Glutamine amidotransferase
Short name | GATASE |
Overlapping homologous superfamilies | |
domain relationships |
Description
* The second component of anthranilate synthase (AS)
* The second component of 4-amino-4-deoxychorismate (ADC) synthase, a dimeric prokaryotic enzyme that functions in the pathway that catalyses the biosynthesis of para-aminobenzoate (PABA) from chorismate and glutamine. The second component (gene pabA) provides the GATase activity
* CTP synthase. CTP synthase catalyses the final reaction in the biosynthesis of pyrimidine, the ATP-dependent formation of CTP from UTP and glutamine. CTP synthase is a single chain enzyme that contains two distinct domains; the GATase domain is in the C-terminal section
* GMP synthase (glutamine-hydrolyzing). GMP synthase catalyses the ATP-dependent formation of GMP from xanthosine 5'-phosphate and glutamine. GMP synthase is a single chain enzyme that contains two distinct domains; the GATase domain is in the N-terminal section
* Glutamine-dependent carbamoyl-phosphate synthase (GD-CPSase); an enzyme involved in both arginine and pyrimidine biosynthesis and which catalyses the ATP-dependent formation of carbamoyl phosphate from glutamine and carbon dioxide. In bacteria GD-CPSase is composed of two subunits: the large chain (gene carB) provides the CPSase activity, while the small chain (gene carA) provides the GATase activity. In yeast the enzyme involved in arginine biosynthesis is also composed of two subunits: CPA1 (GATase), and CPA2 (CPSase). In most eukaryotes, the first three steps of pyrimidine biosynthesis are catalysed by a large multifunctional enzyme (called URA2 in yeast, rudimentary in Drosophila, and CAD in mammals). The GATase domain is located at the N-terminal extremity of this polyprotein
* Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase, an enzyme that catalyses the fourth step in the de novo biosynthesis of purines. In some species of bacteria and archaea, FGAM synthase II is composed of two subunits: a small chain (gene purQ) which provides the GATase activity and a large chain (gene purL) which provides the aminator activity. In eukaryotes and Gram-negative bacteria a single polypeptide (large type of purL) contains a FGAM synthetase domain and the GATase as the C-terminal domain
* Imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase subunit hisH, an enzyme that catalyses the fifth step in the biosynthesis of histidine.
References
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2.Structural role for a conserved region in the CTP synthetase glutamine amide transfer domain. Weng ML, Zalkin H. J. Bacteriol. 169, 3023-8, (1987). View articlePMID: 3298209
3.Sequence of the small subunit of yeast carbamyl phosphate synthetase and identification of its catalytic domain. Nyunoya H, Lusty CJ. J. Biol. Chem. 259, 9790-8, (1984). View articlePMID: 6086650
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6.Identification of a trpG-related glutamine amide transfer domain in Escherichia coli GMP synthetase. Zalkin H, Argos P, Narayana SV, Tiedeman AA, Smith JM. J. Biol. Chem. 260, 3350-4, (1985). View articlePMID: 2982857
7.The crystal structure of GMP synthetase reveals a novel catalytic triad and is a structural paradigm for two enzyme families. Tesmer JJ, Klem TJ, Deras ML, Davisson VJ, Smith JL. Nat. Struct. Biol. 3, 74-86, (1996). View articlePMID: 8548458
8.The evolutionary history of the first three enzymes in pyrimidine biosynthesis. Davidson JN, Chen KC, Jamison RS, Musmanno LA, Kern CB. Bioessays 15, 157-64, (1993). View articlePMID: 8098212
9.Domain organization of Salmonella typhimurium formylglycinamide ribonucleotide amidotransferase revealed by X-ray crystallography. Anand R, Hoskins AA, Stubbe J, Ealick SE. Biochemistry 43, 10328-42, (2004). View articlePMID: 15301531
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Cross References
Contributing Member Database Entry
- Pfam:PF00117