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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has a highly complex cell wall, which is required for both bacterial survival and infection. Cell wall biosynthesis is dependent on decaprenyl diphosphate as a glyco-carrier, which is hence an essential metabolite in this pathogen. Previous biochemical studies indicated (E)-geranyl diphosphate (GPP) is required for the synthesis of decaprenyl diphosphate. Here we demonstrate that Rv0989c encodes the "missing" GPP synthase, representing the first such enzyme to be characterized from bacteria, and which presumably is involved in decaprenyl diphosphate biosynthesis in Mtb. Our investigation also has revealed previously unrecognized substrate plasticity of the farnesyl diphosphate synthases from Mtb, resolving previous discrepancies between biochemical and genetic studies of cell wall biosynthesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/3,3-dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dimethylallyltranstransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Diphosphates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Diterpenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Farnesol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Geranyltranstransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hemiterpenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Organophosphorus Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Polyisoprenyl Phosphates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sesquiterpenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/farnesyl pyrophosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/geranyl diphosphate
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1873-3468
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
585
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
549-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Cell Wall, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Dimethylallyltranstransferase, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Diphosphates, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Diterpenes, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Farnesol, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Flame Ionization, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Geranyltranstransferase, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Hemiterpenes, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Isomerism, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Organophosphorus Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Polyisoprenyl Phosphates, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Sesquiterpenes, pubmed-meshheading:21237161-Substrate Specificity
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Rv0989c encodes a novel (E)-geranyl diphosphate synthase facilitating decaprenyl diphosphate biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural