title: Identification of Escherichia coli K12 YdcW protein as a gamma-aminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase.
abstract: Gamma-aminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase (ABALDH) from wild-type E. coli K12 was purified to apparent homogeneity and identified as YdcW by MS-analysis. YdcW exists as a tetramer of 202+/-29 kDa in the native state, a molecular mass of one subunit was determined as 51+/-3 kDa. Km parameters of YdcW for gamma-aminobutyraldehyde, NAD+ and NADP+ were 41+/-7, 54+/-10 and 484+/-72 microM, respectively. YdcW is the unique ABALDH in E. coli K12. A coupling action of E. coli YgjG putrescine transaminase and YdcW dehydrogenase in vitro resulted in conversion of putrescine into gamma-aminobutyric acid.
authors: Ajinomoto-Genetika Research Institute, 1st Dorozhny pr. 1, Moscow 117545, Russia. nsamsonova@yahoo.com
authors: Natalya N
authors: NN
authors: Samsonova
authors: Sergey V
authors: SV
authors: Smirnov
authors: Anna E
authors: AE
authors: Novikova
authors: Leonid R
authors: LR
authors: Ptitsyn
mesh_terms: D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; C019679:aminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase