› 3p5r

X-ray diffraction
2.25Å resolution

Crystal Structure of Taxadiene Synthase from Pacific Yew (Taxus brevifolia) in complex with Mg2+ and 2-fluorogeranylgeranyl diphosphate

Released:
DOI: 10.2210/pdb3p5r/pdb
PDB entry 3p5r coloured by chain, front view.
PDB entry 3p5r coloured by chain, side view.
PDB entry 3p5r coloured by chain, top view.
Source organism: Taxus brevifolia
Primary publication:
Taxadiene synthase structure and evolution of modular architecture in terpene biosynthesis.
Köksal M, Jin Y, Coates RM, Croteau R, Christianson DW
OpenAccess logo Nature 469 116-20 (2011)
PMID: 21160477

Function and Biology Details

Reaction catalysed: 
Geranylgeranyl diphosphate = taxa-4,11-diene + diphosphate
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
Cellular component:
  • not assigned
Sequence domains:

Structure analysis Details

Assembly composition:
monomeric (preferred)
Assembly name:
PDBe Complex ID:
PDB-CPX-174952 (preferred)
Entry contents:
1 distinct polypeptide molecule
Macromolecule:
Taxadiene synthase Chains: A, B
Molecule details ›
Chains: A, B
Length: 764 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 87.8 KDa
Source organism: Taxus brevifolia
Expression system: Escherichia coli
UniProt:
  • Canonical: Q41594 (Residues: 108-862; Coverage: 88%)
Gene name: TDC1
Sequence domains:
Structure domains:

Ligands and Environments

2 bound ligands:
Ligand MG 6 x MG
Ligand FGG 2 x FGG
No modified residues

Experiments and Validation Details

Entry percentile scores
X-ray source: NSLS BEAMLINE X29A
Spacegroup: P21
Unit cell:
a: 54.05Å b: 201.98Å c: 81.431Å
α: 90° β: 91.6° γ: 90°
R-values:
R R work R free
0.189 0.187 0.25
Expression system: Escherichia coli

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Citations

30 review citations

Structural and Chemical Biology of Terpenoid Cyclases.
Christianson DW. (2017)
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12 mentions without citation

Multi-domain terpenoid cyclase architecture and prospects for proximity in bifunctional catalysis.
Chen et al. (2016)
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