Protein
Alpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde synthase, mitochondrial
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Function
Bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the first two steps in lysine degradation. The N-terminal and the C-terminal contain lysine-oxoglutarate reductase and saccharopine dehydrogenase activity, respectively (By similarity).
Similarity
In the C-terminal section; belongs to the saccharopine dehydrogenase family.
Sequence
MLRAQRLRLARLRACVSRGLHHKPVMALRREDVNAWERRAPLAPKHIKGITKLGYKVLIQPSNRRAIHDKEYVRAGGILQEDITEACLILGVKRPPEEKLMSKKTYAFFSHTIKAQEANMSLLDEVLKQEIRLIDYEKMVDHRGSRIVAFGHWAGVAGMINILHGMGLRLLALGHHTPFMHLGMAHNYRNSSQAVQAVRDAGYEISLGLMPKSIGPLTFVFTGTGNVSKGAQEVFNELPCEYVEPHELKEVSKTGDLRKVYGTVLSRHHHLVRKTDGVYDPVEYEKYPERYISRFNADIAPYTTCLINGIYWEQNTPRLLTRQDAQSLLVPVKSSVVPVEGCPELPHKLVAICDISADTGGSIDFMTECTTIERPFCMYDADQHIIHDSVEGSGILMCSIDNLPAQLPIEATEYFGDMLYPYVEEMLLSDASQPLESQNFSPVVRDAVITSNGLLTDKYKYIQKLRESRERIQFLSMSTKKKVLVLGSGYVSGPVLEYLSRGNNIEITLGSDMTNQMQQLSKKYDINTVNVTVGKQEDKLQSLVESQDLVISLLPYVLHPVVAKACIDSKVNMVTASYITPAMKELEKSVDDAGITVIGELGLDPGLDHMLAMETIDKAKDLGATIESYVSYCGGLPAPEHSDNPLRYKFSWSPVGVLMNIMQPASYLLNGKVVNVTGGVSFLNSVTPMDYFPGLNLEGYPNRDSTKYAEIYGISSAHTLLRGTLRYKGYSKALNGFVKLGLINRETYPALRPEANPLTWKQLLCDLVGISRSSSCEKLKEVVFTKLGGDSTQLEAAEWLGLLGDEQVPQAESIVDAFSKHLVSKLSYGPEEKDMIVMRDSFGIRHPSGHLENKTIDLVVYGDFNGFSAMAKTVGLPTAMAAKMLLDGEIETKGLMGPFSKEIYGPILERIKAEGIVFNTQSTIKL