Julia Moorefield, Yagmur Konuk, Jordan O Norman, Jan Abendroth, Thomas E Edwards, Donald D Lorimer, Stephen J Mayclin, Bart L Staker, Justin K Craig, Kayleigh F Barett, Lynn K Barrett, Wesley C Van Voorhis, Peter J Myler, Krystle J McLaughlin
Inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi ) is generated as an intermediate or byproduct of many fundamental metabolic pathways, including DNA/RNA synthesis. The intracellular concentration of PPi must be regulated as buildup can inhibit many critical cellular processes. Inorganic pyrophosphatases (PPases) hydrolyze PPi into two orthophosphates (Pi ), preventing the toxic accumulation of the PPi byproduct in cells and making Pi available for use in biosynthetic pathways. Here, the crystal structure of a family I inorganic pyrophosphatase from Legionella pneumophila is reported at 2...
October 1, 2023: Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Structural Biology Communications