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Literature summary for 5.1.1.13 extracted from

  • Long, Z.; Lee, J.A.; Okamoto, T.; Sekine, M.; Nimura, N.; Imai, K.; Yohda, M.; Maruyama, T.; Sumi, M.; Kamo, N.; Yamagishi, A.; Oshima, T.; Homma, H.
    Occurrence of D-amino acids and a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent aspartate racemase in the acidothermophilic archaeon, Thermoplasma acidophilum (2001), Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 281, 317-321.
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Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
hydroxylamine inclusion of hydroxylamine (1.0 mM and 10 mM) in the assay results in complete loss in the activity at 45°C, and also at 70°C where higher levels of activity are observed than at 45°C Thermoplasma acidophilum
N-ethylmaleimide
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Thermoplasma acidophilum

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Thermoplasma acidophilum
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Thermoplasma acidophilum HO-62
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Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
1160
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70°C, pH not specified in the publication Thermoplasma acidophilum

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
L-aspartate the enzyme is highly selective for aspartate. No detectable racemase activity against Glu, Ala, Lys, Phe, or Ser in the assays incubated at 45°C. Even at 70°C, the racemase activity using Ala as a substrate is low Thermoplasma acidophilum D-aspartate
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r
L-aspartate the enzyme is highly selective for aspartate. No detectable racemase activity against Glu, Ala, Lys, Phe, or Ser in the assays incubated at 45°C. Even at 70°C, the racemase activity using Ala as a substrate is low Thermoplasma acidophilum HO-62 D-aspartate
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r

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
Asp racemase
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Thermoplasma acidophilum

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
pyridoxal 5'-phosphate dependent on. Enzyme activity is very low in the absence of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate Thermoplasma acidophilum