| EC |
2.6.1.38 |
| Accepted name: |
histidine transaminase |
| Reaction: |
L-histidine + 2-oxoglutarate = (imidazol-5-yl)pyruvate + L-glutamate |
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For diagram of reaction, click here and for mechanism, click here |
| Other name(s): |
histidine aminotransferase; histidine-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
| Systematic name: |
L-histidine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 37277-92-2 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Coote, J.G. and Hassall, H. The role of imidazol-5-yl-lactate-nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidoreductase and histidine-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase in the degradation of imidazol-5-yl-lactate by Pseudomonas acidovorans. Biochem. J. 111 (1969) 237–239. [PMID: 4303364] |
| 2. |
Wickremasinghe, R., Hedegaard, J. and Roche, J. Dégradation de la L-histidine chez Escherichia coli B: formation de l’acide imidazolepyruvique par une histidine-transaminase. C.R. Soc. Biol. 161 (1967) 1891–1896. |
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