| EC |
2.6.1.67 |
| Accepted name: |
2-aminohexanoate transaminase |
| Reaction: |
L-2-aminohexanoate + 2-oxoglutarate = 2-oxohexanoate + L-glutamate |
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For diagram of reaction, click here and for mechanism, click here |
| Other name(s): |
norleucine transaminase; norleucine (leucine) aminotransferase; leucine L-norleucine: 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
| Systematic name: |
L-2-aminohexanoate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
| Comments: |
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. Also acts on L-leucine and, more slowly, on L-isoleucine, L-2-aminopentanoate and L-aspartate. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 111310-35-1 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Der Garabedian, P.A. and Vermeersch, J.J. Candida L-norleucine, leucine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase. Purification and properties. Eur. J. Biochem. 167 (1987) 141–147. [DOI] [PMID: 3622507] |
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