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 Q58497
Meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate = L-lysine + CO(2).

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q58497
DCDA_METJA
Methanocaldococcus jannaschii DSM 2661
Diaminopimelate decarboxylase

PDB Structure

PDB 1TWI
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Cocrystal structures of diaminopimelate decarboxylase: mechanism, evolution, and inhibition of an antibiotic resistance accessory factor
Rajashankar, K.R., Ray, S.S., Bonanno, J.B., Pinho, M.G., He, G., De Lencastre, H., Tomasz, A., Burley, S.K.
Structure