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Literature summary for 6.3.2.2 extracted from

  • Lueder, D.V.; Phillips, M.A.
    Characterization of Trypanosoma brucei gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase, an essential enzyme in the biosynthesis of trypanothione (diglutathionylspermidine) (1996), J. Biol. Chem., 271, 17485-17490.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expression in Escherichia coli, 36-45% amino acid sequence identity with the enzymes from rat, human, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe Trypanosoma brucei

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
cystamine
-
Trypanosoma brucei
glutathione GSH Trypanosoma brucei

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.07
-
ATP
-
Trypanosoma brucei
0.24
-
L-Glu
-
Trypanosoma brucei
0.69
-
L-Cys
-
Trypanosoma brucei
10
-
L-2-aminobutanoate
-
Trypanosoma brucei
10.4
-
L-2-aminobutanoate
-
Trypanosoma brucei

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
ATP + L-Glu + L-Cys Trypanosoma brucei enzyme catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of trypanothione, i.e. diglutathionylspermidine ?
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Trypanosoma brucei
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
Trypanosoma brucei

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
ATP + L-Glu + L-2-aminobutanoate
-
Trypanosoma brucei ADP + phosphate + gamma-L-Glu-2-aminobutanoate
-
?
ATP + L-Glu + L-Cys
-
Trypanosoma brucei ADP + phosphate + gamma-L-Glu-L-Cys
-
?
ATP + L-Glu + L-Cys enzyme catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of trypanothione, i.e. diglutathionylspermidine Trypanosoma brucei ?
-
?

Turnover Number [1/s]

Turnover Number Minimum [1/s] Turnover Number Maximum [1/s] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
additional information
-
additional information
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Trypanosoma brucei