Reaction: L-valine + pyruvate = 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate + L-alanine
For diagram click here and anther example (mechanism).
Other name(s): transaminase C; valine-pyruvate aminotransferase; alanine-oxoisovalerate aminotransferase
Systematic name: L-valine:pyruvate aminotransferase
Comments: Different from EC 2.6.1.42, branched-chain-amino-acid-transaminase.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 73379-50-7
References:
1. Falkinham, J.O., III Identification of a mutation affecting an alanine-α-ketoisovalerate transaminase activity in Escherichia coli K-12. Mol. Gen. Genet. 176 (1979) 147-149. [PMID: 396446]
2. Rudman, D. and Meister, A. Transamination in Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 200 (1953) 591-604.