| EC |
2.6.1.27 |
| Accepted name: |
tryptophan transaminase |
| Reaction: |
L-tryptophan + 2-oxoglutarate = (indol-3-yl)pyruvate + L-glutamate |
| Other name(s): |
L-phenylalanine-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase; tryptophan aminotransferase; 5-hydroxytryptophan-ketoglutaric transaminase; hydroxytryptophan aminotransferase; L-tryptophan aminotransferase; L-tryptophan transaminase |
| Systematic name: |
L-tryptophan:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
| Comments: |
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. Also acts on 5-hydroxytryptophan and, to a lesser extent, on the phenyl amino acids. |
| References: |
| 1. |
George, H. and Gabay, S. Brain aromatic aminotransferase. I. Purification and some properties of pig brain L-phenylalanine-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 167 (1968) 555–566. [PMID: 5722279] |
| 2. |
O'Neil, S.R. and DeMoss, R.D. Tryptophan transaminase from Clostridium sporogenes. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 127 (1968) 361–368. [PMID: 5697992] |
| 3. |
Tangen, O., Fonnum, F. and Haavaldsen, R. Separation and purification of aromatic amino acid transaminases from rat brain. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 96 (1965) 82–90. [PMID: 14285270] |
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