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EC 2.6.1.109 Details
EC number
2.6.1.109
Accepted name
8-amino-3,8-dideoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonate transaminase
Reaction
8-amino-3,8-dideoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonate + 2-oxoglutarate = 8-dehydro-3-deoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonate + L-glutamate
Other name(s)
kdnA (gene name)
Systematic name
8-amino-3,8-dideoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis, forms 8-amino-3,8-dideoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonate, an aminated form of Kdo found in lipopolysaccharides of members of the Shewanella genus. cf. EC 1.1.3.48, 3-deoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonate 8-oxidase.
History
created 2015
EC Tree
2.6.1.10 created 1961, deleted 1972
2.6.1.20 created 1965, deleted 1972
2.6.1.25 created 1972, deleted 1984
2.6.1.53 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.6.1.61 created 1982, deleted 2004
2.6.1.69 created 1989, deleted 2004