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Abstract
A PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE containing enzyme that catalyzes the reversible transfer of an amino group between D-Alanine and alpha-ketoglutarate to form PYRUVATE and D-GLUTAMATE, respectively. It plays a role in the synthesis of the bacterial CELL WALL. This enzyme was formerly classified as EC 2.6.1.10.
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- D-Alanine Aminotransferase
- D-Glutamate-D-Alanine Transaminase
- Aminotransferase, D-Alanine
- D Alanine Aminotransferase
- D Alanine Transaminase
- D Glutamate D Alanine Transaminase
- Transaminase, D-Alanine
- Transaminase, D-Glutamate-D-Alanine
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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2006(1980); use ALANINE TRANSAMINASE 1974-1979, & TRANSAMINASES 1977-1979
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- National Library of Medicine. D-Alanine Transaminase. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051263. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051263
- D-Alanine Transaminase. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-amino-acid_transaminase
- D-Alanine Transaminase. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5203301