(1) Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0032 Tokyo, Japan
Abstract:
Background
Aminoadipate reductase (Lys2) is a fungal-specific protein. This enzyme contains an adenylating domain. A similar primary
structure can be found in some bacterial antibiotic/peptide synthetases. In this study, we aimed to determine which bacterial
adenylating domain is most closely related to Lys2. In addition, we analyzed the substitution rate of the adenylating domain-encoding
region.