qa-4 — Neurospora crassa

Summary

NCU00838 (qa-4) on Neurospora crassa chromosome 1 encodes a protein with 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase activity, belonging to the IolE/XylAMocC-like and xylose isomerase-like TIM barrel families. This gene is associated with shikimate breakdown, isoleucine breakdown, sucrose metabolism, pyruvate metabolism, protocatechuate anabolism, digestion, the TCA cycle, and fermentation. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase activity (EC 4.2.1.118).