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9IX7

Crystal structure of homolog of dihydroxyacid dehydratase(AstD) from Aspergillus terreus

Summary for 9IX7
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb9ix7/pdb
Descriptordihydroxy-acid dehydratase, DI(HYDROXYETHYL)ETHER, 1,2-ETHANEDIOL, ... (4 entities in total)
Functional Keywordsdihydroxyacid dehydratase, lyase
Biological sourceAspergillus terreus
Total number of polymer chains2
Total formula weight120683.94
Authors
Huang, W.X.,Zhang, P.X.,Zhou, J.H. (deposition date: 2024-07-26, release date: 2025-07-09)
Primary citationZang, X.,Bat-Erdene, U.,Huang, W.,Wu, Z.,Jacobsen, S.E.,Tang, Y.,Zhou, J.
Structural Bases of Dihydroxy Acid Dehydratase Inhibition and Biodesign for Self-Resistance.
Biodes Res, 6:0046-0046, 2024
Cited by
PubMed Abstract: Dihydroxy acid dehydratase (DHAD) is the third enzyme in the plant branched-chain amino acid biosynthetic pathway and the target for commercial herbicide development. We have previously reported the discovery of fungal natural product aspterric acid (AA) as a submicromolar inhibitor of DHAD through self-resistance gene directed genome mining. Here, we reveal the mechanism of AA inhibition on DHAD and the self-resistance mechanism of AstD, which is encoded by the self-resistance gene D. As a competitive inhibitor, the hydroxycarboxylic acid group of AA mimics the binding of the natural substrate of DHAD, while the hydrophobic moiety of AA occupies the substrate entrance cavity. Compared to DHAD, AstD has a relatively narrow substrate channel to prevent AA from binding. Several mutants of DHAD were generated and assayed to validate the self-resistance mechanism and to confer DHAD with AA resistance. These results will lead to the engineering of new type of herbicides targeting DHAD and provide direction for the ecological construction of herbicide-resistant crops.
PubMed: 39494391
DOI: 10.34133/bdr.0046
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Experimental method
X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.29 Å)
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