3lqs

Structural highlights

Function

DAAA_BACYM Acts on the D-isomers of alanine, leucine, aspartate, glutamate, aminobutyrate, norvaline and asparagine. The enzyme transfers an amino group from a substrate D-amino acid to the pyridoxal phosphate cofactor to form pyridoxamine and an alpha-keto acid in the first half-reaction. The second-half reaction is the reverse of the first, transferring the amino group from the pyridoxamine to a second alpha-keto acid to form the product D-amino acid via a ping-pong mechanism. This is an important process in the formation of D-alanine and D-glutamate, which are essential bacterial cell wall components.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Aminotransferase 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Tanizawa K, Masu Y, Asano S, Tanaka H, Soda K. Thermostable D-amino acid aminotransferase from a thermophilic Bacillus species. Purification, characterization, and active site sequence determination. J Biol Chem. 1989 Feb 15;264(5):2445-9. PMID:2914916
2. ↑ Peisach D, Chipman DM, Van Ophem PW, Manning JM, Ringe D. Crystallographic study of steps along the reaction pathway of D-amino acid aminotransferase. Biochemistry. 1998 Apr 7;37(14):4958-67. PMID:9538014 doi:10.1021/bi972884d