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ectoine synthase accepts more than one substrate and is a reversible enzyme able to catalyze both the intramolecular condensation into and the hydrolytic cleavage of cyclic amino acid derivatives. It forms 5-amino-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate, ADPC, by cyclic condensation of glutamine in a reversible reaction. A number of ectoine derivatives, in particular 4,5-dihydro-2-methylimidazole-4-carboxylate and L-homoectoine, are also cleaved by ectoine synthase. Proposed reaction mechanism leading to L-ectoine and 5-amino-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate, respectively, catalyzed by ectoine synthase, overview
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EctC not only effectively converts its natural substrate N-gamma-acetyl-L-2,4-diaminobutyric acid into ectoine through a cyclocondensation reaction, but it can also use the isomer N-alpha-acetyl-L-2,4-diaminobutyric acid as its substrate, albeit with substantially reduced catalytic efficiency
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EctC not only effectively converts its natural substrate N-gamma-acetyl-L-2,4-diaminobutyric acid into ectoine through a cyclocondensation reaction, but it can also use the isomer N-alpha-acetyl-L-2,4-diaminobutyric acid as its substrate, albeit with substantially reduced catalytic efficiency
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