Identified by cloning the gene that corresponded to a purified protein having glyoxylate aminotransferase activity. Localized to the peroxisome and thought to be involved in photorespiration/ metabolic salvage pathway.
Computational Description
glutamate:glyoxylate aminotransferase (GGT1); FUNCTIONS IN: glycine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase activity, L-alanine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase activity, alanine-glyoxylate transaminase activity; INVOLVED IN: photorespiration; LOCATED IN: apoplast, peroxisome, chloroplast, vacuole, membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 14 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase (InterPro:IPR001176), Aminotransferase, class I/classII (InterPro:IPR004839), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major domain (InterPro:IPR015424), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major region, subdomain 1 (InterPro:IPR015421), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major region, subdomain 2 (InterPro:IPR015422); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: alanine-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase 2 (TAIR:AT1G70580.4); Has 27976 Blast hits to 27968 proteins in 2949 species: Archae - 777; Bacteria - 19095; Metazoa - 617; Fungi - 736; Plants - 1276; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 5475 (source: NCBI BLink).
Identified by cloning the gene that corresponded to a purified protein having glyoxylate aminotransferase activity. Localized to the peroxisome and thought to be involved in photorespiration/ metabolic salvage pathway.
Computational Description
glutamate:glyoxylate aminotransferase (GGT1); FUNCTIONS IN: glycine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase activity, L-alanine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase activity, alanine-glyoxylate transaminase activity; INVOLVED IN: photorespiration; LOCATED IN: apoplast, chloroplast, peroxisome, vacuole, membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 23 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 14 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase (InterPro:IPR001176), Aminotransferase, class I/classII (InterPro:IPR004839), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major domain (InterPro:IPR015424), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major region, subdomain 1 (InterPro:IPR015421), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major region, subdomain 2 (InterPro:IPR015422); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: alanine-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase 2 (TAIR:AT1G70580.4); Has 35333 Blast hits to 34131 proteins in 2444 species: Archae - 798; Bacteria - 22429; Metazoa - 974; Fungi - 991; Plants - 531; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 9610 (source: NCBI BLink).