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SUBMITTER: Chhabra S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2864696 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chhabra Sandeep S Newman Janet J Peat Thomas S TS Fernley Ross T RT Caine Joanne J Simpson Jamie S JS Swarbrick James D JD
Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 20100430 Pt 5
6-Hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (HPPK) catalyzes the Mg(2+)-dependent transfer of pyrophosphate from ATP to 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin (HMDP), forming 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphate, which is a critical step in the de novo folic acid-biosynthesis pathway. Diffraction-quality crystals of HPPK from the medically relevant species Staphylococcus aureus were grown in the presence of ammonium sulfate or sodium malonate and diffracted to better than 1.65 A re ...[more]