Reaction: GTP + coenzyme F420-0 + L-glutamate = GDP + phosphate + coenzyme F420-1
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Glossary: coenzyme F420
Other name(s): CofE-AF; MJ0768; CofE
Systematic name: L-glutamate:coenzyme F420-0 ligase (GDP-forming)
Comments: This protein catalyses the successive addition of two glutamate residues to cofactor F420 by two distinct and independent reactions. In the reaction described here the enzyme attaches a glutamate via its α-amine group to F420-0. In the second reaction (EC 6.3.2.34, coenzyme F420-1—γ-L-glutamate ligase) it catalyses the addition of a second L-glutamate residue to the γ-carboxyl of the first glutamate.
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References:
1. Li, H., Graupner, M., Xu, H. and White, R.H. CofE catalyzes the addition of two glutamates to F420-0 in F420 coenzyme biosynthesis in Methanococcus jannaschii. Biochemistry 42 (2003) 9771-9778. [PMID: 12911320]
2. Nocek, B., Evdokimova, E., Proudfoot, M., Kudritska, M., Grochowski, L.L., White, R.H., Savchenko, A., Yakunin, A.F., Edwards, A. and Joachimiak, A. Structure of an amide bond forming F420:γ-glutamyl ligase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus — a member of a new family of non-ribosomal peptide synthases. J. Mol. Biol. 372 (2007) 456-469. [PMID: 17669425]