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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2012 Dec 3;113(3):2182–2204. doi: 10.1021/cr300169a

Table 2.

Structural Alignment and Proposed Function of the Active Site Residues of the Dehydratases/Hydratases in Table 1.a

Enzyme H-Bond to W3 H-Bond to W3 Catalytic Residue BB H-Bond to Catalytic Residue Oxyanion Holeb H-Bond to W2 H-Bond to W3 H-Bond to W2c H-Bond to Asp/Glu n-4
Arrangement A DHs
FabA His70A (cis) Val76A Gly79A Cys80A Asp84B Gln88B
PaFabZ His49A (cis) Ile55A Gly58A Val59A His13B Glu63B Gln67B
PfFabZ His133A (cis) Ile139A Gly142A Val143A His98B Glu147B Gln151B
HpFabZ His58A (cis) Ile64A Gly67A Val68A His23B Glu72B Gln76B
CjFabZ His48A (cis) Ile54A Gly57A Val58A His13B Glu62B Gln66B
DEBS DH His2409 (trans) Leu2416 Gly2419 Ser2420 Tyr2533 Asp2571 Gln2575
CurF DH His1720 (trans) Leu1727 Ser1730 Thr1731 Tyr1851 Asp1893 Gln1897
CurH DH His971 (trans) Val978 Val982 Ser983 Tyr1094 Asp1136 Arg1140
CurJ DH His978 (trans) Val985 Gly988 Ala989 (Leu1115) Asp1156 Gln1160
CurK DH His996 (trans) Leu1003 Ala1006 Thr1007 Tyr1127 Asp1169 Gln1173
FAS DH His878 (trans) Leu885 Gly888 Thr889 Tyr1003 Asp1033 His1037

Arrangement J DHs & Hydratases
TlFAS DH Asp1586 Asn1588 His1591 (trans) Ile1606 Gly1609 Met1610 H2O*
ScFAS DH Asp1559 Asn1561 His1564 (trans) Ile1579 Gly1582 Met1583 H2O*
PhaJ Asp31A Asn33A His36A (trans) Ile51A Gly54A Met55A Ser62B
CtMFE-2 Hydratase 2 Asp808 Asn810 His813 (trans) Ile828 Gly831 Met832 H2O
HsMFE-2 Hydratase 2 Asp510 Asn512 His515 (trans) Ile530 Gly533 Leu534 H2O*
DmMFE-2 Hydratase 2 Asp496 Asn498 His501 (trans) Ile516 Gly519 Leu520 H2O
a

A or B after residue numbers indicates subunit for SHD enzymes/domains. Bold font indicates fully conserved residues; italic font indicates similar residues. W2 and W3 are water molecules referred to in the text and shown in Figures 3, 4, and 6. Parentheses indicate that a residue is located at the same location as other residues in the same column but not sharing the same function. BB, backbone.

b

Positive end of helix αHD.

c

An asterisk indicates that a water was not present in the crystal structures but is assumed to be involved based on structural superimposition with PhaJ and the other MFE-2 hydratase 2s.