L-tryptophan—pyruvate aminotransferase

L-tryptophan---pyruvate aminotransferase
Identifiers
EC number 2.6.1.99
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

L-tryptophan---pyruvate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.99, TAA1 (gene), vt2 (gene)) is an enzyme with system name L-tryptophan:pyruvate aminotransferase.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

L-tryptophan + pyruvate \rightleftharpoons indole-3-pyruvate + L-alanine

This plant enzyme, along with EC 1.14.13.168, indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase, is responsible for the biosynthesis of the plant hormone indole-3-acetate from L-tryptophan.

References

  1. Tao, Y., Ferrer, J.L., Ljung, K., Pojer, F., Hong, F., Long, J.A., Li, L., Moreno, J.E., Bowman, M.E., Ivans, L.J., Cheng, Y., Lim, J., Zhao, Y., Ballare, C.L., Sandberg, G., Noel, J.P. and Chory, J. (2008). "Rapid synthesis of auxin via a new tryptophan-dependent pathway is required for shade avoidance in plants". Cell 133: 164–176. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.01.049. PMID 18394996.
  2. Mashiguchi, K., Tanaka, K., Sakai, T., Sugawara, S., Kawaide, H., Natsume, M., Hanada, A., Yaeno, T., Shirasu, K., Yao, H., McSteen, P., Zhao, Y., Hayashi, K., Kamiya, Y. and Kasahara, H. (2011). "The main auxin biosynthesis pathway in Arabidopsis". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108: 18512–18517. doi:10.1073/pnas.1108434108. PMC 3215075. PMID 22025724.
  3. Phillips, K.A., Skirpan, A.L., Liu, X., Christensen, A., Slewinski, T.L., Hudson, C., Barazesh, S., Cohen, J.D., Malcomber, S. and McSteen, P. (2011). "vanishing tassel2 encodes a grass-specific tryptophan aminotransferase required for vegetative and reproductive development in maize". Plant Cell 23: 550–566. doi:10.1105/tpc.110.075267. PMID 21335375.
  4. Zhao, Y. (2012). "Auxin biosynthesis: a simple two-step pathway converts tryptophan to indole-3-acetic acid in plants". Mol. Plant 5: 334–338. doi:10.1093/mp/ssr104. PMC 3309920. PMID 22155950.

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