CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Lyase, Ornithine Decarboxylase; Chain A, domain 1
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 2O0T
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
The three-dimensional structure of diaminopimelate decarboxylase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals a tetrameric enzyme organisation.
Weyand, S., Kefala, G., Svergun, D.I., Weiss, M.S.
J Struct Funct Genomics