Reaction: L-tyrosine + 2-oxoglutarate = 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate + L-glutamate
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Other name(s): tyrosine aminotransferase; glutamic-hydroxyphenylpyruvic transaminase; glutamic phenylpyruvic aminotransferase; L-phenylalanine 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase; L-tyrosine aminotransferase; phenylalanine aminotransferase; phenylalanine transaminase; phenylalanine-α-ketoglutarate transaminase; phenylpyruvate transaminase; phenylpyruvic acid transaminase; tyrosine-α-ketoglutarate aminotransferase; tyrosine-α-ketoglutarate transaminase; tyrosine-2-ketoglutarate aminotransferase; TyrAT
Systematic name: L-tyrosine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase
Comments: A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. L-Phenylalanine can act instead of L-tyrosine. The mitochondrial enzyme may be identical with EC 2.6.1.1 (aspartate transaminase). The three isoenzymic forms are interconverted by EC 3.4.22.32 (stem bromelain) and EC 3.4.22.33 (fruit bromelain). The enzyme can also catalyse the final step in the methionine-salvage pathway of Klebsiella pneumoniae [8].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9014-55-5
References:
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7. SentheShanmuganathan, S. The purification and properties of the tyrosine-2-oxoglutarate transaminase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem. J. 77 (1960) 619-625.
8. Heilbronn, J., Wilson, J. and Berger, B.J. Tyrosine aminotransferase catalyzes the final step of methionine recycling in Klebsiella pneumoniae. J. Bacteriol. 181 (1999) 1739-1747. [PMID: 10074065]