tryptophan synthase activity

Term ID

GO:0004834

Synonyms

• indoleglycerol phosphate aldolase activity
• L-serine hydro-lyase (adding indoleglycerol-phosphate)
• L-serine hydro-lyase [adding 1-C-(indol-3-yl)glycerol 3-phosphate; L-tryptophan and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-forming]
• L-tryptophan synthetase activity
• tryptophan desmolase activity
• tryptophan synthetase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: L-serine + (1S,2R)-1-C-(indol-3-yl)glycerol 3-phosphate = L-tryptophan + glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate + H2O.

References

• EC:4.2.1.20
• KEGG_REACTION:R02722
• MetaCyc:TRYPSYN-RXN
• RHEA:10532

Ontology

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