Biology:Homocitrate synthase

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Short description: Enzyme
homocitrate synthase
Homocitrate synthase homodimer, Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Identifiers
EC number2.3.3.14
CAS number9075-60-9
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene OntologyAmiGO / QuickGO

In enzymology, a homocitrate synthase (EC 2.3.3.14) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

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The three substrates of this enzyme are α-ketoglutaric acid, acetyl-CoA, and water. Its products are (-)-homoisocitric acid and coenzyme A.[1][2][3][4]

This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those acyltransferases that convert acyl groups into alkyl groups on transfer. The systematic name of this enzyme class is acetyl-CoA:2-oxoglutarate C-acetyltransferase (thioester-hydrolysing, carboxymethyl forming). Other names in common use include 2-hydroxybutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylate 2-oxoglutarate-lyase, (CoA-acetylating), acetyl-coenzyme A:2-ketoglutarate C-acetyl transferase, and homocitrate synthetase. This enzyme participates in lysine biosynthesis and pyruvate metabolism.

References

  1. Enzyme 2.3.3.14 at KEGG Pathway Database.
  2. "Enzymatic formation of homocitric acid, an intermediate in lysine biosynthesis". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 14 (3): 262–7. 1964. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(64)90446-2. PMID 5836514. Bibcode1964BBRC...14..262S. 
  3. H; Miyazaki, J; Kobashi, N; Nishiyama, M; Hoshino, T; Yamane, H (2002). "Characterization of bacterial homocitrate synthase involved in lysine biosynthesis". FEBS Lett. 522 (1–3): 35–40. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02877-6. PMID 12095615. Bibcode2002FEBSL.522...35W. 
  4. "Kinetic mechanism of histidine-tagged homocitrate synthase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Biochemistry 43 (37): 11790–5. 2004. doi:10.1021/bi048766p. PMID 15362863.