Type: | Family | Name: | DapA-like |
Description: | Dihydrodipicolinate synthase (EC 4.2.1.52) (DHDPS) catalyses, in higher plants, some fungi and bacteria (gene dapA), the first reaction specific to the biosynthesis of lysine and of diaminopimelate []. DHDPS is responsible for the condensation of aspartate semialdehyde and pyruvate by a ping-pong mechanism in which pyruvate first binds to the enzyme by forming aSchiff-base with a lysine residue [, ].Other proteins are structurally related to DHDPS and probably also act via a similar catalytic mechanism []:Escherichia coli N-acetylneuraminate lyase (EC 4.1.3.3) (gene nanA), which catalyses the condensation of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and pyruvate to formN-acetylneuraminate.Trans-o-hydroxybenzylidenepyruvate hydratase-aldolase.D-4-deoxy-5-oxoglucarate dehydratase.Rhizobium meliloti protein mosA [], which is involved in the biosynthesis of the rhizopine 3-o-methyl-scyllo-inosamine.Thermoproteus tenax 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate/2-dehydro-3-deoxy-phosphogluconate aldolase (KdgA) []. | Short Name: | DapA-like |