| Product Name |
sulfoacetaldehyde reductase |
| Example Structure |
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| Synonyms |
isethionate formation, reductase D, IsfD, IsfD2, NADPH-dependent sulfoacetaldehyde reductase |
| EC Number |
1.1.1.313 |
| CAS Registry Number |
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| Comments |
Catalyses the reaction only in the opposite direction. Involved in taurine degradation. The bacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens strain DSM 3043 possesses two enzymes that catalyse this reaction, a constitutive enzyme (encoded by isfD2) and an inducible enzyme (encoded by isfD). The latter is induced by taurine, and is responsible for most of the activity observed in taurine-grown cells. |
| Cofactor |
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| History |
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| Reactions |
Isethionate + NADP(+) = 2-sulfoacetaldehyde + Nadph. |
