IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.4.3.3

Accepted name: β-lysine 5,6-aminomutase

Reaction: (3S)-3,6-diaminohexanoate = (3S,5S)-3,5-diaminohexanoate

Other name(s): β-lysine mutase; L-β-lysine 5,6-aminomutase

Systematic name: (3S)-3,6-diaminohexanoate 5,6-aminomutase

Comments: Requires a cobamide coenzyme.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, CAS registry number: 9075-69-8

References:

1. Retey, J., Kunz, F., Arigoni, D. and Stadtman, T.C. Zur Kenntnis der β-Lysin-Mutase-Reaktion: mechanismus und sterischer Verlauf. Helv. Chim. Acta 61 (1978) 2989-2998.

2. Stadtman, T.C. and Renz, P. Anaerobic degradation of lysine. V. Some properties of the cobamide coenzyme-dependent β-lysine mutase of Clostridium sticklandii. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 125 (1968) 226-239. [PMID: 5649516]

[EC 5.4.3.3 created 1972]


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