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- * Aminotransferases class-V pyridoxal-phosphate attachment site *
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- Aminotransferases share certain mechanistic features with other pyridoxal-
- phosphate dependent enzymes, such as the covalent binding of the pyridoxal-
- phosphate group to a lysine residue. On the basis of sequence similarity,
- these various enzymes can be grouped [1,2] into subfamilies. One of these,
- called class-V, currently consists of the following enzymes:
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- - Phosphoserine aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.52), an enzyme which catalyzes the
- reversible interconversion of phosphoserine and 2-oxoglutarate to
- 3-phosphonooxypyruvate and glutamate. It is required both in the major
- phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis and in pyridoxine
- biosynthesis. The bacterial enzyme (gene serC) is highly similar to a
- rabbit endometrial progesterone-induced protein (EPIP), which is probably a
- phosphoserine aminotransferase [3].
- - Serine--pyruvate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.51). This enzyme also acts as
- an alanine--glyoxylate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.44). In vertebrates, it
- is located in the peroxisomes and/or mitochondria.
- - Isopenicillin N epimerase (gene cefD). This enzyme is involved in the
- biosynthesis of cephalosporin antibiotics and catalyzes the reversible
- isomerization of isopenicillin N and penicillin N.
- - NifS, a protein of the nitrogen fixation operon of some bacteria and
- cyanobacteria. The exact function of nifS is not yet known. A highly
- similar protein has been found in budding yeast (gene NFS1 or SPL1).
- - The small subunit of cyanobacterial soluble hydrogenase (EC 1.12.-.-).
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- The sequence around the pyridoxal-phosphate attachment site of this class of
- enzyme is sufficiently conserved to allow the creation of a specific pattern.
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- -Consensus pattern: [LIVMFY](2)-x(2)-[GSAC](2)-[HQ]-K-x(4,6)-G-x-[GSAT]-x-
- [LIVMFY]
- [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: 13.
- -Last update: June 1994 / Pattern and text revised.
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- [ 1] Ouzounis C., Sander C.
- FEBS Lett. 322:159-164(1993).
- [ 2] Bairoch A.
- Unpublished observations (1992).
- [ 3] van der Zel A., Lam H.-M., Winkler M.E.
- Nucleic Acids Res. 17:8379-8379(1989).
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