| EC |
2.6.1.8 |
| Accepted name: |
2,5-diaminovalerate transaminase |
| Reaction: |
2,5-diaminopentanoate + 2-oxoglutarate = 5-amino-2-oxopentanoate + L-glutamate |
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For diagram of reaction, click here and for mechanism, click here |
| Other name(s): |
diamino-acid transaminase; diamino acid aminotransferase |
| Systematic name: |
2,5-diaminopentanoate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
| Comments: |
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. 2,5-Diaminoglutarate can act instead of diaminopentanoate. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 9030-39-1 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Roberts, E. Studies of transamination. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 48 (1954) 395–401. [DOI] [PMID: 13125615] |
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| [EC 2.6.1.8 created 1961, modified 1982] |
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