Tyrosine aminotransferase 

Crystallographic structure of the TAT enzyme (rainbow colored, N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red) complexed with pyridoxal phosphate (space-filling model) based on the PDB 3DYD coordinates.
tyrosine aminotransferase
Identifiers
Symbol TAT
Entrez 6898
HUGO 11573
OMIM 276600
RefSeq NM_000353
UniProt P17735
Other data
EC number 2.6.1.5
Locus Chr. 16 q22.1

Tyrosine aminotransferase (or tyrosine transaminase) is an enzyme which is present in the liver and catalyzes the conversion of tyrosine to 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate.1

Pathology

A deficiency can be associated with type II tyrosinemia.

References

  1. ^ Dietrich JB (April 1992). "Tyrosine aminotransferase: a transaminase among others?". Cellular and molecular biology 38 (2): 95–114. PMID 1349265. 

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