Cryo-EM structures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis imidazole glycerol phosphate dehydratase in the apo state and in the presence of small molecules.

ABSTRACT: Unlike humans, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of human tuberculosis, has a de novo histidine-biosynthesis pathway. The enzyme imidazole glycerol phosphate dehydratase (IGPD), which catalyses the conversion of imidazole glycerol phosphate to imidazole acetol phosphate, has been studied extensively from various organisms and has become a major target for the development of antibacterial, antiweed and antifungal small molecules. In our previous studies, we have shown that in crystals IGPD forms a 24-mer oligomeric state in which the monomers are arranged in 432 symmetry. In order to gain insights into the oligomeric state of Mtb IGPD in solution, we determined cryogenic sample electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of apo IGPD at 2.2 and 3.1 Å resolution. In addition,

SUBMITTER: Raina R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12210188 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature