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B6db families: 2.6.1.55

2.6.1.55
Activity 2.6.1.55
Description Taurine aminotransferase
Notes Taurine aminotransferases catalyze the first step in taurine catabolism in many taurine-degrading bacteria, and play an important role in bacterial taurine metabolism in the mammalian gut.
Only one functionally validated gene product (from Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense).
Sequences are very similar to those of family pydd (beta-alanine transaminase) and more distantly related to taurine-pyruvate transaminases (family 2.6.1.77).
PLP Fold Type I
PLP-dependent Domain
Domain alignment
Domain hmm
Fold type I

Number of sequences 6
Sequences in seed alignment
BacteriaWP_044089185 (Bifidobacterium reuteri); EOT28226 (Enterococcus saccharolyticus subsp. saccharolyticus ATCC 43076); WP_094690873 (Pseudoscardovia suis); WP_107995747 (Trichococcus paludicola); WP_118625258 (Ruminococcus sp. AF20-12LB); AIZ13704 (Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense PV20-2);

DISPLAY: Fasta format, alignment, hmm, hmm_local


Reference sequence AIZ13704
Domain interval 20-447
Catalytic site 279 K
 
References
 Li M, Wei Y, Yin J, Lin L, Zhou Y, Hua G, Cao P, Ang EL, Zhao H, Yuchi Z, Zhang Y. (2019) Biochemical and structural investigation of taurine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase from Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense Biochem J. 476 1605-1619.

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last changed 2019/09/13 09:58

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