| EC |
2.6.1.63 |
| Accepted name: |
kynurenine—glyoxylate transaminase |
| Reaction: |
(1) L-kynurenine + glyoxylate = kynurenate + glycine + H2O (overall reaction)
(1a) L-kynurenine + glyoxylate = 4-(2-aminophenyl)-2,4-dioxobutanoate + glycine
(1b) 4-(2-aminophenyl)-2,4-dioxobutanoate = kynurenate + H2O (spontaneous)
(2) 3-hydroxy-L-kynurenine + glyoxylate = xanthurenate + glycine + H2O (overall reaction)
(2a) 3-hydroxy-L-kynurenine + glyoxylate = 4-(2-amino-3-hydroxyphenyl)-2,4-dioxobutanoate + glycine
(2b) 4-(2-amino-3-hydroxyphenyl)-2,4-dioxobutanoate = xanthurenate + H2O (spontaneous) |
| Other name(s): |
kynurenine-glyoxylate aminotransferase |
| Systematic name: |
L-kynurenine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (cyclizing) |
| Comments: |
This enzyme, characterized from animals, belongs to a family of aminotransferases some members of which can use other amino acceptors (cf. EC 2.6.1.7, kynurenine—oxoglutarate transaminase). The products, 4-(2-aminophenyl)-2,4-dioxobutanoate and 4-(2-amino-3-hydroxyphenyl)-2,4-dioxobutanoate, are converted to kynurenate and xanthurenate, respectively, by spontaneous reactions. |
| References: |
| 1. |
Harada, I., Noguchi, T. and Kido, R. Purification and characterization of aromatic-amino-acid-glyoxylate aminotransferase from monkey and rat liver. Hoppe-Seylers Z. Physiol. Chem. 359 (1978) 481–488. [PMID: 25837] |
| 2. |
Harada, I. [Glucagen inducible kynurenine aminotransferase.] Wakayama Igaku 31 (1980) 61–68. (in Japanese) |
| 3. |
Han, Q., Fang, J. and Li, J. 3-Hydroxykynurenine transaminase identity with alanine glyoxylate transaminase. A probable detoxification protein in Aedes aegypti. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 15781–15787. [PMID: 11880382] |
| 4. |
Rossi, F., Lombardo, F., Paglino, A., Cassani, C., Miglio, G., Arca, B. and Rizzi, M. Identification and biochemical characterization of the Anopheles gambiae 3-hydroxykynurenine transaminase. FEBS J. 272 (2005) 5653–5662. [PMID: 16262702] |
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