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L-amino-acid alpha-ligase activity

Known as: L-amino acid ligase activity, YwfE, L-amino acid alpha-ligase activity 
Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + an L-amino acid + an L-amino acid = ADP + phosphate + L-aminoacyl-L-amino acid. [EC:6.3.2.28]
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2012
2012
L-Amino-acid ligases (LALs) are enzymes which catalyze the formation of dipeptides by linking two L-amino acids. Although many… 
2012
2012
Bacillus subtilis YwfE, an L-amino-acid ligase, catalyzes the formation of an α-dipeptide from L-amino acids in an ATP-dependent… 
2010
2010
L-Amino acid ligase synthesizes various peptides from unprotected L-amino acids in an ATP-dependent manner. Known L-amino acid… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
  • K. Kino
  • 2010
  • Corpus ID: 13052430
L-Amino acid ligase (EC 6.3.2.28) is a microbial enzyme catalyzing formation of an alpha-peptide bond from unprotected L-amino… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
We found that a polycistronic operon (ywfBCDEFG) and a monocistronic gene (ywfH) are required for the biosynthesis of bacilysin…