D-alanine gamma-glutamyltransferase
In enzymology, a D-alanine gamma-glutamyltransferase (EC 2.3.2.14) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- L-glutamine + D-alanine NH3 + gamma-L-glutamyl-D-alanine
| D-alanine gamma-glutamyltransferase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 2.3.2.14 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 9046-27-9 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are L-glutamine and D-alanine, whereas its two products are NH3 and gamma-L-glutamyl-D-alanine.
This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically the aminoacyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is L-glutamine:D-alanine gamma-glutamyltransferase.
References
- Kawasaki Y, Ogawa T, Sasaoka K (1982). "Occurrence and some properties of a novel gamma-glutamyltransferase responsible for the synthesis of gamma-L-glutamyl-D-alanine in pea-seedlings". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 716: 194–200. doi:10.1016/0304-4165(82)90268-9.
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