Biology:AGXT2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


A representation of the 3D structure of the protein myoglobin showing turquoise α-helices.
Generic protein structure example

The human AGXT2 gene encodes the protein Alanine—glyoxylate aminotransferase 2. [1]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a class III pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent mitochondrial aminotransferase. It catalyzes the conversion of glyoxylate to glycine using L-alanine as the amino donor.[2]

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: Alanine--glyoxylate aminotransferase 2". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/64902. 
  2. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2008]. ##Evidence-Data-START## Transcript exon combination :: AJ292204.1, AB193309.1 [ECO:0000332] RNAseq introns  :: mixed/partial sample support ERS025084, ERS025088 [ECO:0000350] ##Evidence-Data-END## ##RefSeq-Attributes-START## gene product(s) localized to mito. :: reported by MitoCarta ##RefSeq-Attributes-END##

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.