Structure of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase from the caries pathogen Streptococcus mutans
Liu, C.P., Xu, R., Gao, Z.Q., Xu, J.H., Hou, H.F., Li, L.Q., She, Z., Li, L.F., Su, X.D., Liu, P., Dong, Y.H.(2010) Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 66: 498-502
- PubMed: 20445243 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309110009243
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3DEZ - PubMed Abstract: 
Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRTase) catalyzes the OMP-forming step in de novo pyrimidine-nucleotide biosynthesis. Here, the crystal structure of OPRTase from the caries pathogen Streptococcus mutans is reported at 2.4 A resolution. S. mutans OPRTase forms a symmetric dimer and each monomer binds two sulfates at the active sites. The structural symmetry of the sulfate-binding sites and the missing loops in this structure are consistent with a symmetric catalysis mechanism.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.