GroES-like zinc-binding alcohol dehydrogenase family protein
Curator Summary
Encodes a catalytically active cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase which uses p-coumaryl aldehyde as a preferred substrate. It can also use caffeyl, coniferyl and d-hydroxyconiferyl aldehydes as substrates.
Computational Description
ATCAD4; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: GroES-like (InterPro:IPR011032), Alcohol dehydrogenase GroES-like (InterPro:IPR013154), Alcohol dehydrogenase, zinc-containing, conserved site (InterPro:IPR002328), Alcohol dehydrogenase, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR013149), Alcohol dehydrogenase superfamily, zinc-containing (InterPro:IPR002085); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 5 (TAIR:AT4G34230.1); Has 40533 Blast hits to 40509 proteins in 3018 species: Archae - 756; Bacteria - 27152; Metazoa - 1406; Fungi - 3053; Plants - 2651; Viruses - 3; Other Eukaryotes - 5512 (source: NCBI BLink).