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- * Aminotransferases class-IV signature *
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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-IV, currently consists of the following enzymes:
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- - Branched-chain amino-acid aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.42) (transaminase B)
- (gene ilvE), a bacterial enzyme which catalyzes the reversible transfer of
- an amino group from 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate to glutamate, to form leucine
- and 2-oxoglutarate.
- - D-alanine aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.21). A Bacillus enzyme which catalyzes
- the transfer of the amino group from D-alanine (and other D-amino acids) to
- 2-oxoglutarate, to form pyruvate and D-aspartate.
- - 4-amino-4-deoxychorismate (ADC) lyase (gene pabC). A bacterial enzyme that
- converts ADC into 4-aminobenzoate (PABA) and pyruvate.
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- The above enzymes are proteins of about 270 to 300 amino-acid residues that
- share a few regions of sequence similarity. Surprisingly, the best conserved
- region does not include the lysine residue to which the pyridoxal-phosphate
- group is known to be attached, in ilvE. The region we use as a signature
- pattern is located some 40 residues from the C-terminus of the PlP-lysine.
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- -Consensus pattern: N-[LIVM]-F-x(2)-K-x(3)-[LIVM]-[FY]-T-x(7)-[LIVM]-x-G-
- [LIVM]-x-R
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: December 1992 / First entry.
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- [ 1] Green J.M., Merkel W.K., Nichols B.P.
- J. Bacteriol. 174:5317-5323(1992).
- [ 2] Bairoch A.
- Unpublished observations (1992).
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