Literature summary for 1.3.8.4 extracted from

Yamauchi, N.
The pathway of leucine to mevalonate in halophilic archaea: efficient incorporation of leucine into isoprenoidal lipid with the involvement of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase in Halobacterium salinarum (2010), Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 74, 443-446.

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Organism

Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
Halobacterium salinarum	-	-	-
Halobacterium salinarum NRC34001	-	-	-

General Information

General Information	Comment	Organism
metabolism	isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase is an important enzyme in branched chain amino acid metabolism. The pathway of leucine to mevalonate in halophilic archaea involves efficient incorporation of leucine into isoprenoidal lipid with the requirement of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase in Halobacterium salinarum, overview	Halobacterium salinarum
physiological function	IVD catalyzes the stereospecific conversion of the diastereotopic methyl group of leucine to isoprenoidal lipids	Halobacterium salinarum

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