Identification and Characterization of gamma-Glutamylamine Cyclotransferase, an Enzyme Responsible for gamma-Glutamyl-epsilon-lysine Catabolism

Date

2010

Authors

Oakley, Aaron
Coggan, Marjorie
Board, Philip

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc

Abstract

γ-Glutamylamine cyclotransferase (GGACT) is an enzyme that converts γ-glutamylamines to free amines and 5-oxoproline. GGACT shows high activity toward γ-glutamyl-ε-lysine, derived from the breakdown of fibrin and other proteins cross-linked by transgl

Description

Keywords

Keywords: Active site; Different substrates; Enzymatic activities; Free amines; High activity; Sequence identity; Three-dimensional structure; Transglutaminases; Amination; Amino acids; Catalysts; Enzymes; Organic acids; Plants (botany); Enzyme activity; 6 (gamma g

Citation

Source

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Type

Journal article

Book Title

Entity type

Access Statement

License Rights

Restricted until

2037-12-31