cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase
Symbol
CSAD
(may also be known as: None)
Organism
Human
Description
This gene encodes a member of the group 2 decarboxylase family. A similar protein in rodents plays a role in multiple biological processes as the rate-limiting enzyme in taurine biosynthesis, catalyzing the decarboxylation of cysteinesulfinate to hypotaurine. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011]
Orthologs
| Symbol | Species | |
|---|---|---|
| csad | Danio rerio | |
| Csad | Mus musculus | |
| Csad | Rattus norvegicus |
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Changes associated with this gene
GO Terms
| GO ID | GO Term | GO Category | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GO:0000096 | sulfur amino acid metabolic process | biological_process | |
| GO:0000098 | sulfur amino acid catabolic process | biological_process | |
| GO:0019752 | carboxylic acid metabolic process | biological_process | |
| GO:0034641 | cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process | biological_process | |
| GO:0044281 | small molecule metabolic process | biological_process | |
| GO:0005829 | cytosol | cellular_component | |
| GO:0004782 | sulfinoalanine decarboxylase activity | molecular_function | |
| GO:0016829 | lyase activity | molecular_function | |
| GO:0016831 | carboxy-lyase activity | molecular_function | |
| GO:0030170 | pyridoxal phosphate binding | molecular_function | |