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Asparaginase

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== Function ==
== Function ==
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'''Asparaginase''' (ASP) catalyzes the conversion of asparagine to aspartic acid (AA). The ALL cells require high concentrations of asparagine which becomes scarce when high doses of ASP are present. '''Isoaspartyl peptidase/L-asparaginase''' (IPA) has activity of L-asparaginase and of β-aspartyl peptidase<ref>PMID:15159592</ref>. '''Glycosylasparaginase''' (GASP) plays an imortant role in asparagine-linked glycoprotein degradation<ref>PMID:17157318</ref>.
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'''Asparaginase''' (ASP) catalyzes the conversion of asparagine to aspartic acid (AA). The ALL cells require high concentrations of asparagine which becomes scarce when high doses of ASP are present. '''Isoaspartyl peptidase/L-asparaginase''' (IPA) has activity of L-asparaginase and of β-aspartyl peptidase<ref>PMID:15159592</ref>. [[Glycosylasparaginase]] (GASP) plays an imortant role in asparagine-linked glycoprotein degradation<ref>PMID:17157318</ref>.
== Relevance ==
== Relevance ==

Revision as of 12:12, 20 March 2019

E. coli asparaginase I tetramer complex with aspartic acid, asparagine, ethylene glycol and Cl- ions (green), 2p2n

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References

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  2. Wang Y, Guo HC. Crystallographic snapshot of a productive glycosylasparaginase-substrate complex. J Mol Biol. 2007 Feb 9;366(1):82-92. Epub 2006 Sep 26. PMID:17157318 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.051
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  5. Aronson NN Jr. Aspartylglycosaminuria: biochemistry and molecular biology. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1999 Oct 8;1455(2-3):139-54. PMID:10571008
  6. Yun MK, Nourse A, White SW, Rock CO, Heath RJ. Crystal structure and allosteric regulation of the cytoplasmic Escherichia coli L-asparaginase I. J Mol Biol. 2007 Jun 8;369(3):794-811. Epub 2007 Mar 30. PMID:17451745 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2007.03.061

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