Tryptophan synthase subunit alpha

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


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