Reaction: L-alanine + oxomalonate = pyruvate + aminomalonate
For diagram click here (mechanism).
Other name(s): alanine-oxomalonate aminotransferase; L-alanine-ketomalonate transaminase; alanine-ketomalonate (mesoxalate) transaminase
Systematic name: L-alanine:oxomalonate aminotransferase
Comments: A pyridoxal-phosphate protein.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 37277-96-6
References:
1. Nagayama, H., Muramatsu, M. and Shimura, K. Enzymatic formation of aminomalonic acid from ketomalonic acid. Nature 181 (1958) 417-418.