KEGG Orthology (KO) [BR:ko00001]
09100 Metabolism
09106 Metabolism of other amino acids
00430 Taurine and hypotaurine metabolism
K19699 safD; sulfoacetaldehyde dehydrogenase
Enzymes [BR:ko01000]
1. Oxidoreductases
1.2 Acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donors
1.2.1 With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
1.2.1.73 sulfoacetaldehyde dehydrogenase
K19699 safD; sulfoacetaldehyde dehydrogenase
This reaction is part of a bacterial pathway that can utilize the amino group of taurine as a sole source of nitrogen for growth. At physiological concentrations, NAD+ cannot be replaced by NADP+. The enzyme is specific for sulfoacetaldehyde, as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, betaine aldehyde, propanal, glyceraldehyde, phosphonoacetaldehyde, glyoxylate, glycolaldehyde and 2-oxobutyrate are not substrates.