Protein
Ornithine aminotransferase
Organism
Plasmodium falciparum (isolate CDC / Honduras)
Function
The enzyme has a very narrow substrate specificity and can only catalyze the transamination of alpha-ketoglutarate with ornithine or N-acetylornithine and of glutamate-5-semialdehyde with glutamate and alanine.
Similarity
Belongs to the class-III pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family.
Sequence
MDFVKELKSSQDYMNNELTYGAHNYDPIPVVLKRGKGVFVYDIEDRRYYDFLSAYSSVNQGHCHPDILNAMINQAKKLTICSRAFFSDSLGVCERYLTNLFGYDKVLMMNTGAEASETAYKLCRKWGYEVKKIPENSAKIIVCNNNFSGRTLGCVSASTDKKCKNNFGPFVPNFLKVPYDDLEALEKELQDPNVCAFIVEPVQGEAGVIVPSDSYFPGVASLCKKYNVLFVADEVQTGLGRTGKLLCTHHYGVKPDVILLGKALSGGHYPISAILANDDVMLVLKPGEHGSTYGGNPLAAAICVEALKVLINEKLCENADKLGAPFLQNLKEQLKDSKVVREVRGKGLLCAIEFKNDLVNVWDICLKFKENGLITRSVHDKTVRLTPPLCITKEQLDECTEIIVKTVKFFDDNL