transaminase
Also known as aminotransferase, transaminases
Transaminases or aminotransferases are enzymes that catalyze a transamination reaction between an amino acid and an α-keto acid. They are important in the synthesis of amino acids, which form proteins.
Key facts
- Protein family.Symbol
- Aminotransferase
- Protein family.Name
- Aminotransferase
- Protein family.image
- Aspartate transaminase.png
- Protein family.caption
- Aspartate transaminase from E. coli with Pyridoxal 5' Phosphate cofactor
- Protein family.Pfam
- PF00155
- Protein family.InterPro
- IPR004839
- Protein family.Membranome superfamily
- 273
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Research
89,359 papers- Tyrosine aminotransferase: a transaminase among others?Cellular and molecular biology · 1992
- Transaminases.The Journal of biological chemistry · 1945
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Function and mechanism
- Amino acid metabolism in animals
- Diagnostic uses
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Transaminases or aminotransferases are enzymes that catalyze a transamination reaction between an amino acid and an α-keto acid. They are important in the synthesis of amino acids, which form proteins.
Two important transaminase enzymes, aspartate transaminase (AST), and alanine transaminase (ALT), are commonly used as indicators of liver and cardiac health.