L-alanine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase activity

Term ID

GO:0004021

Synonyms

• alanine aminotransferase activity
• alanine transaminase activity
• alanine-alpha-ketoglutarate aminotransferase activity
• alanine-pyruvate aminotransferase activity
• ALT
• beta-alanine aminotransferase
• glutamic acid-pyruvic acid transaminase activity
• glutamic--alanine transaminase activity
• glutamic--pyruvic transaminase activity
• glutamic-pyruvic aminotransferase activity
• GPT
• L-alanine aminotransferase activity
• L-alanine transaminase activity
• L-alanine-alpha-ketoglutarate aminotransferase activity
• pyruvate transaminase activity
• pyruvate-alanine aminotransferase activity
• pyruvate-glutamate transaminase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: 2-oxoglutarate + L-alanine = L-glutamate + pyruvate.

References

• EC:2.6.1.2
• KEGG_REACTION:R00258
• MetaCyc:ALANINE-AMINOTRANSFERASE-RXN
• RHEA:19453
• Reactome:R-HSA-507749
• Reactome:R-HSA-507775
• Reactome:R-HSA-70523
• Reactome:R-HSA-70524

Ontology

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