CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Alanine racemase
Functional Family Diaminopimelate decarboxylase

Enzyme Information

4.1.1.20
Diaminopimelate decarboxylase.
based on mapping to UniProt P9WIU7
Meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate = L-lysine + CO(2).

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P9WIU7
DCDA_MYCTU
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
Diaminopimelate decarboxylase

PDB Structure

PDB 1HKW
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal Structure of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Diaminopimelate Decarboxylase, an Essential Enzyme in Bacterial Lysine Biosynthesis
Gokulan, K., Rupp, B., Pavelka, M., Jacobs, W., Sacchettini, J.C.
J.Biol.Chem.