A variant of the diaminopimelate (DAP)-lysine biosynthesis pathway uses an
Although lysine (Lys) biosynthesis in plants is known to occur by way of a pathway that utilizes diaminopimelic acid (DAP) as a central intermediate, the available evidence suggests that none of the known DAP-pathway variants found in nature occur in plants. A new Lys biosynthesis pathway has been identified in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) that utilizes a novel transaminase that specifically catalyzes the interconversion of tetrahydrodipicolinate and ll-diaminopimelate, a reaction requiring three enzymes in the DAP-pathway variant found in Escherichia coli. The ll-DAP aminotransferase encoded by locus At4g33680 was able to complement the dapD and dapE mutants of E. coli. This result, in conjunction with the kinetic properties and substrate specificity of the enzyme, indicated that ll-DAP aminotransferase functions in the Lys biosynthetic direction under in vivo conditions. Orthologs of At4g33680 were identified in all the cyanobacterial species whose genomes have been sequenced. The Synechocystis sp. ortholog encoded by locus sll0480 showed the same functional properties as At4g33680. These results demonstrate that the Lys biosynthesis pathway in plants and cyanobacteria is distinct from the pathways that have so far been defined in microorganisms.
尽管植物中的赖氨酸(Lys)生物合成已知是通过利用二氨基戊二酸(DAP)作为中心中间体的途径进行的,但现有证据表明,在自然界中发现的已知DAP途径变体中,没有一种适用于植物。在拟南芥(拟南芥)中已经确定了一条新的Lys生物合成途径,该途径利用一种新型转氨酶,该转氨酶专门催化四氢双吡咯酸和ll-二氨基戊二酸之间的互变作用,这种反应需要Escherichia coli中发现的DAP途径变体中的三种酶。由位点At4g33680编码的ll-DAP氨基转移酶能够补充E. coli的DAPD和DAPE突变体。该酶的动力学性质和底物特异性,结合这一结果,表明ll-DAP氨基转移酶在体内条件下以Lys生物合成方向起作用。在所有已测序的蓝细菌物种中鉴定了At4g33680的同源物。由位点sll0480编码的Synechocystis sp.同源物表现出与At4g33680相同的功能特性。这些结果表明,植物和蓝细菌中的Lys生物合成途径与迄今为止在微生物中定义的途径不同。
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