| EC |
4.3.1.2 |
| Accepted name: |
methylaspartate ammonia-lyase |
| Reaction: |
L-threo-3-methylaspartate = mesaconate + NH3 |
| Other name(s): |
β-methylaspartase; 3-methylaspartase; L-threo-3-methylaspartate ammonia-lyase |
| Systematic name: |
L-threo-3-methylaspartate ammonia-lyase (mesaconate-forming) |
| Comments: |
A cobalamin protein. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9033-26-5 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Barker, H.A., Smyth, R.O., Wawszkiewicz, E.J., Lee, M.N. and Wilson, R.M. Enzymic preparation and characterization of an α-L-β-methylaspartic acid. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 78 (1958) 468–476. [DOI] [PMID: 13618029] |
| 2. |
Bright, H.J. and Ingraham, L.L. The preparation of crystalline β-methylaspartase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 44 (1960) 586–588. |
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