UniProt functional annotation for P25553

UniProt code: P25553.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Acts on lactaldehyde as well as other aldehydes.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=(S)-lactaldehyde + H2O + NAD(+) = (S)-lactate + 2 H(+) + NADH; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:14277, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16651, ChEBI:CHEBI:18041, ChEBI:CHEBI:57540, ChEBI:CHEBI:57945; EC=1.2.1.22;
Catalytic activity: Reaction=glycolaldehyde + H2O + NAD(+) = glycolate + 2 H(+) + NADH; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:20001, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:17071, ChEBI:CHEBI:29805, ChEBI:CHEBI:57540, ChEBI:CHEBI:57945; EC=1.2.1.21;
Subunit: Homotetramer.
Induction: By growth on fucose, rhamnose, arabinose and amino acids such as glutamate.
Similarity: Belongs to the aldehyde dehydrogenase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.