Eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A), now considered to be an elongation factor (see IPR001884), contains an unusual amino acid, hypusine [N epsilon-(4-aminobutyl-2-hydroxy)lysine]. The first step in the
post-translational formation of hypusine is catalysed by the enzyme
deoxyhypusine synthase (DS) EC:2.5.1.46. The enzyme catalyses the following reaction:
The modified version of eIF-5A, and DS, are required for eukaryotic cell proliferation [1]. The structure is known for this enzyme [1] in complex with its NAD+ cofactor.
Liao DI, Wolff EC, Park MH, Davies DR.
Crystal structure of the NAD complex of human deoxyhypusine synthase: an enzyme with a ball-and-chain mechanism for blocking the active site.
Structure 6 23-32 1998
[PubMed: 9493264] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00004-5
Umland TC, Wolff EC, Park MH, Davies DR.
A new crystal structure of deoxyhypusine synthase reveals the configuration of the active enzyme and of an enzyme.NAD.inhibitor ternary complex.
J. Biol. Chem. 279 2004 28697-705
[PubMed: 15100216] http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M404095200