nadE

UniProt ID: Q88DF6
Organism: Pseudomonas putida KT2440
Review Status: DRAFT
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Gene Description

Ammonia-dependent NAD+ synthetase of Pseudomonas putida KT2440. NadE uses deamido-NAD, ATP, and free ammonium to form NAD+, AMP, and diphosphate in the terminal reaction of the deamido-NAD completion branch. This compact bacterial enzyme lacks the glutaminase module required for glutamine-dependent NAD+ synthesis.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0003952 NAD+ synthase (glutamine-hydrolyzing) activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
REMOVE
Summary: Incorrect nitrogen-donor specificity propagated from a broad family.
Reason: The reviewed target is explicitly an NH3-dependent NadE, carries the NH(3)-dependent NAD synthetase subfamily assignment, and lacks a glutaminase domain. Its defined reaction uses NH4+, not glutamine.
Supporting Evidence:
file:PSEPK/nadE/nadE-uniprot.txt
RecName: Full=NH(3)-dependent NAD(+) synthetase
file:PSEPK/nadE/nadE-uniprot.txt
Reaction=deamido-NAD(+) + NH4(+) + ATP = AMP + diphosphate + NAD(+) +
GO:0004359 glutaminase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
REMOVE
Summary: Incorrect InterPro over-propagation to an ammonia-dependent enzyme.
Reason: Q88DF6 is a 275-residue ammonia-dependent NadE with only the NAD synthetase module; no glutaminase catalytic module is present or needed for RHEA:21188.
Supporting Evidence:
file:PSEPK/nadE/nadE-uniprot.txt
InterPro; IPR022926; NH(3)-dep_NAD(+)_synth.
GO:0005524 ATP binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000104
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Correct catalytic co-substrate binding, retained as non-core.
Reason: ATP is a substrate of the NadE ligase reaction, but GO:0008795 is the informative catalytic function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:PSEPK/nadE/nadE-uniprot.txt
Reaction=deamido-NAD(+) + NH4(+) + ATP = AMP + diphosphate + NAD(+) +
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Correct expected location for soluble bacterial NadE.
Reason: The compact NadE enzyme is a soluble cytoplasmic protein. The claim rests on family membership plus the absence of export or membrane features; Q88DF6 belongs to the HAMAP MF_00193 ammonia-dependent NadE family (NCBIfam TIGR00552), a soluble homodimeric enzyme family, and the cached record has no SIGNAL, TRANSMEM or lipoprotein feature lines and no CC SUBCELLULAR LOCATION comment that would place it elsewhere. The record's own GO cross-reference is not cited. No KT2440 localization experiment is cached.
Supporting Evidence:
file:PSEPK/nadE/nadE-uniprot.txt
DR HAMAP; MF_00193; NadE_ammonia_dep; 1.
file:PSEPK/nadE/nadE-uniprot.txt
DR NCBIfam; TIGR00552; nadE; 1.
GO:0008795 NAD+ synthase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Correct core molecular function for the ammonia-dependent enzyme.
Reason: The reviewed target and HAMAP rule specify the ammonium-dependent deamido-NAD amidation reaction RHEA:21188.
Supporting Evidence:
file:PSEPK/nadE/nadE-uniprot.txt
Reaction=deamido-NAD(+) + NH4(+) + ATP = AMP + diphosphate + NAD(+) +
GO:0009435 NAD+ biosynthetic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Correct core biological process.
Reason: NadE performs the final conversion of deamido-NAD to NAD+.
Supporting Evidence:
file:PSEPK/nadE/nadE-uniprot.txt
PATHWAY: Cofactor biosynthesis; NAD(+) biosynthesis; NAD(+) from
GO:0016879 ligase activity, forming carbon-nitrogen bonds
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
MODIFY
Summary: Correct parent chemistry but too broad for this specific enzyme.
Reason: GO:0008795 captures the NAD+ synthase reaction and correct nitrogen-donor class.
Proposed replacements: NAD+ synthase activity

Core Functions

Ammonia-dependent NAD+ synthetase that amidates deamido-NAD using free ammonium and ATP, completing NAD+ biosynthesis through the deamido-NAD branch.

Molecular Function:
NAD+ synthase activity
Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • file:PSEPK/nadE/nadE-uniprot.txt
    Reaction=deamido-NAD(+) + NH4(+) + ATP = AMP + diphosphate + NAD(+) +

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Is free ammonium availability limiting for NadE-dependent NAD+ synthesis during nitrogen limitation in P. putida KT2440?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Measure deamido-NAD and NAD+ pools across ammonium concentrations in wild type and strains with titratable nadE expression.

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