CMP-N,N'-diacetyllegionaminic acid synthase

CMP-N,N'-diacetyllegionaminic acid synthase (EC 2.7.7.82, CMP-N,N'-diacetyllegionaminic acid synthetase, neuA (gene), legF (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name CTP:N,N'-diacetyllegionaminate cytidylyltransferase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

CMP-N,N'-diacetyllegionaminic acid synthase
Identifiers
EC no.2.7.7.82
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CTP + N,N'-diacetyllegionaminate CMP-N,N'-diacetyllegionaminate + diphosphate

This enzyme is isolated from the bacteria Legionella pneumophila and Campylobacter jejuni.

References

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  1. ^ Glaze PA, Watson DC, Young NM, Tanner ME (March 2008). "Biosynthesis of CMP-N,N'-diacetyllegionaminic acid from UDP-N,N'-diacetylbacillosamine in Legionella pneumophila". Biochemistry. 47 (10): 3272–82. doi:10.1021/bi702364s. PMID 18275154.
  2. ^ Schoenhofen IC, Vinogradov E, Whitfield DM, Brisson JR, Logan SM (July 2009). "The CMP-legionaminic acid pathway in Campylobacter: biosynthesis involving novel GDP-linked precursors". Glycobiology. 19 (7): 715–25. doi:10.1093/glycob/cwp039. PMID 19282391.
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