Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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from pETSA1, overexpressed | Clostridium botulinum |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Clostridium botulinum | - |
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- |
Purification (Comment) | Organism |
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- |
Clostridium botulinum |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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L-aspartate 4-semialdehyde + pyruvate | - |
Clostridium botulinum | dihydrodipicolinate + 2 H2O | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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DapA | - |
Clostridium botulinum |
DHDPA synthase | - |
Clostridium botulinum |
dihydro-dipicolinic acid synthase | - |
Clostridium botulinum |
Cofactor | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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FAD | produces a 5fold increase in dipicolinic acid production | Clostridium botulinum | |
FMN | results in a 3fold increase in dipicolinic acid production | Clostridium botulinum | |
additional information | neither NAD+ nor NADP+ are involved in the production of dipicolinic acid | Clostridium botulinum |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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metabolism | sequential production of dihydrodipicolinate and dipicolinic acid appears to be catalysed by DHDPA synthase followed by an electron transfer flavoprotein, EtfA from Clostridium perfringens. Spontaneous dipicolinic acid formation in the presence of high concentrations of DapA | Clostridium botulinum |