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- Name help_outline lanosterol Identifier CHEBI:16521 (Beilstein: 2226449; CAS: 79-63-0) help_outline Charge 0 Formula C30H50O InChIKeyhelp_outline CAHGCLMLTWQZNJ-BQNIITSRSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H][C@@]1(CC[C@@]2(C)C3=C(CC[C@]12C)[C@@]1(C)CC[C@H](O)C(C)(C)[C@]1([H])CC3)[C@H](C)CCC=C(C)C 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 9 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline S-adenosyl-L-methionine Identifier CHEBI:59789 Charge 1 Formula C15H23N6O5S InChIKeyhelp_outline MEFKEPWMEQBLKI-AIRLBKTGSA-O SMILEShelp_outline C[S+](CC[C@H]([NH3+])C([O-])=O)C[C@H]1O[C@H]([C@H](O)[C@@H]1O)n1cnc2c(N)ncnc12 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 842 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline eburicol Identifier CHEBI:70315 (CAS: 6890-88-6) help_outline Charge 0 Formula C31H52O InChIKeyhelp_outline XJLZCPIILZRCPS-ANMPWZFDSA-N SMILEShelp_outline C1[C@@]2(C=3CC[C@]4([C@](C3CC[C@]2(C([C@H](C1)O)(C)C)[H])(CC[C@@]4([C@H](C)CCC(C(C)C)=C)[H])C)C)C 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 4 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline H+ Identifier CHEBI:15378 Charge 1 Formula H InChIKeyhelp_outline GPRLSGONYQIRFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H+] 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 9,176 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine Identifier CHEBI:57856 Charge 0 Formula C14H20N6O5S InChIKeyhelp_outline ZJUKTBDSGOFHSH-WFMPWKQPSA-N SMILEShelp_outline Nc1ncnc2n(cnc12)[C@@H]1O[C@H](CSCC[C@H]([NH3+])C([O-])=O)[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 768 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
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The Pneumocystis carinii drug target S-adenosyl-L-methionine:sterol C-24 methyl transferase has a unique substrate preference.
Kaneshiro E.S., Rosenfeld J.A., Basselin-Eiweida M., Stringer J.R., Keely S.P., Smulian A.G., Giner J.L.
Pneumocystis is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause pneumonitis in immunodeficient people such as AIDS patients. Pneumocystis remains difficult to study in the absence of culture methods for luxuriant growth. Recombinant protein technology now makes it possible to avoid some major obstacles. ... >> More
Pneumocystis is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause pneumonitis in immunodeficient people such as AIDS patients. Pneumocystis remains difficult to study in the absence of culture methods for luxuriant growth. Recombinant protein technology now makes it possible to avoid some major obstacles. The P. carinii expressed sequence tag (EST) database contains 11 entries of a sequence encoding a protein homologous to S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM):C-24 sterol methyl transferase (SMT), suggesting high activity of this enzyme in the organism. We sequenced the erg6 cDNA, identified the putative peptide motifs for the sterol and SAM binding sites in the deduced amino acid sequence and expressed the protein in Escherichia coli. Unlike SAM:SMT from other organisms, the P. carinii enzyme had higher affinities for lanosterol and 24-methylenelanosterol than for zymosterol, the preferred substrate in other fungi. Cycloartenol was not a productive substrate. With lanosterol and 24-methylenelanosterol as substrates, the major reaction products were 24-methylenelanosterol and pneumocysterol respectively. Thus, the P. carinii SAM:SMT catalysed the transfer of both the first and the second methyl groups to the sterol C-24 position, and the substrate preference was found to be a unique property of the P. carinii SAM:SMT. These observations, together with the absence of SAM:SMT among mammals, further support the identification of sterol C-24 alkylation reactions as excellent targets for the development of drugs specifically directed against this pathogen. << Less
Mol. Microbiol. 44:989-999(2002) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]
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Pneumocystis carinii erg6 gene: sequencing and expression of recombinant SAM:sterol methyltransferase in heterologous systems.
Kaneshiro E.S., Rosenfeld J.A., Basselin M., Bradshaw S., Stringer J.R., Smulian A.G., Giner J.L.
J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 48:144S-146S(2001) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]
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Identification of 24-methylene-24,25-dihydrolanosterol as a precursor of ergosterol in the yeasts Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Schizosaccharomyces octosporus.
Harmouch N., Coulon J., Bonaly R.
Study of the plasma membrane sterol composition in the yeasts Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Schizosaccharomyces octosporus revealed the presence of ergosterol, lanosterol, dehydroergosterol, fecosterol, episterol and 24-methylene-24,25-dihydrolanosterol (eburicol), a C-31 derivative. The growth of ... >> More
Study of the plasma membrane sterol composition in the yeasts Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Schizosaccharomyces octosporus revealed the presence of ergosterol, lanosterol, dehydroergosterol, fecosterol, episterol and 24-methylene-24,25-dihydrolanosterol (eburicol), a C-31 derivative. The growth of both yeasts in the presence of ketoconazole led to a decrease by 85% of the ergosterol content while the levels of lanosterol and eburicol increased. This suggests that in the biosynthetic pathway of ergosterol in Schizosaccharomyces species, the transmethylation process on the C-24 may occur directly on lanosterol and not only on zymosterol. On the other hand, it cannot be excluded that in the genus Schizosaccharomyces two routes exist from lanosterol to ergosterol: the classical one via a direct C-14, C-4 demethylation of lanosterol and the second one via the formation of a C-31 derivative followed by demethylations. << Less
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 134:147-152(1995) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]