Iubmb Life 2013-04-01

Structures and reaction mechanisms of GTP cyclohydrolases.

Tobias Gräwert, Markus Fischer, Adelbert Bacher

Index: IUBMB Life 65(4) , 310-22, (2013)

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Abstract

GTP cyclohydrolases generate the first committed intermediates for the biosynthesis of certain vitamins/cofactors (folic acid, riboflavin, deazaflavin, and tetrahydrobiopterin), deazapurine antibiotics, some t-RNA bases (queuosine, archaeosine), and the phytotoxin, toxoflavin. They depend on divalent cations for hydrolytic opening of the imidazole ring of the substrate, guanosine triphosphate (GTP). Surprisingly, the ring opening reaction is not the rate-limiting step for GTP cyclohydrolases I and II whose mechanism have been studied in some detail. GTP cyclohydrolase I, Ib, and II are potential targets for novel anti-infectives. Genetic factors modulating the activity of human GTP cyclohydrolase are highly pleiotropic, since the signal transponders whose biosyntheses require their participation (nitric oxide, catecholamines) impact a very wide range of physiological phenomena. Recent studies suggest that human GTP cyclohydrolase may become an oncology target.Copyright © 2013 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

Related Compounds

  • Riboflavine
  • 6-Biopterin

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