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EC 2.5.1.72 Details
EC number
2.5.1.72
Accepted name
quinolinate synthase
Reaction
glycerone phosphate + iminosuccinate = pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate + 2 H2O + phosphate
Other name(s)
NadA, QS, quinolinate synthetase
Systematic name
glycerone phosphate:iminosuccinate alkyltransferase (cyclizing)
Comment
An iron-sulfur protein that requires a [4Fe-4S] cluster for activity [1]. Quinolinate synthase catalyses the second step in the de novo biosynthesis of NAD+ from aspartate in some bacteria, with EC 1.4.3.16 (L-aspartate oxidase) catalysing the first step and EC 2.4.2.19 [nicotinate-nucleotide diphosphorylase (carboxylating)] the third step. In Escherichia coli, two of the residues that are involved in the [4Fe-4S] cluster binding appear to undergo reversible disulfide-bond formation that regulates the activity of the enzyme [5].
History
created 2008
EC Tree
1.3.1.23 created 1972, deleted 2005
1.3.1.50 created 1992, deleted 1999
1.3.1.55 created 1999, deleted 2004