IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.5.1.152

Accepted name: D-histidine 2-aminobutanoyltransferase

Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + D-histidine = N-[(3S)-3-amino-3-carboxypropyl]-D-histidine + S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine

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Glossary: staphylopine = N-[(3S)-3-{[(1S)-1-carboxyethyl]amino}-3-carboxypropyl]-D-histidine

Other name(s): cntL (gene name)

Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:D-histidine N-[(3S)-3-amino-3-carboxypropyl]-transferase

Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, participates in the biosynthesis of the metallophore staphylopine, which is involved in the acquisition of nickel, copper, and cobalt.

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References:

1. Ghssein, G., Brutesco, C., Ouerdane, L., Fojcik, C., Izaute, A., Wang, S., Hajjar, C., Lobinski, R., Lemaire, D., Richaud, P., Voulhoux, R., Espaillat, A., Cava, F., Pignol, D., Borezee-Durant, E. and Arnoux, P. Biosynthesis of a broad-spectrum nicotianamine-like metallophore in Staphylococcus aureus. Science 352 (2016) 1105-1109. [PMID: 27230378]

[EC 2.5.1.152 created 2019]


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