"Tryptophan Transaminase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE containing enzyme that catalyzes the transfer amino group from L-TRYPTOPHAN to 2-oxoglutarate in order to generate indolepyruvate and L-GLUTAMATE.
| Descriptor ID |
D051279
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.477.700.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Tryptophan Transaminase- Tryptophan Transaminase
- Transaminase, Tryptophan
- Tryptophan Aminotransferase
- Aminotransferase, Tryptophan
- L-Tryptophan Aminotransferase
- Aminotransferase, L-Tryptophan
- L Tryptophan Aminotransferase
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tryptophan Transaminase" by people in Profiles.
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Abu-Zaitoon YM, Bennett K, Normanly J, Nonhebel HM. A large increase in IAA during development of rice grains correlates with the expression of tryptophan aminotransferase OsTAR1 and a grain-specific YUCCA. Physiol Plant. 2012 Dec; 146(4):487-99.