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EC 2.5.1.118 Details
EC number
2.5.1.118
Accepted name
β-(isoxazolin-5-on-2-yl)-L-alanine synthase
Reaction
O-acetyl-L-serine + isoxazolin-5-one = 3-(5-oxoisoxazolin-2-yl)-L-alanine + acetate
Systematic name
O-acetyl-L-serine:isoxazolin-5-one 2-(2-amino-2-carboxyethyl)transferase
Comment
The enzyme from the plants Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea) and L. sativus (grass pea) also forms 3-(5-oxoisoxazolin-4-yl)-L-alanine in vitro (cf. EC 2.5.1.119). However, only 3-(5-oxoisoxazolin-2-yl)-L-alanine is formed in vivo. 3-(5-oxoisoxazolin-2-yl)-L-alanine is the biosynthetic precursor of the neurotoxin N3-oxalyl-L-2,3-diaminopropanoic acid, the cause of lathyrism. Closely related and possibly identical to EC 2.5.1.47, cysteine synthase, and EC 2.5.1.51, β-pyrazolylalanine synthase.
History
created 2014
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2.5.1.40 created 1992, deleted 1999