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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