Background information
AASDHPPT (aminoadipate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase-phosphopantetheinyl transferase), also known as LYS2, LYS5 or CGI-80, is a 309 amino acid protein that localizes to the cytoplasm and belongs to the P-Pant transferase superfamily. Expressed in testis, liver, kidney, heart, brain, placenta and skeletal muscle, AASDHPPT exists as a monomer that functions to catalyze the phosphopantetheine-dependent post-translational modification of target proteins, effectively transferring a 4'-phosphopantetheine moiety from coenzyme A (CoA) to a serine residue of an acceptor protein. AASDHPPT is subject to DNA damage-dependent phosphorylation, probably by ATM or ATR. The gene encoding AASDHPPT maps to human chromosome 11, which houses over 1,400 genes and comprises nearly 4% of the human genome.
