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Triosephosphate isomerase 1
The structure of human TPI PDB 1WYI
Symbol(s):	TPI1 TIM
Genetic data
Locus:	Chr. 12 p13
Database Links
EC number:	5.3.1.1
Entrez:	7167
OMIM:	190450
RefSeq:	NM_000365
UniProt:	P60174

Triose-phosphate isomerase (TPI or TIM), is an enzyme (EC 5.3.1.1) that catalyzes the reversible interconversion of the triose phosphate isomers dihydroxyacetone phosphate and D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.

Dihydroxyacetone phosphate	triose phosphate isomerase		D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
	triose phosphate isomerase

Compound C00111 at KEGG Pathway Database.Enzyme 5.3.1.1 at KEGG Pathway Database.Compound C00118 at KEGG Pathway Database.

TPI plays an important role in glycolysis and is essential for efficient energy production. TPI has been found in nearly every organism searched for the enzyme, including animals such as mammals and insects as well as in fungi, plants and bacteria. However, some bacteria that do not perform glycolysis, like ureaplasmas, lack TPI.

In humans, deficiencies in TPI are associated with a progressive, severe neurological disorder called Triose Phosphate Isomerase deficiency.

Triose phosphate isomerase is a highly efficient enzyme, performing the reaction billions of times faster than it would occur naturally in solution. The reaction is so efficient it is limited only by the rate the substrate can diffuse into the enzyme's active site.

Side view of triose phosphate isomerase.

Structure

Triose phosphate isomerase is a dimer of identical subunits, each of which is made up of about 250 amino acid residues. The three-dimensional structure of a subunit contains eight α-helices (blue and red) on the outside and eight parallel β-strands on the inside (violet and yellow). This structural motif is called an αβ-barrel, or a TIM-barrel, and is by far the most commonly observed protein fold. The active site of this enzyme is in the center of the barrel. A glutamic acid residue as well as a histidine are involved in the catalytic mechanism. The sequence around the active site residue is conserved in all known triose phosphate isomerases.

See also

• TIM barrel
• Triose Phosphate Isomerase deficiency
• TPI1

References

http://pdbdev.sdsc.edu:48346/pdb/molecules/pdb50_6.html

v • d • e  Glycolysis Metabolic Pathway

Glucose Hexokinase Glucose-6-phosphate Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase Fructose 6-phosphate 6-phosphofructokinase Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate Fructose bisphosphate aldolase ATP ADP ATP ADP Dihydroxyacetone phosphate Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate Triosephosphate isomerase Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate Phosphoglycerate kinase NAD+ + Pi NADH + H+ ADP ATP + 2 2 3-Phosphoglycerate Phosphoglycerate mutase 2-Phosphoglycerate Phosphopyruvate hydratase(Enolase) Phosphoenolpyruvate Pyruvate kinase Pyruvate Pyruvate dehydrogenase Acetyl-CoA H2O ADP ATP CoA + NAD+ NADH + H+ + CO2 2 2 2 2 2

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