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van Liempt, H. et al.

delta-(L-alpha-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase from Aspergillus nidulans. The first enzyme in penicillin biosynthesis is a multifunctional peptide synthetase.

A multienzyme catalyzing the formation of delta-(L-alpha-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine, the first free intermediate in penicillin biosynthesis, was detected in an assay measuring the formation of tripeptide from L-[U-14C]valine in the presence of L-alpha-aminoadipic acid, L-cysteine, ATP, Mg2+ ions, and dithioerythritol. Enzyme was extracted from dry mycelium using a buffer with a high glycerol concentration and thiol protective agent to stabilize enzyme activity. In five steps the enzyme was purified 118-fold. It catalyzed ATP-pyrophosphate exchange in dependence of all three constituent amino acids, and the enzyme could be amino-acylated with L-[14C]valine. The molecular weight of the protein both native (in gel filtration chromatography) and denatured (polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) was about 220 kDa. These data suggest that delta-(L-alpha-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase consists of a single polypeptide chain and a multienzyme thiotemplate mechanism for the reaction sequence is postulated.[1]

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delta-(L-alpha-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase from Aspergillus nidulans. The first enzyme in penicillin biosynthesis is a multifunctional peptide synthetase. van Liempt, H., von Döhren, H., Kleinkauf, H. J. Biol. Chem. (1989) [Pubmed]

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