L-tryptophan—pyruvate aminotransferase

L-tryptophan—pyruvate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.99, TAA1 (gene), vt2 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name L-tryptophan:pyruvate aminotransferase.^[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

L-tryptophan + pyruvate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ indole-3-pyruvate + L-alanine

L-tryptophan---pyruvate aminotransferase
Identifiers
EC no.	2.6.1.99
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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This plant enzyme, along with EC 1.14.13.168, indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase, is responsible for the biosynthesis of the plant hormone indole-3-acetate from L-tryptophan.