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Nitrate Assimilation

Ammonia Assimilation

Glu, Gln, Asn, Gly, Ser

Aminotransferases

Val, Leu, Ileu, Thr, Lys

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HORT640 - Metabolic Plant Physiology
Aminotransferase Reactions

Role of aminotransferases in branched chain amino acid synthesis

For a recent review of branched chain amino acid biosynthesis see: Singh BJ 1999 Biosynthesis of valine, leucine and isoleucine. In (BJ Singh ed) "Plant Amino Acids: Biochemistry and Biotechnology", Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, pp. 227-247.

| Valine aminotransferase (ExPASy) [EC 2.6.1.32 and 2.6.1.66] | Leucine aminotransferase (ExPASy) [EC 2.6.1.6] | Isoleucine aminotransferase (ExPASy) [EC 2.6.1.32] | Arabidopsis thaliana Pathways (TAIR) | PubMed Search | Entrez Protein Search | ISI Web of Knowledge Search | Scirus Search |


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