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CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily S-ribosylhomocysteinase (LuxS)
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

4.4.1.21
S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase.
based on mapping to UniProt O34667
S-(5-deoxy-D-ribos-5-yl)-L-homocysteine = L-homocysteine + (4S)-4,5- dihydroxypentan-2,3-dione.
-!- The 4,5-dihydroxypentan-2,3-dione formed spontaneously cyclizes and combines with borate to form an autoinducer (AI-2) in the bacterial quorum-sensing mechanism, which is used by many bacteria to control gene expression in response to cell density. -!- Formerly EC 3.2.1.148 and EC 3.3.1.3.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

O34667
LUXS_BACSU
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168
S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase

PDB Structure

PDB 1IE0
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of the quorum-sensing protein LuxS reveals a catalytic metal site.
Hilgers, M.T., Ludwig, M.L.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA
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