MenC (o-succinylbenzoate synthase OSBS converts 2-succinyl-6-hydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylate (SHCHC) to 2-succinylbenzoate (OSB). It belongs to the enolase superfamily [1-4]. This entry represents the N-terminal domain of MenC.

1: Evolution of enzymatic activity in the enolase superfamily: structure of o-succinylbenzoate synthase from Escherichia coli in complex with Mg2+ and o-succinylbenzoate. Thompson TB, Garrett JB, Taylor EA, Meganathan R, Gerlt JA, Rayment I; Biochemistry. 2000;39:10662-10676. PMID:10978150

2: Evolution of enzymatic activity in the enolase superfamily: structural and mutagenic studies of the mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by o-succinylbenzoate synthase from Escherichia coli. Klenchin VA, Taylor Ringia EA, Gerlt JA, Rayment I; Biochemistry. 2003;42:14427-14433. PMID:14661953

3: Stability for function trade-offs in the enolase superfamily "catalytic module". Nagatani RA, Gonzalez A, Shoichet BK, Brinen LS, Babbitt PC; Biochemistry. 2007;46:6688-6695. PMID:17503785

4: Loss of quaternary structure is associated with rapid sequence divergence in the OSBS family. Odokonyero D, Sakai A, Patskovsky Y, Malashkevich VN, Fedorov AA, Bonanno JB, Fedorov EV, Toro R, Agarwal R, Wang C, Ozerova ND, Yew WS, Sauder JM, Swaminathan S, Burley SK, Almo SC, Glasner ME; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014;111:8535-8540. PMID:24872444