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- Name help_outline (R)-2-hydroxy-4-methylpentanoate Identifier CHEBI:55535 (Beilstein: 5245806) help_outline Charge -1 Formula C6H11O3 InChIKeyhelp_outline LVRFTAZAXQPQHI-RXMQYKEDSA-M SMILEShelp_outline CC(C)C[C@@H](O)C([O-])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 3 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline NADP+ Identifier CHEBI:58349 Charge -3 Formula C21H25N7O17P3 InChIKeyhelp_outline XJLXINKUBYWONI-NNYOXOHSSA-K SMILEShelp_outline NC(=O)c1ccc[n+](c1)[C@@H]1O[C@H](COP([O-])(=O)OP([O-])(=O)OC[C@H]2O[C@H]([C@H](OP([O-])([O-])=O)[C@@H]2O)n2cnc3c(N)ncnc23)[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 1,285 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate Identifier CHEBI:17865 (Beilstein: 3904096) help_outline Charge -1 Formula C6H9O3 InChIKeyhelp_outline BKAJNAXTPSGJCU-UHFFFAOYSA-M SMILEShelp_outline CC(C)CC(=O)C([O-])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 16 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline H+ Identifier CHEBI:15378 Charge 1 Formula H InChIKeyhelp_outline GPRLSGONYQIRFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H+] 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 9,431 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline NADPH Identifier CHEBI:57783 (Beilstein: 10411862) help_outline Charge -4 Formula C21H26N7O17P3 InChIKeyhelp_outline ACFIXJIJDZMPPO-NNYOXOHSSA-J SMILEShelp_outline NC(=O)C1=CN(C=CC1)[C@@H]1O[C@H](COP([O-])(=O)OP([O-])(=O)OC[C@H]2O[C@H]([C@H](OP([O-])([O-])=O)[C@@H]2O)n2cnc3c(N)ncnc23)[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 1,279 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
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Novel 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate reductase involved in synthesis of the Japanese sake flavor, ethyl leucate.
Shimizu M., Yamamoto T., Okabe N., Sakai K., Koide E., Miyachi Y., Kurimoto M., Mochizuki M., Yoshino-Yasuda S., Mitsui S., Ito A., Murano H., Takaya N., Kato M.
Ethyl-2-hydroxy-4-methylpentanoate (ethyl leucate) contributes to a fruity flavor in Japanese sake. The mold Aspergillus oryzae synthesizes leucate from leucine and then the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces ethyl leucate from leucate during sake fermentation. Here, we investigated the enzym ... >> More
Ethyl-2-hydroxy-4-methylpentanoate (ethyl leucate) contributes to a fruity flavor in Japanese sake. The mold Aspergillus oryzae synthesizes leucate from leucine and then the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces ethyl leucate from leucate during sake fermentation. Here, we investigated the enzyme involved in leucate synthesis by A. oryzae. The A. oryzae gene/cDNA encoding the enzyme involved in leucate synthesis was identified and expressed in E. coli and A. oryzae host cells. The purified recombinant enzyme belonged to a D-isomer-specific 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase family and it NADPH- or NADH-dependently reduced 4-methyl-2-oxopentanate (MOA), a possible intermediate in leucine synthesis, to D-leucate with a preference for NADPH. Thus, we designated this novel enzyme as MOA reductase A (MorA). Furthermore, an A. oryzae strain overexpressing morA produced 125-fold more leucate than the wild-type strain KBN8243. The strain overexpressing MorA produced 6.3-fold more ethyl leucate in the sake than the wild-type strain. These findings suggest that the strain overexpressing morA would help to ferment high-quality sake with an excellent flavor. This is the first study to identify the MOA reductase responsible for producing D-leucate in fungi. << Less
Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 100:3137-3145(2016) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]