Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Structural insight on assembly-line catalysis in terpene biosynthesis

  • Jacque L. Faylo,
  • Trevor van Eeuwen,
  • Hee Jong Kim,
  • Jose J. Gorbea Colón,
  • Benjamin A. Garcia,
  • Kenji Murakami,
  • David W. Christianson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23589-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Substrate channeling can improve biosynthetic efficiency and has been implicated in the reactions of fusicoccadiene synthase. Here, the authors analyze this bifunctional enzyme complex by cryoEM, cross-linking MS and integrative modeling, providing structural insights into how substrate channeling is achieved.