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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS
Volume 1814, Issue 11, Pages 1511-1517Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.03.006
Keywords
Pyridoxal 5 '-phosphate; Reaction specificity; Cystathionine; Transsulfuration
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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The diversity of reactions catalyzed by enzymes reliant on pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) demonstrates the catalytic versatility of this cofactor and the plasticity of the protein scaffolds of the major fold types of PLP-dependent enzymes. The enzymes of the transsulfuration (cystathionine gamma-synthase and cystathionine beta-lyase) and reverse transsulfuration (cystathionine beta-synthase and cystathionine gamma-Iyase) pathways interconvert L-cysteine and L-homocysteine, the immediate precursor of L-methionine, in plants/bacteria and yeast/animals, respectively. These enzymes provide a useful model system for investigation of the mechanisms of substrate and reaction specificity in PLP-dependent enzymes as they catalyze distinct side chain rearrangements of similar amino acid substrates. Exploration of the underlying factors that enable enzymes to control the substrate and reaction specificity of this cofactor will enable the engineering of these properties and the development of therapeutics and antimicrobial compounds. Recent studies probing the role of active-site residues, of the enzymes of the transsulfuration pathways, as determinants of substrate and reaction specificity are the subject of this review. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Pyridoxal Phosphate Enzymology. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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