Enzyme Commission Number
EC 2.6.1.1
Product Overview
High-quality enzyme products. Well-defined strains can be also provided for our clients to manufacture fermented products in a cost-effective way.
Features
Ready-to-use product, accelerating research progress, enhancing application performance.
Synonyms
glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase; glutamic-aspartic transaminase; transaminase A; AAT; AspT; 2-oxoglutarate-glutamate aminotransferase; aspartate α-ketoglutarate transaminase; aspartate aminotransferase; aspartate-2-oxoglutarate transaminase; aspartic acid aminotransferase; aspartic aminotransferase; aspartyl aminotransferase; AST (ambiguous); glutamate-oxalacetate aminotransferase; glutamate-oxalate transaminase; glutamic-aspartic aminotransferase; glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase; glutamic oxalic transaminase; GOT (enzyme) [ambiguous]; L-aspartate transaminase; L-aspartate-α-ketoglutarate transaminase; L-aspartate-2-ketoglutarate aminotransferase; L-aspartate-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase; L-aspartate-2-oxoglutarate-transaminase; L-aspartic aminotransferase; oxaloacetate-aspartate aminotransferase; oxaloacetate transferase; aspartate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase; glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase
Function
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. Also acts on L-tyrosine, L-phenylalanine and L-tryptophan. Aspartate transaminase activity can be formed from the aromatic-amino-acid transaminase (EC 2.6.1.57) of Escherichia coli by controlled proteolysis, some EC 2.6.1.57 activity can be found in this enzyme from other sources; indeed the enzymes are identical in Trichomonas vaginalis.
Applications
Research Use
Enzyme Class
Transferases
Production Methods
Fermentation
Purity
Purified (Control Grade)
Unit Definition
One unit will catalyze the transamination of one micromole of L-aspartate to alpha-ketoglutarate forming L-glutamate and oxaloacetate per minute at 37°C and pH 7.8. Measured at 340 nm as one equimolar amount of NAD produced by a coupled reaction.
Reaction
L-aspartate + 2-oxoglutarate = oxaloacetate + L-glutamate
Specification
On customer requests
Description
AST is found in many tissues throughout the body, including the liver, heart, muscles, kidney, and brain. If any of these organs or tissues is affected by disease or injury, AST is released into the bloodstream. This means that AST isn't as specific an indicator of liver damage as ALT (also known as alanine aminotransferase, another type of enzyme found almost entirely in the liver).
