- Cystathionine gamma-lyase
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cystathionine gamma-lyase Cysteine metabolism. Cystathionase catalyzes the lower reaction. Identifiers EC number 4.4.1.1 CAS number 9012-96-8 Databases IntEnz IntEnz view BRENDA BRENDA entry ExPASy NiceZyme view KEGG KEGG entry MetaCyc metabolic pathway PRIAM profile PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum Gene Ontology AmiGO / EGO Search PMC articles PubMed articles Cystathionine gamma-lyase (or cystathionase) is an enzyme which breaks down cystathionine into cysteine and α-ketobutyrate. Pyridoxal phosphate is a prosthetic group of this enzyme.
Cystathionine gamma-lyase also catalyses the following elimination reactions:
- L-homoserine to form H2O, NH3 and 2-oxobutanoate
- L-cystine, producing thiocysteine, pyruvate and NH3
- L-cysteine producing pyruvate, NH3 and H2S
In some bacteria and mammals, including humans, this enzyme takes part in generating hydrogen sulfide.[1]
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The following cystathionine gamma-lyase is expressed in humans:
cystathionase (cystathionine gamma-lyase) Identifiers Symbol CTH Entrez 1491 HUGO 2501 OMIM 607657 RefSeq NM_001902 UniProt P32929 Other data EC number 4.4.1.1 Locus Chr. 1 p31.1 Pathology
An deficiency is associated with cystathioninuria.
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References
- ^ Wang R (March 2010). "Toxic Gas, Lifesaver". Scientific American: 52. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=toxic-gas-lifesaver.
Metabolism: amino acid metabolism · synthesis and catabolism enzymes (essential in CAPS) K→acetyl-CoA (see below)G G→pyruvate
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α-ketoglutarate→alpha-ketoglutarate→TCAOther→succinyl-CoA→TCAG→fumarateasparagine→aspartate→Categories:- Genes on chromosome 1
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