7-cyano-7-deazaguanine synthase

7-cyano-7-deazaguanine synthase (EC 6.3.4.20, preQ0 synthase, 7-cyano-7-carbaguanine synthase, queC (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 7-carboxy-7-carbaguanine:ammonia ligase (ADP-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

7-Cyano-7-deazaguanine synthase
Identifiers
EC no.6.3.4.20
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7-carboxy-7-carbaguanine + NH3 + ATP 7-cyano-7-carbaguanine + ADP + phosphate + H2O

This enzyme binds Zn2+.

References

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  1. ^ McCarty RM, Somogyi A, Lin G, Jacobsen NE, Bandarian V (May 2009). "The deazapurine biosynthetic pathway revealed: in vitro enzymatic synthesis of PreQ(0) from guanosine 5'-triphosphate in four steps". Biochemistry. 48 (18): 3847–52. doi:10.1021/bi900400e. PMC 2693876. PMID 19354300.
  2. ^ Cicmil N, Huang RH (August 2008). "Crystal structure of QueC from Bacillus subtilis: an enzyme involved in preQ1 biosynthesis". Proteins. 72 (3): 1084–8. doi:10.1002/prot.22098. PMID 18491386.
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