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Function
EBO_DROME Nonribosomal peptide synthase which is required for the regulation of histamine and dopamine levels in various tissues through their condensation with beta-alanine (PubMed:12900414, PubMed:19715698, PubMed:25229196, PubMed:30705105). In epithelial glial cells, plays an essential role in the inactivation of histamine, the main neurotransmitter in the optical nerve system, by catalyzing the conversion of histamine into carcinine (PubMed:5782111, PubMed:12486147, PubMed:12900414, PubMed:25229196, PubMed:30705105). In the cuticle, catalyzes the condensation of beta-alanine with dopamine to form beta-alanyl-dopamine (NBAD), a metabolite involved in the pigmentation and sclerotization of the insect cuticle (PubMed:8580497, PubMed:11934851). Also, regulates the cuticular hydrocarbon composition in females (PubMed:31118901). Acts downstream of the body clock to regulate circadian behavioral rhythms (PubMed:17678856). Can also condense beta-alanine with biogenic amines tyramine, octopamine, and serotonin in vitro (PubMed:12900414, PubMed:19715698).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
References
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- ↑ Borycz J, Borycz JA, Loubani M, Meinertzhagen IA. tan and ebony genes regulate a novel pathway for transmitter metabolism at fly photoreceptor terminals. J Neurosci. 2002 Dec 15;22(24):10549-57. PMID:12486147 doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-24-10549.2002
- ↑ Richardt A, Kemme T, Wagner S, Schwarzer D, Marahiel MA, Hovemann BT. Ebony, a novel nonribosomal peptide synthetase for beta-alanine conjugation with biogenic amines in Drosophila. J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 17;278(42):41160-6. PMID:12900414 doi:10.1074/jbc.M304303200
- ↑ Suh J, Jackson FR. Drosophila ebony activity is required in glia for the circadian regulation of locomotor activity. Neuron. 2007 Aug 2;55(3):435-47. PMID:17678856 doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.06.038
- ↑ Pérez MM, Schachter J, Berni J, Quesada-Allué LA. The enzyme NBAD-synthase plays diverse roles during the life cycle of Drosophila melanogaster. J Insect Physiol. 2010 Jan;56(1):8-13. PMID:19715698 doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.08.018
- ↑ Hartwig S, Dovengerds C, Herrmann C, Hovemann BT. Drosophila Ebony: a novel type of nonribosomal peptide synthetase related enzyme with unusually fast peptide bond formation kinetics. FEBS J. 2014 Nov;281(22):5147-58. PMID:25229196 doi:10.1111/febs.13054
- ↑ Izore T, Tailhades J, Hansen MH, Kaczmarski JA, Jackson CJ, Cryle MJ. Drosophila melanogaster nonribosomal peptide synthetase Ebony encodes an atypical condensation domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jan 31. pii: 1811194116. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1811194116. PMID:30705105 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811194116
- ↑ Massey JH, Akiyama N, Bien T, Dreisewerd K, Wittkopp PJ, Yew JY, Takahashi A. Pleiotropic Effects of ebony and tan on Pigmentation and Cuticular Hydrocarbon Composition in Drosophila melanogaster. Front Physiol. 2019 May 1;10:518. PMID:31118901 doi:10.3389/fphys.2019.00518
- ↑ Hotta Y, Benzer S. Abnormal electroretinograms in visual mutants of Drosophila. Nature. 1969 Apr 26;222(5191):354-6. PMID:5782111 doi:10.1038/222354a0
- ↑ Walter MF, Zeineh LL, Black BC, McIvor WE, Wright TR, Biessmann H. Catecholamine metabolism and in vitro induction of premature cuticle melanization in wild type and pigmentation mutants of Drosophila melanogaster. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 1996;31(2):219-33. PMID:8580497 doi:<219::AID-ARCH9>3.0.CO;2-U 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)31:2<219::AID-ARCH9>3.0.CO;2-U
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