At5g14760 encodes for L-aspartate oxidase involved in the early steps of NAD biosynthesis. In contrary to the EC 1.4.3.16 (l-aspartate oxidase - deaminating) the enzyme catalyzes the reaction L-aspartate + O2 = iminoaspartate (alpha-iminosuccinate) + H2O2
Computational Description
L-aspartate oxidase (AO); FUNCTIONS IN: electron carrier activity, oxidoreductase activity, L-aspartate oxidase activity; INVOLVED IN: NAD biosynthetic process; LOCATED IN: chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 14 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Fumarate reductase/succinate dehydrogenase flavoprotein-like, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR015939), Fumarate reductase/succinate dehydrogenase flavoprotein, N-terminal (InterPro:IPR003953), Fumarate reductase/succinate dehydrogenase flavoprotein, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR004112), L-aspartate oxidase (InterPro:IPR005288); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: succinate dehydrogenase 1-1 (TAIR:AT5G66760.1); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).