| Type: | Family | Name: | Arginine/ornithine succinyltransferase, alpha subunit |
| Description: | Arginine N-succinyltransferase catalyses the transfer of succinyl-CoA to arginine to produce succinylarginine. This is the first step in arginine catabolism via the arginine succinyltransferase pathway. Six major L-arginine-degrading pathways have been described for prokaryotes []. Arginine succinyltransferase AstA () is the first enzyme of the succinyltransferase (AST) pathway operon consists of five genes []. In a few species, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, arginine succinyltransferase consist of a heterodimer of subunits alpha (AstA) and beta (AruG) []. Members of this protein family represent the alpha subunit of the arginine succinyltransferase heterodimer. | Short Name: | Arg/Orn_succinylTfrase_asu |
