CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Aldolase class I
Functional Family Thiazole synthase

Enzyme Information

2.8.1.10
Thiazole synthase.
based on mapping to UniProt O31618
1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate + 2-iminoacetate + thiocarboxy-[sulfur- carrier protein ThiS] = 2-((2R,5Z)-2-carboxy-4-methylthiazol-5(2H)- ylidene)ethyl phosphate + [sulfur-carrier protein ThiS] + 2 H(2)O.
-!- H(2)S can provide the sulfur in vitro. -!- Part of the pathway for thiamine biosynthesis.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

O31618
THIG_BACSU
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168
Thiazole synthase

PDB Structure

PDB 1TYG
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Thiamin Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: Structure of the Thiazole Synthase/Sulfur Carrier Protein Complex
Settembre, E.C., Dorrestein, P.C., Zhai, H., Chatterjee, A., McLafferty, F.W., Begley, T.P., Ealick, S.E.
Biochemistry
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