Type: | Domain | Name: | Chorismate pyruvate-lyase/UbiC transcription regulator-associated domain |
Description: | This entry represents a domain found in chorismate pyruvate-lyases, which catalyses the first step in ubiquinone synthesis, the removal of pyruvate from chorismate, to yield 4-hydroxybenzoate in Escherichia coliand other Gram-negative bacteria []. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiaecan synthesize ubiquinone from either chorismate or tyrosine [], however this enzyme is found only in bacteria. Its activity does not require metal cofactors [].GntR/HutC-type transcriptional regulators also contain this domain, such as FrlR [], TreR (trehalose operon transcriptional repressor) and PhnF []. | Short Name: | Chorismate_lyase_/UTRA_dom |