CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 1.10.1740.10
Functional Family 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase

Enzyme Information

1.1.1.267
1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase.
based on mapping to UniProt P45568
2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate + NADP(+) = 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate + NADPH.
-!- The enzyme from several eubacteria, including Escherichia coli, forms part of an alternative nonmevalonate pathway for terpenoid biosynthesis. -!- The mechanism has been shown to be a retroaldol/aldol reaction.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P45568
DXR_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase

PDB Structure

PDB 1Q0L
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
The crystal structure of E.coli 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase in a ternary complex with the antimalarial compound fosmidomycin and NADPH reveals a tight-binding closed enzyme conformation.
Mac Sweeney, A., Lange, R., Fernandes, R.P., Schulz, H., Dale, G.E., Douangamath, A., Proteau, P.J., Oefner, C.
J.Mol.Biol.
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