Site astD
- Name: astD
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1746 MG1655 locus tag ydjU - Mnemonic: arginine succinyltransferase pathway
- Left End Point: 39.36
- Right End Point: 39.39
- Products:
succinylglutamic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, NAD-dependent - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
astD744(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG13997 EcoliWiki astD - Comment:
- aldehyde dehydrogenase with broad substrate specificity. AST pathway for catabolism of arginine
- References:
- Schneider, B.L., A.K. Kiupakis, L.J. Reitzer 1998. Arginine catabolism and the arginine succinyltransferase pathway in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:4278-4286
- Kuznetsova, E. 2005. Enzyme genomics: Application of general enzymatic screens to discover new enzymes. FEMS Microbiol.Rev. 29:263-279