Cobessi D, Dumas R, Pautre V, Meinguet C, Ferrer JL, Alban C
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Biochemical and structural characterization of the Arabidopsis bifunctional enzyme dethiobiotin synthetase-diaminopelargonic acid aminotransferase: evidence for substrate channeling in biotin synthesis.
A pyridoxal 5'-phosphate enzyme. The enzyme, characterized from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, differs from enzymes that catalyse a similar reaction by using spermidine as the amino group donor. The enzyme from Arabidopsis thaliana is bifunctional and also catalyses EC 6.3.3.3, dethiobiotin synthase. cf. EC 2.6.1.62, adenosylmethionine---8-amino-7-oxononanoate transaminase, and EC 2.6.1.105, lysine---8-amino-7-oxononanoate transaminase.