CD Accession:
cd06828
CD Definition:
Type III Pyridoxal 5-phosphate (PLP)-Dependent Enzyme Diaminopimelate Decarboxylase; Diaminopimelate decarboxylase (DapDC, EC 4.1.1.20) participates in the last step of lysine biosynthesis. It converts meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate to L-lysine. It is a fold type III PLP-dependent enzyme that contains an N-terminal PLP-binding TIM-barrel domain and a C-terminal beta-sandwich domain, similar to bacterial alanine racemases. DapDC exists as homodimers with active sites that lie at the interface between the TIM barrel domain of one subunit and the beta-sandwich domain of the other subunit. Homodimer formation and the presence of the PLP cofactor are required for catalytic activity.
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