| EC |
2.6.1.49 |
| Accepted name: |
dihydroxyphenylalanine transaminase |
| Reaction: |
L-dopa + 2-oxoglutarate = 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpyruvate + L-glutamate |
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For diagram of reaction, click here and for mechanism, click here |
| Glossary: |
L-dopa = 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine |
| Other name(s): |
dopa transaminase; dihydroxyphenylalanine aminotransferase; aspartate-DOPP transaminase (ADT); L-dopa transaminase; dopa aminotransferase; glutamate-DOPP transaminase (GDT); phenylalanine-DOPP transaminase (PDT); DOPA 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase; DOPAATS |
| Systematic name: |
3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
| Comments: |
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 37277-98-8 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Fonnum, F. and Larsen, K. Purification and properties of dihydroxyphenylalanine transaminase from guinea pig brain. J. Neurochem. 12 (1965) 589–598. [DOI] [PMID: 5829872] |
| 2. |
Ranjith, N.K., Sasikala, Ch. and Ramana, Ch.V. Catabolism of L-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine by Rhodobacter sphaeroides OU5 occurs through 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine. Res. Microbiol. 158 (2007) 506–511. [DOI] [PMID: 17616348] |
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