| EC |
2.3.3.13 |
| Accepted name: |
2-isopropylmalate synthase |
| Reaction: |
acetyl-CoA + 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate + H2O = (2S)-2-isopropylmalate + CoA |
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For diagram of leucine-biosynthesis pathway, click here |
| Other name(s): |
3-carboxy-3-hydroxy-4-methylpentanoate 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate-lyase (CoA-acetylating); α-isopropylmalate synthetase; α-isopropylmalate synthase; α-isopropylmalic synthetase; isopropylmalate synthase; isopropylmalate synthetase |
| Systematic name: |
acetyl-CoA:3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate C-acetyltransferase (thioester-hydrolysing, carboxymethyl-forming) |
| Comments: |
Requires K+. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9030-98-2 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Kohlhaw, G., Leary, T.R. and Umbarger, H.E. α-Isopropylmalate synthase from Salmonella typhimurium. Purification and properties. J. Biol. Chem. 244 (1969) 2218–2225. [PMID: 4976555] |
| 2. |
Webster, R.E. and Gross, S.R. The α-isopropylmalate synthetase of Neurospora. I. The kinetics and end product control of α-isopropylmalate synthetase function. Biochemistry 4 (1965) 2309–2327. |
| 3. |
Cole, F.E., Kalyanpur, M. G. and Stevens, C. M. Absolute configuration of α-isopropylmalate and the mechanism of its conversion to β-isopropylmalate in the biosynthesis of leucine. Biochemistry 12 (1973) 3346–3350. [PMID: 4270046] |
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| [EC 2.3.3.13 created 1972 as EC 4.1.3.12, transferred 2002 to EC 2.3.3.13] |
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