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EC 2.6.1.119 Details
EC number
2.6.1.119
Accepted name
vanillin aminotransferase
Reaction
L-alanine + vanillin = pyruvate + vanillylamine
Other name(s)
VAMT (gene name)
Systematic name
L-alanine:vanillin aminotransferase
Comment
The enzyme participates in the biosynthesis of capsaicinoids in pungent cultivars of Capsicum sp. In vivo it has only been assayed in the reverse direction, where the preferred amino group acceptors were found to be pyruvate and oxaloacetate.
History
created 2020
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