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- * Xylose isomerase signatures *
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- Xylose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.5) [1] is an enzyme found in microorganisms which
- catalyzes the interconversion of D-xylose to D-xylulose. It can also isomerize
- D-ribose to D-ribulose and D-glucose to D-fructose. Xylose isomerase seems to
- require magnesium for its activity, while cobalt is necessary to stabilize the
- tetrameric structure of the enzyme. A number of residues are conserved in all
- known xylose isomerases.
-
- We developed two signatures patterns for xylose isomerase. The first one is
- derived from a stretch of five conserved amino acids that includes a glutamic
- acid residue known to be one of the four residues involved in the binding of
- the magnesium ion [2]; this pattern also includes a lysine residue which is
- involved in the catalytic activity. The second pattern is derived from a
- conserved region in the N-terminal section of the enzyme that include an
- histidine residue which has been shown [3] to be involved in the catalytic
- mechanism of the enzyme.
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- -Consensus pattern: [LI]-E-P-K-P-x(2)-P
- [E is a magnesium ligand]
- [K is an active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Consensus pattern: [FL]-H-D-x-D-[LIV]-x-[PD]-x-[GDE]
- [H is an active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: Lactobacillus plantarum plasmid
- pLB4 replication protein repB.
-
- -Expert(s) to contact by email: Jenkins J.
- jenkins@frira.afrc.ac.uk
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- -Last update: October 1993 / Patterns and text revised.
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- [ 1] Dauter Z., Dauter M., Hemker J., Witzel H., Wilson K.S.
- FEBS Lett. 247:1-8(1989).
- [ 2] Henrick K., Collyer C.A., Blow D.M.
- J. Mol. Biol. 208:129-157(1989).
- [ 3] Vangrysperre W., Ampe C., Kersters-Hilderson H., Tempst P.
- Biochem. J. 263:195-199(1989).
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