GENE NAME
Tryptophan synthase subunit alpha
ORGANISM
Mycobacterium ulcerans (strain Agy99)
GENE NAME
trpA
GENE ID
4552116
TDR TARGET ID
955315
PROTEIN LENGTH
269
ASSOCIATED METABOLIC PATHWAYS
Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism , Phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis
FUNCTION
The alpha subunit is responsible for the aldol cleavage of indoleglycerol phosphate to indole and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.
UNIPROT ID
A0PP30
STRING
362242.MUL_1593
KEGG PATHWAY
mul:MUL_1593
GO - MOLECULAR FUNCTION
GO:0004834
LINK TO PUBMED
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22912793/
REFERENCE
Butt, A. M., Nasrullah, I., Tahir, S., & Tong, Y. (2012). Comparative Genomics Analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans for the Identification of Putative Essential Genesand Therapeutic Candidates.pdf (p. 16). https://doi.org/10.1371/annotation/8ce51727-91b0-463f-9b4c-768aab0a230a