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EC 1.4.4.2 Details
EC number
1.4.4.2
Accepted name
glycine dehydrogenase (aminomethyl-transferring)
Reaction
glycine + [glycine-cleavage complex H protein]-N6-lipoyl-L-lysine = [glycine-cleavage complex H protein]-S-aminomethyl-N6-dihydrolipoyl-L-lysine + CO2
Other name(s)
P-protein,
glycine decarboxylase,
glycine-cleavage complex,
glycine:lipoylprotein oxidoreductase (decarboxylating and acceptor-aminomethylating),
protein P1,
glycine dehydrogenase (decarboxylating),
glycine cleavage system P-protein,
glycine-cleavage complex P-protein
Systematic name
glycine:H-protein-lipoyllysine oxidoreductase (decarboxylating, acceptor-amino-methylating)
CAS registry number
37259-67-9
Comment
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. A component of the glycine cleavage system, which is composed of four components that only loosely associate: the P protein (EC 1.4.4.2), the T protein (EC 2.1.2.10, aminomethyltransferase), the L protein (EC 1.8.1.4, dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase) and the lipoyl-bearing H protein [3]. Previously known as glycine synthase.
History
created 1984, modified 2003, modified 2006, modified 2013
EC Tree
1.4.4.1 created 1972, modified 1982 (EC 1.4.1.6 created 1961, incorporated 1982), deleted 2003