Mechanistic Diversity in the RuBisCO Superfamily: A Novel Isomerization Reaction Catalyzed by the RuBisCO-like Protein from Rhodospirillum rubrum

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• 作者：Heidi J. Imker ; Jaya Singh ; Benjamin P. Warlick ; F. Robert Tabita ; John A. Gerlt
• 刊名：Biochemistry
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：October 28, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：47
• 期：43
• 页码：11171-11173
• 全文大小：126K
• 年卷期：v.47,no.43(October 28, 2008)
• ISSN：1520-4995

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Some homologues of d-ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) do not catalyze carboxylation and are designated RuBisCO-like proteins (RLPs). The RLP from Rhodospirillum rubrum (gi:83593333) catalyzes a novel isomerization reaction (overall 1,3-proton transfer reaction; likely, two 1,2-proton transfer reactions) that converts 5-methylthio-d-ribulose 1-phosphate to a 3:1 mixture of 1-methylthioxylulose 5-phosphate and 1-methylthioribulose 5-phosphate. Disruption of the gene encoding the RLP abolishes the ability of R. rubrum to utilize 5′-methylthioadenosine as a sole sulfur source, implicating a new, as-yet-uncharacterized, pathway for sulfur salvage.