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

CTP + N,N'-diacetyllegionaminate CMP-N,N'-diacetyllegionaminate + diphosphate
CMP-N,N'-diacetyllegionaminic acid synthase
Identifiers
EC number2.7.7.82
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

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

References

  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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