PMID:16322583

Citation	Tyagi, R, Duquerroy, S, Navaza, J, Guddat, LW and Duggleby, RG (2005) The crystal structure of a bacterial class II ketol-acid reductoisomerase: domain conservation and evolution. Protein Sci. 14:3089-100
Abstract	Ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI; EC 1.1.1.86) catalyzes two steps in the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids. Amino acid sequence comparisons across species reveal that there are two types of this enzyme: a short form (Class I) found in fungi and most bacteria, and a long form (Class II) typical of plants. Crystal structures of each have been reported previously. However, some bacteria such as Escherichia coli possess a long form, where the amino acid sequence differs appreciably from that found in plants. Here, we report the crystal structure of the E. coli enzyme at 2.6 A resolution, the first three-dimensional structure of any bacterial Class II KARI. The enzyme consists of two domains, one with mixed alpha/beta structure, which is similar to that found in other pyridine nucleotide-dependent dehydrogenases. The second domain is mainly alpha-helical and shows strong evidence of internal duplication. Comparison of the active sites between KARI of E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and spinach shows that most residues occupy conserved positions in the active site. E. coli KARI was crystallized as a tetramer, the likely biologically active unit. This contrasts with P. aeruginosa KARI, which forms a dodecamer, and spinach KARI, a dimer. In the E. coli KARI tetramer, a novel subunit-to-subunit interacting surface is formed by a symmetrical pair of bulbous protrusions.
Links	PubMed PMC2253233 Online version:10.1110/ps.051791305
Keywords	Amino Acid Sequence; Binding Sites; Calcium/chemistry; Cations, Divalent/chemistry; Crystallography, X-Ray; Dimerization; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase/chemistry; Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase/classification; Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase/genetics; Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase/metabolism; Models, Molecular; Molecular Sequence Data; Protein Structure, Quaternary; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/enzymology; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Spinacia oleracea/enzymology; Structural Homology, Protein
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