Aspartate ammonia-lyase

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically ammonia lyases, which cleave carbon-nitrogen bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is L-aspartate ammonia-lyase (fumarate-forming). Other names in common use include aspartase, fumaric aminase, L-aspartase, and L-aspartate ammonia-lyase. This enzyme participates in alanine and aspartate metabolism and nitrogen metabolism.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, two structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1J3U and 1JSW.

References

Ellfolk N; Kjærgård, T.; Bánhidi, Z. G.; Virtanen, Artturi I.; Sörensen, Nils Andreas (1953). "Studies on aspartase. 1. Quantitative separation of aspartase from bacterial cells, and its partial purification". Acta Chem. Scand. 7: 824–830. doi:10.3891/acta.chem.scand.07-0824.

Carbon-nitrogen lyases (EC 4.3)

4.3.1: ammonia-lyases	Histidine ammonia-lyase Formiminotransferase cyclodeaminase Serine dehydratase

4.3.2: amidine-lyases	Argininosuccinate lyase Adenylosuccinate lyase

Proteins: enzymes

Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Catalytically perfect enzyme Coenzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis Enzyme kinetics Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics

Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor

Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes

Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases(list) EC2 Transferases(list) EC3 Hydrolases(list) EC4 Lyases(list) EC5 Isomerases(list) EC6 Ligases(list)

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