UniProt functional annotation for P17597

UniProt code: P17597.

Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis.
 
Function: Catalyzes the formation of acetolactate from pyruvate, the first step in valine and isoleucine biosynthesis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10386618, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16665813, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16667374, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16668488, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2336405, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8913312, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9355748, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9677339, ECO:0000269|Ref.9}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H(+) + 2 pyruvate = (2S)-2-acetolactate + CO2; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:25249, ChEBI:CHEBI:15361, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16526, ChEBI:CHEBI:58476; EC=2.2.1.6;
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Note=Binds 1 Mg(2+) ion per subunit.;
Cofactor: Name=FAD; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57692;
Cofactor: Name=thiamine diphosphate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:58937; Note=Binds 1 thiamine pyrophosphate per subunit.;
Activity regulation: Inhibited by asymmetric aryl disulfides, triazolopyrimidine sulfonanilide compounds, isatin derivatives, and sulfonylurea and imidazolinone herbicides. Insensitive to feed-back inhibition by branched-chain amino acids. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19342247, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20598554, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21838297, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22905906, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9355748}.
Biophysicochemical properties: pH dependence: Optimum pH is 7.0-7.5. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9355748, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9677339};
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-isoleucine biosynthesis; L- isoleucine from 2-oxobutanoate: step 1/4.
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-valine biosynthesis; L-valine from pyruvate: step 1/4.
Subunit: Homodimer or homotetramer. The acetolactate synthase complex contains both large catalytic subunits and small regulatory subunits. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16407096, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19187232, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9355748}.
Subcellular location: Plastid, chloroplast {ECO:0000305}.
Disruption phenotype: Lethal when homozygous. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22430369}.
Biotechnology: Introduced by genetic manipulation and expressed in sulfonylurea resistant plants.
Similarity: Belongs to the TPP enzyme family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.