Each day Apimba highlights one enzyme from our curated database of biochemical catalysts. The selection is deterministic for the day, so everyone sees the same enzyme until midnight UTC.
EC Number: 2.6.1.70
Reaction: L-aspartate + phenylpyruvate = oxaloacetate + L-phenylalanine
Systematic name: L-aspartate:phenylpyruvate aminotransferase
Other names: aspartate-phenylpyruvate aminotransferase
Comments: The enzyme from Pseudomonas putida also acts on 4-hydroxy-phenylpyruvate and, more slowly, on L-glutamate and L-histidine.
CAS Number: 99533-45-6