In many microorganisms, the putative orthologs of the
Escherichia coli
ygbB
gene are tightly
linked or fused to putative orthologs of
ygbP
,
which has been shown earlier to be involved in terpenoid biosynthesis.
The
ygbB
gene of
E. coli
was expressed in
a recombinant
E. coli
strain and was shown to direct the
synthesis of a soluble, 17-kDa polypeptide. The recombinant protein was
found to convert 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-
d
-erythritol
2-phosphate into 2C-methyl-
d
-erythritol
2,4-cyclodiphosphate and CMP. The structure of the reaction product was
established by NMR spectroscopy using
13
C-labeled substrate
samples. The enzyme-catalyzed reaction requires Mn
2+
or
Mg
2+
but no other cofactors. Radioactivity from
[2-
14
C]2C-methyl-
d
-erythritol
2,4-cyclodiphosphate was diverted efficiently to carotenoids by
isolated chromoplasts from
Capsicum annuum
and, thus,
was established as an intermediate in the deoxyxylulose phosphate
pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis. YgbB protein also was found to
convert 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-
d
-erythritol into
2C-methyl-
d
-erythritol 3,4-cyclophosphate. This compound
does not serve as substrate for the formation of carotenoids by
isolated chromoplasts and is assumed to be an
in vitro
product without metabolic relevance.
在许多微生物中,Escherichia coli的ygbB基因的推定同源物通常与ygbP的推定同源物紧密链接或融合在一起,而ygbP早已被证明参与萜类化合物的生物合成。大肠杆菌的ygbB基因在重组的大肠杆菌菌株中表达,并被证明可以指导合成一种可溶性的17 kDa多肽。发现重组蛋白质可以将4-二磷酸胞苷基-2C-甲基-d-赤藓糖醇2-磷酸转化为2C-甲基-d-赤藓糖醇2,4-环二磷酸和CMP。使用13C标记的底物样品,通过NMR光谱法确定了反应产物的结构。酶催化的反应需要Mn2+或Mg2+,但不需要其他辅因子。[2-14C]2C-甲基-d-赤藓糖醇2,4-环二磷酸的放射性能有效地被辣椒素细胞色素体转化为类胡萝卜素,并因此被确定为异戊烯类化合物生物合成的去氧木糖磷酸途径的中间体。发现YgbB蛋白还可以将4-二磷酸胞苷基-2C-甲基-d-赤藓糖醇转化为2C-甲基-d-赤藓糖醇3,4-环磷酸。这种化合物不能作为细胞色素体形成类胡萝卜素的底物,被认为是一种无代谢相关的体外产物。