Saccharopine Dehydrogenase (SDH) and related proteins, including bifunctional lysine ketoglutarate reductase/SDH enzymes and N(5)-(carboxyethyl)ornithine synthases. SDH catalyzes the final step in the reversible NAD-dependent oxidative deamination of saccharopine to alpha-ketoglutarate and lysine, in the alpha-aminoadipate pathway of L-lysine biosynthesis. SDH is structurally related to formate dehydrogenase and similar enzymes, having a 2-domain structure in which a Rossmann-fold NAD(P)-binding domain is inserted within the linear sequence of a catalytic domain of related structure. Bifunctional lysine ketoglutarate reductase/SDH protein is a pair of enzymes linked on a single polypeptide chain that catalyze the initial, consecutive steps of lysine degradation. These proteins are related to the 2-domain saccharopine dehydrogenases.
Comment:Saccharomyces Cervisiae Saccharopine Dehydrogenase retains the 3D arangment of the GxGxxG(17-18x)D NAD binding site motif, but has altered spacing between the conserved residues: GxxGxxG(17-20x)D