CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily NAD(P)-binding Rossmann-like Domain
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 2EGH
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Structure of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase in a quaternary complex with a magnesium ion, NADPH and the antimalarial drug fosmidomycin
Yajima, S., Hara, K., Iino, D., Sasaki, Y., Kuzuyama, T., Ohsawa, K., Seto, H.
Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.F