FEATURES

DESCRIPTION

Also known as EGTC_MYCTO, egtC. Catalyzes the hydrolysis of the gamma-glutamyl amide bond of hercynyl-gamma-L-glutamyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide to produce hercynylcysteine sulfoxide, a step in the biosynthesis pathway of ergothioneine (By similarity). ERG is one of the major redox buffers which protects bacteria against redox stressors and antibiotics; loss of ERG or mycothiol (MSH, the other major redox buffer in this bacteria) leads to respiratory alterations and bioenergetic deficiencies that negatively impact virulence (PubMed:26774486).

EXTERNAL LINKS

egtC

Gamma-glutamyl-hercynylcysteine sulfoxide hydrolase

ligandability Mutations

egtC

Molecular Synopsis