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- * Tryptophan synthase beta chain pyridoxal-phosphate attachment site *
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- Tryptophan synthase (EC 4.2.1.20) catalyzes the last step in the biosynthesis
- of tryptophan: the conversion of indoleglycerol phosphate and serine, to
- tryptophan and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate [1,2]. It has two functional
- domains: one for the aldol cleavage of indoleglycerol phosphate to indole and
- glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and the other for the synthesis of tryptophan from
- indole and serine. In bacteria and plants [3], each domain is found on a
- separate subunit (alpha and beta chains), while in fungi the two domains are
- fused together on a single multifunctional protein.
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- The beta chain of the enzyme requires pyridoxal-phosphate as a cofactor. The
- pyridoxal-phosphate group is attached to a lysine residue. The region around
- this lysine residue also contains two histidine residues which are part of the
- pyridoxal-phosphate binding site. The signature pattern for the tryptophan
- synthase beta chain is derived from that conserved region.
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- -Consensus pattern: [LIVM]-x-H-x-G-[STA]-H-K-x-N
- [K is the pyridoxal-P attachment site]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: December 1992 / Pattern and text revised.
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- [ 1] Crawford I.P.
- Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 43:567-600(1989).
- [ 2] Hyde C.C., Miles E.W.
- Bio/Technology 8:27-32(1990).
- [ 3] Berlyn M.B., Last R.L., Fink G.R.
- Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86:4604-4608(1989).
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