title: Enzymes involved in 3,5-diaminohexanoate degradation by Brevibacterium sp.
abstract: Cell-free extracts of Brevibacterium sp. L5 grown on DL-erythro-3,5-diaminohexanoate were found to contain a 3-keto-5-aminohexanoate cleavage enzyme that converts 3-keto-5-aminohexanoate and acetyl-coenzyme A (CokA) to 3-aminobutyryl-CoA and acetoacetate and a deaminase that coverts L-3-aminobutyryl-CoA to crotonyl-CoA. The cleavage enzyme has been purified extensively, and some of its properties have been determined for comparison with the 3-keto-6-acetamido-hexanoate cleavage enzyme of Pseudomonas sp. B4. The deaminase has been partially purified and characterized. Both the cleavage enzyme and the deaminase are induced by growth on 3,5-diaminohexanoate. The presence of these and other accessory enzymes in Brevibacterium sp. extracts accounts for the results of earlier tracer experiments which showed that C-1 and C-2 of 3-keto-5-aminohexanoate are converted mainly to acetoacetate and acetate, whereas C-3 to C-6 are converted mainly to 3-hydroxybutyrate or its coenzyme A thiolester. The enzymes observed in extracts of Brevibacterium sp. can account for the conversion of 3,5-diaminohexanoate to acetyl-CoA.
mesh_terms: D000599:Amino Acids, Diamino / Q000378:metabolism*; D000614:Aminocaproates / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D000642:Ammonia-Lyases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000201:enzymology*; D002208:Caproates / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000599:Amino Acids, Diamino; D000614:Aminocaproates; D002208:Caproates; C002896:3,5-diaminohexanoate; C021464:3-keto-5-aminohexanoate cleavage enzyme; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases; C026842:3-aminobutyryl-CoA deaminase; D000642:Ammonia-Lyases