8FEW

Flavanone 4-Reductase from Sorghum bicolor-naringenin complex


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.02 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.228 
  • R-Value Work: 0.212 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.212 

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Literature

Structural Similarities and Overlapping Activities among Dihydroflavonol 4-Reductase, Flavanone 4-Reductase, and Anthocyanidin Reductase Offer Metabolic Flexibility in the Flavonoid Pathway.

Lewis, J.A.Zhang, B.Harza, R.Palmer, N.Sarath, G.Sattler, S.E.Twigg, P.Vermerris, W.Kang, C.

(2023) Int J Mol Sci 24

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241813901
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    8FEM, 8FEN, 8FET, 8FEU, 8FEV, 8FEW, 8FIO, 8FIP

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Flavonoids are potent antioxidants that play a role in defense against pathogens, UV-radiation, and the detoxification of reactive oxygen species. Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) and flavanone 4-reductase (FNR) reduce dihydroflavonols and flavanones, respectively, using NAD(P)H to produce flavan-(3)-4-(di)ols in flavonoid biosynthesis. Anthocyanidin reductase (ANR) reduces anthocyanidins to flavan-3-ols. In addition to their sequences, the 3D structures of recombinant DFR, FNR and ANR from sorghum and switchgrass showed a high level of similarity. The catalytic mechanism, substrate-specificity and key residues of three reductases were deduced from crystal structures, site-directed mutagenesis, molecular docking, kinetics, and thermodynamic ana-lyses. Although DFR displayed its highest activity against dihydroflavonols, it also showed activity against flavanones and anthocyanidins. It was inhibited by the flavonol quercetin and high concentrations of dihydroflavonols/flavonones. SbFNR1 and SbFNR2 did not show any activity against dihydroflavonols. However, SbFNR1 displayed activity against flavanones and ANR activity against two anthocyanidins, cyanidin and pelargonidin. Therefore, SbFNR1 and SbFNR2 could be specific ANR isozymes without delphinidin activity. Sorghum has high concentrations of 3-deoxyanthocyanidins in vivo, supporting the observed high activity of SbDFR against flavonols. Mining of expression data indicated substantial induction of these three reductase genes in both switchgrass and sorghum in response to biotic stress. Key signature sequences for proper DFR/ANR classification are proposed and could form the basis for future metabolic engineering of flavonoid metabolism.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
3-deoxyanthocyanidin synthase
A, B
344Sorghum bicolorMutation(s): 0 
UniProt
Find proteins for C5YGL7 (Sorghum bicolor)
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UniProt GroupC5YGL7
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.02 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.228 
  • R-Value Work: 0.212 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.212 
  • Space Group: I 41 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 165.069α = 90
b = 165.069β = 90
c = 208.599γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
XDSdata reduction
Aimlessdata scaling
PHENIXphasing

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Science Foundation (NSF, United States)United StatesCHE-1804699
National Science Foundation (NSF, United States)United StatesMCB-2043248

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2023-09-20
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2023-10-11
    Changes: Database references