| EC |
2.6.1.13 |
| Accepted name: |
ornithine aminotransferase |
| Reaction: |
L-ornithine + a 2-oxo carboxylate = L-glutamate 5-semialdehyde + an L-amino acid |
| Other name(s): |
ornithine δ-transaminase; L-ornithine:α-ketoglutarate δ-aminotransferase; OAT; L-ornithine 5-aminotransferase; L-ornithine aminotransferase; ornithine 5-aminotransferase; ornithine transaminase; ornithine-α-ketoglutarate aminotransferase; ornithine-2-oxoacid aminotransferase; ornithine-keto acid aminotransferase; ornithine-keto acid transaminase; ornithine-ketoglutarate aminotransferase; ornithine-oxo acid aminotransferase; ornithine:α-oxoglutarate transaminase; ornithine—oxo-acid transaminase |
| Systematic name: |
L-ornithine:2-oxo-acid aminotransferase |
| Comments: |
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9030-42-6 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Fincham, J.R.S. Ornithine transaminase in Neurospora and its relation to the biosynthesis of proline. Biochem. J. 53 (1953) 313–320. [PMID: 13032071] |
| 2. |
Katunuma, N., Matsuda, Y. and Tomino, I. Studies on ornithine-ketoacid transaminase. I. Purification and properties. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 56 (1964) 499–503. [PMID: 14244051] |
| 3. |
Meister, A. Enzymatic transamination reactions involving arginine and ornithine. J. Biol. Chem. 206 (1954) 587–596. [PMID: 13143017] |
| 4. |
Peraino, C., Bunville, L.G. and Tahmisian, T.N. Chemical, physical, and morphological properties of ornithine aminotransferase from rat liver. J. Biol. Chem. 244 (1969) 2241–2249. [PMID: 5783831] |
| 5. |
Quastel, J.H. and Witty, R. Ornithine transaminase. Nature 167 (1951) 556. [PMID: 14826840] |
| 6. |
Strecker, H.J. Purification and properties of rat liver ornithine δ-transaminase. J. Biol. Chem. 240 (1965) 1225–1230. [PMID: 14284729] |
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