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Entry
EC 2.6.1.28                 Enzyme                                 
Name
tryptophan---phenylpyruvate transaminase;
L-tryptophan-alpha-ketoisocaproate aminotransferase
Class
Transferases;
Transferring nitrogenous groups;
Transaminases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
L-tryptophan:phenylpyruvate aminotransferase
Reaction(IUBMB)
L-tryptophan + phenylpyruvate = (indol-3-yl)pyruvate + L-phenylalanine [RN:R01376]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
L-tryptophan [CPD:C00078];
phenylpyruvate [CPD:C00166]
Product
(indol-3-yl)pyruvate [CPD:C00331];
L-phenylalanine [CPD:C00079]
Comment
Valine, leucine and isoleucine can replace tryptophan as amino donor.
Orthology
K05821  
aromatic amino acid aminotransferase II
Genes
SCE: 
YHR137W(ARO9)
KLA: 
LTH: 
PPA: 
VPO: 
ZRO: 
CGR: 
NCS: 
NCAS_0B07220(NCAS0B07220)
NDI: 
NDAI_0B04550(NDAI0B04550)
TPF: 
TPHA_0O01520(TPHA0O01520)
TBL: 
TBLA_0B00990(TBLA0B00990)
TDL: 
TDEL_0F00900(TDEL0F00900)
PIC: 
PICST_34099(ARO9.1)
PGU: 
PGUG_05380
LEL: 
LELG_05645
CAL: 
CaO19.1237(ARO9) CaO19.8822(ARO9)
CTP: 
CTRG_03861
CDU: 
CD36_45160
COT: 
CORT_0B00660
YLI: 
YALI0C05258g
CLU: 
CLUG_04493
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Taxonomy
Reference
1
  Authors
Koide, Y., Honma, M. and Shimomura, T.
  Title
L-Tryptophan-alpha-ketoisocaproate aminotransferase from Pseudomonas sp.
  Journal
Agric. Biol. Chem. 44 (1980) 2013-2019.
Reference
2  [PMID:5837443]
  Authors
Sukanya NK, Vaidyanathan CS.
  Title
Aminotransferases of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Transamination between tryptophan and phenylpyruvate.
  Journal
Biochem. J. 92 (1964) 594-8.
  Organism
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Other DBs
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IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: 
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BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: 
CAS: 
37277-87-5
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