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- * Aminotransferases class-II 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] into subfamilies. One of these,
- called class-II, currently consists of the following enzymes:
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- - Glycine acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.29), which catalyzes the addition of
- acetyl-CoA to glycine to form 2-amino-3-oxobutanoate (gene kbl).
- - 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase (EC 2.3.1.37) (delta-ALA synthase), which
- catalyzes the first step in heme biosynthesis via the Shemin (or C4)
- pathway, i.e. the addition of succinyl-CoA to glycine to form 5-
- aminolevulinate.
- - 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase (EC 2.3.1.47) (7-KAP synthetase), a
- bacterial enzyme (gene bioF) which catalyzes an intermediate step in the
- biosynthesis of biotin: the addition of 6-carboxy-hexanoyl-CoA to alanine
- to form 8-amino-7-oxononanoate.
- - Histidinol-phosphate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.9), which catalyzes the
- eighth step in histidine biosynthetic pathway: the transfer of an amino
- group from 3-(imidazol-4-yl)-2-oxopropyl phosphate to glutamic acid to form
- histidinol phosphate and 2-oxoglutarate.
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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: T-[LIVMFYW]-[SAG]-K-[SAG]-[LIVMFYW]-[GA]-x(2)-[SAG]
- [K is the pyridoxal-P attachment site]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL, except
- for Lactococcus lactis histidinol-phosphate aminotransferase.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: 8.
- -Last update: October 1993 / Text revised.
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- [ 1] Bairoch A.
- Unpublished observations (1991).
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