CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.30.590.20
Functional Family Glutamate--cysteine ligase

Enzyme Information

6.3.2.2
Glutamate--cysteine ligase.
based on mapping to UniProt P0A6W9
ATP + L-glutamate + L-cysteine = ADP + phosphate + gamma-L-glutamyl-L- cysteine.
-!- Can use L-aminohexanoate in place of glutamate.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P0A6W9
GSH1_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
Glutamate--cysteine ligase

PDB Structure

PDB 2D33
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Structural basis of efficient coupling between peptide ligation and ATP hydrolysis by gamma-gluatamylcysteine synthetase
Hibi, T., Nakayama, M., Nii, H., Kurokawa, Y., Katano, H., Oda, J.
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