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2.6.1.64: glutamine-phenylpyruvate transaminase

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Word Map on EC 2.6.1.64

Reaction

L-glutamine
+
phenylpyruvate
=
2-Oxoglutaramate
+
L-phenylalanine

Synonyms

cysteine conjugate beta-lyase/glutamine transaminase K, EC 2.6.1.14, EC 2.6.1.15, EC 2.6.1.7, Gln/phenylpyruvate transaminase, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamine transaminase K, glutamine transaminase L, glutamine transaminase-K, glutamine-phenylpyruvate aminotransferase, glutamine/phenylpyruvate transaminase, GOT1, GTK, histidine pyruvate aminotransferase isoenzyme 2, KAT/GTK, kynurenine aminotransferase/glutamine transaminase K

ECTree

     2 Transferases
         2.6 Transferring nitrogenous groups
             2.6.1 Transaminases
                2.6.1.64 glutamine-phenylpyruvate transaminase

General Information

General Information on EC 2.6.1.64 - glutamine-phenylpyruvate transaminase

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GENERAL INFORMATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
metabolism
glutamine-utilizing transaminases are a metabolic vulnerability of TAZ/YAP-activated cancer cells. Transcriptional regulators TAZ and YAP (TAZ/YAP) promote glutamine dependence in breast cancer cells and activate the expression of glutamine-utilizing transaminases to support cell growth. TAZ/YAP induce glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT1) and phosphoserine aminotransferase (PSAT1, EC 2.6.1.52) expression. Transcriptional regulators TAZ/YAP activity positively correlates with transaminase expression in breast cancer patients, while transaminase inhibitor aminooxyacetate (AOA) represses cell growth in a TAZ/YAP-dependent manner. Thus, transamination is a potential vulnerable metabolic requirement for TAZ/YAP-driven breast cancer. TAZ/YAP promote anaplerotic entry of glutamine through transamination