Structural highlights
Function
ASNB_ECOLI Catalyzes the ATP-dependent conversion of aspartate into asparagine, using glutamine as a source of nitrogen. Can also use ammonia as the nitrogen source in vitro, albeit with lower efficiency. As nucleotide substrates, ATP and dATP are utilized at a similar rate in both the glutamine- and ammonia-dependent reactions, whereas GTP utilization is only 15% that of ATP, and CTP, UTP, ITP and XTP are very poor or not substrates. Also exhibits glutaminase activity.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
References
- ↑ Boehlein SK, Richards NG, Schuster SM. Glutamine-dependent nitrogen transfer in Escherichia coli asparagine synthetase B. Searching for the catalytic triad. J Biol Chem. 1994 Mar 11;269(10):7450-7. PMID:7907328
- ↑ Humbert R, Simoni RD. Genetic and biomedical studies demonstrating a second gene coding for asparagine synthetase in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 1980 Apr;142(1):212-20. PMID:6102982
- ↑ Meyer ME, Gutierrez JA, Raushel FM, Richards NG. A conserved glutamate controls the commitment to acyl-adenylate formation in asparagine synthetase. Biochemistry. 2010 Nov 2;49(43):9391-401. doi: 10.1021/bi1010688. PMID:20853825 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi1010688
