Reaction: L-cysteine + 2-oxoglutarate = 2-oxo-3-sulfanylpropanoate + L-glutamate
For diagram click here (mechanism).
Other name(s): cysteine aminotransferase; L-cysteine aminotransferase; CGT
Systematic name: L-cysteine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase
Comments: A pyridoxal-phosphate protein.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9030-32-4
References:
1. Chatagner, F. and Sauret-Ignazi, G. Role des transamination et du phosphate de pyridoxal dans la formation enzymatique de H2S a partir de la cystéine par le foie du rat en anaérobiose. Bull. Soc. Chim. Biol. 38 (1956) 415-428.