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  • Ferreira, G.C.; Vajapey, U.; Hafez, O.; Hunter, G.A.; Barber, M.J.
    Aminolevulinate synthase: lysine 313 is not essential for binding the pyridoxal phosphate cofactor but is essential for catalysis (1995), Protein Sci., 4, 1001-1006.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expression of erythroid-specific isoform ALAS-E and mutants in Escherichia coli Mus musculus

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
K313A site-directed mutagenesis, mutants of erythroid-specific isoform, exchange of active site lysine residue 313, binding of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and glycine noncovalently, reduced activity, because covalent binding is required Mus musculus
K313G site-directed mutagenesis, mutants of erythroid-specific isoform, exchange of active site lysine residue 313, binding of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and glycine noncovalently, reduced activity, because covalent binding is required Mus musculus
K313H site-directed mutagenesis, mutants of erythroid-specific isoform, exchange of active site lysine residue 313, binding of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and glycine noncovalently, reduced activity, because covalent binding is required Mus musculus

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Mus musculus
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gene ALAS-E
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Mus musculus
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erythroid-specific isoform
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
recombinant wild-type and Lys313 mutants from Escherichia coli Mus musculus

Reaction

Reaction Comment Organism Reaction ID
succinyl-CoA + glycine = 5-aminolevulinate + CoA + CO2 covalent binding of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and glycine to active site Lys131 is required for optimal activity Mus musculus
succinyl-CoA + glycine = 5-aminolevulinate + CoA + CO2 Tyr121, Asp279, Arg439, and Lys313 are involved in substrate and cofactor binding, mechanism, subunit localisation Mus musculus

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
succinyl-CoA + glycine
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Mus musculus 5-aminolevulinate + CoA + CO2
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pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8.5
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erythroid-specific isoform Mus musculus

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
pyridoxal 5'-phosphate required Mus musculus
pyridoxal 5'-phosphate content in ALAS-E wild-type and Lys313 mutants Mus musculus