Protein
Aromatic-amino-acid aminotransferase 1
Organism
Thermococcus litoralis (strain ATCC 51850 / DSM 5473 / JCM 8560 / NS-C)
Function
Catalyzes the transamination of phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan. Shows virtually no activity towards aspartic acid, alanine, valine or isoleucine.
Similarity
Belongs to the class-I pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family.
Sequence
MELEKRLKEKLEAPTLDYEKYFSEKALGMKASEIRELLKLVETSDVISLAGGLPAPETFPVEIIGEITKEVLEKHAAQALQYGTTKGFTPLRLALAEWMRERYDIPISKVDIMTTSGSQQALDLIGRVFINPGDIIVVEAPTYLAALQAFKYYEPEFVQIPLDDEGMNVDLLEEKLQELEKEGKKVKIVYTIPTFQNPAGVTMNEKRRKRLLELASQYDFIIVEDNPYGELRYSGEPVKPIKAWDEEGRVIYLGTFSKILAPGFRIGWIAAEPHFIRKLEIAKQSVDLCTNTFSQVIAWKYVEGGYLDKHIPKIIEFYKPRRDAMLKALEEFMPDGVKWTKPEGGMFVWATLPEGIDTKLMLEKAVAKGVAYVPGEAFFAHRDVKNTMRLNFTYVPEEKIREGIKRLAETIKEEMKK