    1.2.1.85 | evolution |
the naphthalene catabolic genes (nah) of NAH7 are organized into two operons. The nah operon (nahAaAbAcAdBFCED) encodes the upper pathway enzymes involved in the conversion of naphthalene to salicylate. On the other hand, the sal operon (nahGTHINLOMKJ) codes for the lower pathway enzymes involved in the conversion of salicylate to pyruvate and acetaldehyde. The lower pathway starts with the oxidation of salicylate to catechol by salicylate hydroxylase (NahG), which is extradiol-cleaved by catechol-2,3-dioxygenase (NahH) and further transformed to pyruvate and acetyl-CoA by the remaining meta-cleavage pathway gene products, NahI, NahJ, NahK, NahN, NahL, NahM, and NahO. Enzyme NahI is further classified into the ALDH8 family together with different 2-hydroxymuconate semialdehyde dehydrogenases |
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