Escherichia coli
yjgB
Sequence
atgTCGATGATAAAAAGCTATGCCGCAAAAGAAGCGGGCGGCGAACTGGAAGTTTATGAGTACGATCCCGGTGAGCTGAGGCCACAAGATGTTGAAGTGCAGGTGGATTACTGCGGGATCTGCCATTCCGATCTGTCGATGATCGATAACGAATGGGGATTTTCACAATATCCGCTGGTTGCCGGGCATGAGGTGATTGGGCGCGTGGTGGCACTCGGGAGCGCCGCGCAGGATAAAGGTTTGCAGGTCGGTCAGCGTGTCGGGATTGGCTGGACGGCGCGTAGCTGTGGTCACTGCGACGCCTGTATTAGCGGTAATCAGATCAACTGCGAGCAAGGTGCGGTGCCGACGATTATGAATCGCGGTGGCTTTGCCGAGAAGTTGCGTGCGGACTGGCAATGGGTGATTCCACTGCCAGAAAATATTGATATCGAGTCCGCCGGGCCGCTGTTGTGCGGCGGTATCACGGTCTTTAAACCACTGTTGATGCACCATATCACTGCTACCAGCCGCGTTGGGGTAATTGGTATTGGCGGGCTGGGGCATATCGCTATAAAACTTCTGCACGCAATGGGATGCGAGGTGACAGCCTTTAGTTCTAATCCGGCGAAAGAGCAGGAAGTGCTGGCGATGGGTGCCGATAAAGTGGTGAATAGCCGCGATCCGCAGGCACTGAAAGCACTGGCGGGGCAGTTTGATCTCATTATCAACACCGTCAACGTCAGCCTCGACTGGCAGCCCTATTTTGAGGCGCTGACCTATGGCGGTAATTTCCATACGGTCGGTGCGGTTCTCACGCCGCTGTCTGTTCCGGCCTTTACGTTAATTGCGGGCGATCGCAGCGTCTCTGGTTCTGCTACCGGCACGCCTTATGAGCTGCGTAAGCTGATGCGTTTTGCCGCCCGCAGCAAGGTTGCGCCGACCACCGAACTGTTCCCGATGTCGAAAATTAACGACGCCATCCAGCATGTGCGCGACGGTAAGGCGCGTTACCGCGTGGTGTTGAAAGCCGATTTTtga
yjgB encodes an aldehyde reductase from Escherichia coli that catalyzes the reduction of phenylacetaldehyde to 2-phenylethanol and also reduces 4-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde and indole-3-acetaldehyde to form 4-hydroxyphenethyl alcohol and 3-indolylethanol, respectively. This enzyme is commonly utilized in engineered biosynthetic pathways for the production of aromatic alcohols and related aroma compounds [350].
| Synonyms: | ahr, AdhZ3 |
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| Reactions | R00853 and R2034 |
| Compounds affected | (indol-3-yl)acetate , 2-phenylethanol , phenylethyl acetate and 1,5-pentanediol |
Databases
| EraGene: | 2197769 |
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