aspartate---phenylpyruvate transaminase (EC 2.6.1.70)

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aspartate---phenylpyruvate transaminase

EC Number: 2.6.1.70

Reaction: L-aspartate + phenylpyruvate = oxaloacetate + L-phenylalanine

Systematic name: L-aspartate:phenylpyruvate aminotransferase

Other names: aspartate-phenylpyruvate aminotransferase

Comments: The enzyme from Pseudomonas putida also acts on 4-hydroxy-phenylpyruvate and, more slowly, on L-glutamate and L-histidine.

CAS Number: 99533-45-6

References: BRENDA, EXPASY, IUBMB, KEGG

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