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ASA2

Gene
ASA2
Protein
Anthranilate synthase alpha subunit 2, chloroplastic
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana
Length
621 amino acids
Function
Part of a heterotetrameric complex that catalyzes the two-step biosynthesis of anthranilate, an intermediate in the biosynthesis of L-tryptophan. In the first step, the glutamine-binding beta subunit of anthranilate synthase (AS) provides the glutamine amidotransferase activity which generates ammonia as a substrate that, along with chorismate, is used in the second step, catalyzed by the large alpha subunit of AS to produce anthranilate (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the anthranilate synthase component I family.
Mass
69.816 kDa
Sequence
MSAVSISAVKSDFFTVEAIAVTHHRTPHPPHFPSLRFPLSLKSPPATSLNLVAGSKLLHFSRRLPSIKCSYTPSLDLSEEQFTKFKKASEKGNLVPLFRCVFSDHLTPILAYRCLVKEDDRDAPSFLFESVEPGSQSSNIGRYSVVGAQPTIEIVAKGNVVTVMDHGASLRTEEEVDDPMMVPQKIMEEWNPQGIDELPEAFCGGWVGYFSYDTVRYVEKKKLPFSNAPEDDRSLPDVNLGLYDDVIVFDHVEKKAYVIHWVRIDKDRSVEENFREGMNRLESLTSRIQDQKPPKMPTGFIKLRTQLFGPKLEKSTMTSEAYKEAVVEAKEHILAGDIFQIVLSQRFERRTFADPFEIYRALRIVNPSPYMAYLQVRGCILVASSPEILLRSKNRKITNRPLAGTVRRGKTPKEDLMLEKELLSDEKQCAEHIMLVDLGRNDVGKVSKPGSVEVKKLKDIEWFSHVMHISSTVVGELLDHLTSWDALRAVLPVGTVSGAPKVKAMELIDELEVTRRGPYSGGFGGISFNGDMDIALALRTMVFPTNTRYDTLYSYKHPQRRREWIAHIQAGAGIVADSNPDDEHRECENKAAALARAIDLAESSFLEAPEFTTITPHINNI