The crystallographic structure of thermoNicotianamine synthase with a synthetic reaction intermediate highlights the sequential processing mechanism.
Dreyfus, C., Larrouy, M., Cavelier, F., Martinez, J., Pignol, D., Arnoux, P.(2011) Chem Commun (Camb) 47: 5825-5827
- PubMed: 21487608 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc10565e
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3O31 - PubMed Abstract: 
We determined the three-dimensional structure of a complex between an archaeal nicotianamine synthase homologue and a chemically synthesised reaction intermediate. This structure suggests that the enzymes cavity allows both an ordered substrate binding and provides energetic coupling of the reaction intermediate formation and translocation.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Cellulaire - Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique-UMR 6191 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 13115 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France.