. This highly conserved region is critical for the interaction of the phosphate moiety of phosphoenolpyruvate with EPSPS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
266
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
22364-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Site-directed mutagenesis of a conserved region of the 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase active site.
pubmed:affiliation
Monsanto Agricultural Company, New Products Division, Chesterfield, Missouri.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study