PS00770

Aminotransferases class-IV signature

PROSITE patterns entry
Member databasePROSITE patterns
PROSITE patterns typeconserved site
Short nameAA_TRANSFER_CLASS_4

Description

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-IV, currently consists of the following enzymes: - Branched-chain amino-acid aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.42) (transaminase B), a bacterial (gene ilvE) and eukaryotic 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 bacterial 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. The above enzymes are proteins of about 270 to 415 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 at the C-terminus side of the PlP-lysine.

References

1.Characterization and sequence of Escherichia coli pabC, the gene encoding aminodeoxychorismate lyase, a pyridoxal phosphate-containing enzyme. Green JM, Merkel WK, Nichols BP. J. Bacteriol. 174, 5317-23, (1992). View articlePMID: 1644759

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