The RhiE and RhiF proteins work together as RhiEF and function as a thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP)-dependent phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase to produce phosphonoacetaldehyde in the rhizocticin biosynthesis pathway. In this study, we determined the crystal structure of the RhiEF complexed with TPP and Mg. RhiEF forms a dimer of heterodimers, and the cofactor TPP is bound at the heterotetrameric subunit interface.
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