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Putrescine aminotransferase

Putrescine aminotransferase (, putrescine-alpha-ketoglutarate transaminase, YgjG, putrescine:alpha-ketoglutarate aminotransferase, PAT, putrescine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase, putrescine transaminase) is an enzyme with systematic name butane-1,4-diamine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

putrescine + 2-oxoglutarate 1-pyrroline + L-glutamate + H<sub>2</sub>O (overall reaction)
(1a) putrescine + 2-oxoglutarate 4-aminobutanal + L-glutamate
(1b) 4-aminobutanal 1-pyrroline + H<sub>2</sub>O (spontaneous)

This enzyme is a pyridoxal-phosphate protein.

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