Chorismate lyase

The enzyme chorismate lyase (EC 4.1.3.40) catalyzes the first step in ubiquinone biosynthesis, the removal of pyruvate from chorismate, to yield 4-hydroxybenzoate in Escherichia coli and other Gram-negative bacteria.^[1] It belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the oxo-acid-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is chorismate pyruvate-lyase (4-hydroxybenzoate-forming). Other names in common use include CL, CPL, and UbiC.

Chorismate lyase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.1.3.40
CAS no.	157482-18-3
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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This enzyme catalyses the chemical reaction:^[2]

chorismate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ 4-hydroxybenzoate + pyruvate

The chorismate pyruvate lyase (CPL) catalyzed reaction.

Its activity does not require metal cofactors.^[3]

Activity

Chorismate lyase
chorismate lyase with product, 1.0 a resolution
Identifiers
Symbol	Chor_lyase
Pfam	PF04345
Pfam clan	CL0122
InterPro	IPR007440
SCOP2	1jd3 / SCOPe / SUPFAM
Available protein structures: Pfam   structures / ECOD   PDB RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj PDBsum structure summary

Catalytic activity

• This enzyme has an optimum pH at 7.5

Enzymatic activity

Inhibited by:

• Vanillate
• 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde
• 3-carboxylmethylaminmethyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid
• 4HB - ubiC is inhibited by the product of the reaction, which scientists believe serves as a control mechanism for the pathway

Pathway

The pathway used is called the ubiquinone biosynthesis pathway, it catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of ubiquinone in E. coli. Ubiquinone is a lipid-soluble electron-transporting coenzyme. They are essential electron carriers in prokaryotes and are essential in aerobic organisms to achieve ATP synthesis.^[4]

Nomenclature

There are several different names for chorismate lyase. It is also called chorismate pyruvate lyase (4-hydroxybenzoate-forming) and it is also abbreviated several different ways: CPL, CL, and ubiC. It is sometimes referred to as ubiC, because that is the gene name. This enzyme belongs to the class lyases; more specifically the ox-acid-lyase or the carbon-carbon-lyases.^[5]

Taxonomic lineage:

1. bacteria → proteobacteria → gammaproteobacteria → enterobacteriales → enterobacteriaceae → escherichia → Escherichia coli

Structure

This enzyme is a monomer. Its secondary structure contains helixes, turns, and beta-strands. It has a mass of 18,777 daltons and its sequence is 165 amino acids long.^[5]

Binding sites

• position: 35(M)
• position: 77(R)
• position: 115(L)

Mutagenesis

• position: 91G → A; increases product inhibition by 40%. No effect on substrate affinity.
• position: 156E → K; loss of activity