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EC 2.6.1.81 Details
EC number
2.6.1.81
Accepted name
succinylornithine transaminase
Reaction
N2-succinyl-L-ornithine + 2-oxoglutarate = N-succinyl-L-glutamate 5-semialdehyde + L-glutamate
Other name(s)
succinylornithine aminotransferase, N2-succinylornithine 5-aminotransferase, AstC, SOAT, 2-N-succinyl-L-ornithine:2-oxoglutarate 5-aminotransferase
Systematic name
N2-succinyl-L-ornithine:2-oxoglutarate 5-aminotransferase
Comment
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. Also acts on N2-acetyl-L-ornithine and L-ornithine, but more slowly [3]. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the arginine-inducible succinylornithine transaminase, acetylornithine transaminase (EC 2.6.1.11) and ornithine aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.13) activities are catalysed by the same enzyme, but this is not the case in all species [5]. This is the third enzyme in the arginine succinyltransferase (AST) pathway for the catabolism of arginine [1]. This pathway converts the carbon skeleton of arginine into glutamate, with the concomitant production of ammonia and conversion of succinyl-CoA into succinate and CoA. The five enzymes involved in this pathway are EC 2.3.1.109 (arginine N-succinyltransferase), EC 3.5.3.23 (N-succinylarginine dihydrolase), EC 2.6.1.81 (succinylornithine transaminase), EC 1.2.1.71 (succinylglutamate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase) and EC 3.5.1.96 (succinylglutamate desuccinylase) [3,6].
History
created 2006
EC Tree
2.6.1.10 created 1961, deleted 1972
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