A Novel Acyl-CoA Beta-Transaminase Characterized from a Metagenome
Figure 5
The alternative lysine fermentation pathway.
Enzymes involved are L-lysine-2,3-aminomutase (1); β-L-lysine-5,6-aminomutase (2); 3,5-diaminohexanoate dehydrogenase (3); 3-keto-5-aminohexanoate cleavage enzyme (4); 3-aminobutyryl-CoA aminotransferase (Kat; 5); butyrate-acetoacetate CoA transferase (6); glutamate dehydrogenase (7); acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase (8); phosphate acetyltransferase (9); acetate kinase (10); butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase (11); butyrate-acetoacetate CoA transferase (12).