Saccharopine dehydrogenase

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Saccharopine Dehydrogenase
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Saccharopine dehydrogenase from Magnaporthe grisea
Identifiers
Symbol Saccharop_dh
Pfam PF03435
Pfam clan CL0063
InterPro IPR005097
SCOP 1ff9
SUPERFAMILY 1ff9
saccharopine dehydrogenase (putative)
Identifiers
Symbol SCCPDH
Entrez 51097
HUGO 24275
RefSeq NM_016002
UniProt Q8NBX0
Other data
Locus Chr. 1 q44

In molecular biology, the protein domain Saccharopine dehydrogenase (SDH), also named Saccharopine reductase, is an enzyme involved in the metabolism of the amino acid lysine, via an intermediate substance called saccharopine. The Saccharopine dehydrogenase enzyme can be classified under EC 1.5.1.7, EC 1.5.1.8, EC 1.5.1.9, and EC 1.5.1.10. It has an important function in lysine metabolism and catalyses a reaction in the alpha-Aminoadipic acid pathway. This pathway is unique to fungal organsims therefore, this molecule could be useful in the search for new antibiotics. This protein family also includes saccharopine dehydrogenase and homospermidine synthase. It is found in prokaryotes, eukaryotes and archaea.

Function

Simplistically, SDH uses NAD+ as an oxidant to catalyse the reversible pyridine nucleotide dependent oxidative deamination of the substrate, Saccharopine, in order to form the products, lysine and alpha-ketoglutarate. This can be described by the following equation:[1]

SDH

Saccharopine ⇌ lysine + alpha-ketoglutarate

Saccharopine dehydrogenase EC catalyses the condensation to of l-alpha-aminoadipate-delta-semialdehyde (AASA) with l-glutamate to give an imine, which is reduced by NADPH to give saccharopine.[2] In some organisms this enzyme is found as a bifunctional polypeptide with lysine ketoglutarate reductase (PF).

Homospermidine synthase proteins (EC). Homospermidine synthase (HSS) catalyses the synthesis of the polyamine homospermidine from 2 mol putrescine in an NAD+-dependent reaction.[3]

Structure

There appears to be two protein domains of similar size. One domain is a Rossmann fold that binds NAD+/NADH, and the other is relatively similar. Both domains contain a six-stranded parallel beta-sheet surrounded by alpha-helices and loops (alpha/beta fold). [4]

Clinical significance

Deficiencies are associated with hyperlysinemia.

References

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