EC |
2.6.1.3 |
Accepted name: |
cysteine transaminase |
Reaction: |
L-cysteine + 2-oxoglutarate = 2-oxo-3-sulfanylpropanoate + L-glutamate |
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For diagram of reaction, click here and for mechanism, click here |
Other name(s): |
cysteine aminotransferase; L-cysteine aminotransferase; CGT |
Systematic name: |
L-cysteine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
Comments: |
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9030-32-4 |
References: |
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Chatagner, F. and Sauret-Ignazi, G. Role des transamination et du phosphate de pyridoxal dans la formation enzymatique de H2S a partir de la cystéine par le foie du rat en anaérobiose. Bull. Soc. Chim. Biol. 38 (1956) 415–428. [PMID: 13342749] |
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[EC 2.6.1.3 created 1961] |
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