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6.3.2.25: tubulin-tyrosine ligase

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Word Map on EC 6.3.2.25

Reaction

ATP
+
detyrosinated alpha-tubulin
+
L-tyrosine
=
alpha-tubulin
+
ADP
+
phosphate

Synonyms

Synthetase, tubulin-tyrosine, TTL, TTLase, tubulin tyrosine ligase, tubulin-tyrosine ligase, tubulin-tyrosine-ligase, Tubulin:tyrosine ligase, tubuline-tyrosine ligase, Tyrosyltubulin ligase

ECTree

     6 Ligases
         6.3 Forming carbon-nitrogen bonds
             6.3.2 Acid—amino-acid ligases (peptide synthases)
                6.3.2.25 tubulin-tyrosine ligase

General Information

General Information on EC 6.3.2.25 - tubulin-tyrosine ligase

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GENERAL INFORMATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
malfunction
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mutation of tubulin binding residues largely abolishes the enzyme ability to tyrosinate alpha-tubulin and restrict neurite outgrowth in cultured neurons. The neuronal defects of tubulin tyrosine ligase knockout mice are due to the loss of tubulin tyrosination and not because the enzyme is required to tyrosinate any other substrates. Neurons from TTL-null mice show strong developmental defects, including increased neurite extensions and premature differentiation
physiological function
additional information
the enzyme's tubulin-contacting residues are well conserved. The alpha-tubulin residues alphaGlu441 and alphaGlu449 anchor the tail by forming hydrogen bonds with residues Arg73, Ala75, Ser76, Ser152, and Val179, and Asn10, Ser12, Arg44, and Pro336 of TTL, respectively. When bound to the enzyme, the polypeptide chain of the alpha-tubulin tail adopts a loop-like conformation between the tail-anchoring residues alphaGlu441 and alphaGlu449. The enzyme's orientation on tubulin heterodimers places its catalytic domain near to alpha-tubulin's C-terminal tail, which binds to the enzyme's active site through two glutamate residues missing from beta-tubulin's C-terminus