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<p></p>Superimposition of the 3D structures of alpha-pinene synthase (blue), beta-pinene synthase (red), and limonene synthase (green). We used MODELLER (1) to automate homology-based 3D structure prediction. We identified an experimentally determined 3D structure of a taxadiene synthase from Pacific Yew (PDB ID: 3P5R) as an appropriate template.<p></p>
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<p></p>Superimposition of the 3D structures of alpha-pinene synthase (blue), beta-pinene synthase (red), and limonene synthase (green). We used MODELLER (1) to automate homology-based 3D structure prediction. We identified an experimentally determined 3D structure of a taxadiene synthase from Pacific Yew (PDB ID: 3P5R) as an appropriate template. The image was taken using the freely available ICM Browser.<p></p>
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Revision as of 02:41, 29 October 2011

Team: British Columbia - 2011.igem.org

Monoterpene Synthase Structural Modeling

Objective: To identify amino acid residues that are terpene synthesis, we constructed three-dimensional models of the terpene synthase proteins.

Model Creators: Joe Ho, Samuel Wu

Model Advisors: Shing Hei Zhan, Alina Chan

Three-dimensional structure of the 3 terpene synthases

UBCiGEM superimposed synthases.jpg

Superimposition of the 3D structures of alpha-pinene synthase (blue), beta-pinene synthase (red), and limonene synthase (green). We used MODELLER (1) to automate homology-based 3D structure prediction. We identified an experimentally determined 3D structure of a taxadiene synthase from Pacific Yew (PDB ID: 3P5R) as an appropriate template. The image was taken using the freely available ICM Browser.

Reactive site of the three synthases

UBCiGEM model3 reactive site.jpg Magnesium ions are cofactors located at the reactive site.

Future Directions


References

1. N. Eswar, M. A. Marti-Renom, B. Webb, M. S. Madhusudhan, D. Eramian, M. Shen, U. Pieper, A. Sali. Comparative Protein Structure Modeling With MODELLER. Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Supplement 15, 5.6.1-5.6.30, 2006.