Type: | Family | Name: | L-2,4-diaminobutyric acid acetyltransferase |
Description: | This enzyme family is the EctA of ectoine biosynthesis. Ectoine is a compatible solute, analogous to trehalose, betaines, etc., found often in halotolerant organisms. EctA is L-2,4-diaminobutyric acid acetyltransferase, also called DABA acetyltransferase [, , ]. | Short Name: | Ectoine_EctA |