PMID: 17173928 , Related PDB ids: 2HG2, 2ILU, 2IMP

Authors:

Di Costanzo L, Gomez GA, Christianson DW

Title:

Crystal structure of lactaldehyde dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli and inferences regarding substrate and cofactor specificity.

Journal:

J Mol Biol. 2007 Feb 16;366(2):481-93. Epub 2006 Nov 10.

Abstract:

Aldehyde dehydrogenases catalyze the oxidation of aldehyde substrates to the corresponding carboxylic acids. Lactaldehyde dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli (aldA gene product, P25553) is an NAD(+)-dependent enzyme implicated in the metabolism of l-fucose and l-rhamnose. During the heterologous expression and purification of taxadiene synthase from the Pacific yew, lactaldehyde dehydrogenase from E. coli was identified as a minor (