IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.14.15.13

Accepted name: pulcherriminic acid synthase

Reaction: cyclo(L-leucyl-L-leucyl) + 6 reduced ferredoxin + 3 O2 = pulcherriminic acid + 6 oxidized ferredoxin + 4 H2O

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Glossary: cyclo(L-leucyl-L-leucyl) = (3S,6S)-3,6-bis(2-methylpropyl)piperazine-2,5-dione
pulcherriminic acid = 2,5-dihydroxy-3,6-bis(2-methylpropyl)pyrazine bis-N-oxide

Other name(s): cyclo-L-leucyl-L-leucyl dipeptide oxidase; CYP134A1; CypX (ambiguous)

Systematic name: cyclo(L-leucyl-L-leucyl),reduced-ferredoxin:oxygen oxidoreductase (N-hydroxylating,aromatizing)

Comments: A heme-thiolate (P-450) enzyme from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The order of events during the overall reaction is unknown. Pulcherrimic acid spontaneously forms an iron chelate with Fe(3+) to form the red pigment pulcherrimin [2].

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References:

1. MacDonald, J.C. Biosynthesis of pulcherriminic acid. Biochem. J. 96 (1965) 533-538. [PMID: 5837792]

2. Cryle, M.J., Bell, S.G. and Schlichting, I. Structural and biochemical characterization of the cytochrome P450 CypX (CYP134A1) from Bacillus subtilis: a cyclo-L-leucyl-L-leucyl dipeptide oxidase. Biochemistry 49 (2010) 7282-7296. [PMID: 20690619]

[EC 1.14.15.13 created 2013]


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