L-tryptophan—pyruvate aminotransferase
Class of enzymes
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L-tryptophan—pyruvate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.99, TAA1 (gene), vt2 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name L-tryptophan:pyruvate aminotransferase.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- L-tryptophan + pyruvate indole-3-pyruvate + L-alanine
| L-tryptophan---pyruvate aminotransferase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 2.6.1.99 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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This plant enzyme, along with EC 1.14.13.168, indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase, is responsible for the biosynthesis of the plant hormone indole-3-acetate from L-tryptophan.
