| EC |
2.6.1.70 |
| Accepted name: |
aspartate—phenylpyruvate transaminase |
| Reaction: |
L-aspartate + phenylpyruvate = oxaloacetate + L-phenylalanine |
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For diagram of reaction, click here and for mechanism, click here |
| Other name(s): |
aspartate-phenylpyruvate aminotransferase |
| Systematic name: |
L-aspartate:phenylpyruvate aminotransferase |
| Comments: |
The enzyme from Pseudomonas putida also acts on 4-hydroxy-phenylpyruvate and, more slowly, on L-glutamate and L-histidine. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 99533-45-6 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Holger, Z. and Kula, M.-R. Isolation and characterization of a highly inducible L-aspartate-phenylpyruvate transaminase from Pseudomonas putida. J. Biotechnol. 3 (1985) 19–31. |
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| [EC 2.6.1.70 created 1989] |
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