Aromatic-amino-acid transaminase
| aromatic-amino-acid transaminase | |||||||||
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ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In
enzymology, an aromatic-amino-acid transaminase (EC 2.6.1.57) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- an aromatic amino acid + 2-oxoglutarate an aromatic oxo acid + L-glutamate
Thus, the two
L-glutamate
.
This enzyme belongs to the family of
.Structural studies
As of late 2007, 13
structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1AY4, 1AY5, 1AY8, 2AY1, 2AY2, 2AY3, 2AY4, 2AY5, 2AY6, 2AY7, 2AY8, 2AY9, and 3TAT
.
References
- Mavrides C, Orr W (1975). "Multispecific aspartate and aromatic amino acid aminotransferases in Escherichia coli". J. Biol. Chem. 250 (11): 4128–33. PMID 236311.
