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Q8N5Z0 (AADAT_HUMAN) Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

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Names and origin

Protein namesRecommended name:
Kynurenine/alpha-aminoadipate aminotransferase, mitochondrial

Short name=KAT/AadAT
Alternative name(s):
2-aminoadipate aminotransferase
2-aminoadipate transaminase
EC=2.6.1.39
Alpha-aminoadipate aminotransferase
Short name=AadAT
Kynurenine aminotransferase II
Kynurenine--oxoglutarate aminotransferase II
Kynurenine--oxoglutarate transaminase 2
EC=2.6.1.7
Kynurenine--oxoglutarate transaminase II
Gene names
Name:AADAT
Synonyms:KAT2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human) [Reference proteome]
Taxonomic identifier9606 [NCBI]
Taxonomic lineageEukaryotaMetazoaChordataCraniataVertebrataEuteleostomiMammaliaEutheriaEuarchontogliresPrimatesHaplorrhiniCatarrhiniHominidaeHomo

Protein attributes

Sequence length425 AA.
Sequence statusComplete.
Sequence processingThe displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.
Protein existenceEvidence at protein level

General annotation (Comments)

Function

Transaminase with broad substrate specificity. Has transaminase activity towards aminoadipate, kynurenine, methionine and glutamate. Shows activity also towards tryptophan, aspartate and hydroxykynurenine. Accepts a variety of oxo-acids as amino-group acceptors, with a preference for 2-oxoglutarate, 2-oxocaproic acid, phenylpyruvate and alpha-oxo-gamma-methiol butyric acid. Can also use glyoxylate as amino-group acceptor (in vitro). Ref.5

Catalytic activity

L-kynurenine + 2-oxoglutarate = 4-(2-aminophenyl)-2,4-dioxobutanoate + L-glutamate. Ref.2 Ref.5 Ref.6

L-2-aminoadipate + 2-oxoglutarate = 2-oxoadipate + L-glutamate. Ref.2 Ref.5 Ref.6

Cofactor

Pyridoxal phosphate. Ref.2 Ref.6 Ref.7

Enzyme regulation

Kynurenine transaminase activity is competitively inhibited by aminoadipate, asparagine, glutamate, histidine, cysteine, lysine, 3-hydroxy-kynurenine and phenylalanine. Ref.5

Pathway

Amino-acid degradation; L-lysine degradation via saccharopine pathway; glutaryl-CoA from L-lysine: step 4/6.

Subunit structure

Homodimer. Ref.5 Ref.6 Ref.7

Subcellular location

Mitochondrion Potential.

Tissue specificity

Higher expression in the liver. Also found in heart, brain, kidney, pancreas, prostate, testis and ovary.

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the class-I pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family.

Biophysicochemical properties

Kinetic parameters:

KM=0.9 mM for aminoadipate Ref.5

KM=4.7 mM for kynurenine

KM=1.7 mM for methionine

KM=1.6 mM for glutamate

KM=1.8 mM for tyrosine

KM=1.2 mM for 2-oxoglutarate

KM=1.5 mM for 2-oxocaproic acid

KM=1.8 mM for phenylpyruvate

KM=1.4 mM for ino-3-pyruvate

pH dependence:

Optimum pH is 7-9.

Temperature dependence:

Optimum temperature is 50 degrees Celsius.

Alternative products

This entry describes 2 isoforms produced by alternative splicing. [Align] [Select]
Isoform 1 (identifier: Q8N5Z0-1)

This isoform has been chosen as the 'canonical' sequence. All positional information in this entry refers to it. This is also the sequence that appears in the downloadable versions of the entry.
Note: May be due to a competing donor splice site.
Isoform 2 (identifier: Q8N5Z0-2)

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     23-23: T → SEKRA

Sequence annotation (Features)

Feature keyPosition(s)LengthDescriptionGraphical viewFeature identifier

Molecule processing

Transit peptide1 – 2929Mitochondrion Potential
Chain30 – 425396Kynurenine/alpha-aminoadipate aminotransferase, mitochondrial
PRO_0000020602

Sites

Binding site201Substrate
Binding site741Substrate
Binding site1421Substrate
Binding site2021Substrate
Binding site3991Substrate

Amino acid modifications

Modified residue2631N6-(pyridoxal phosphate)lysine

Natural variations

Alternative sequence231T → SEKRA in isoform 2.
VSP_009874
Natural variant2431V → I.
Corresponds to variant rs56350236 [ dbSNP | Ensembl ].
VAR_061005

Experimental info

Sequence conflict1031P → Q in AAH31068. Ref.4
Sequence conflict3801L → S in BAG51596. Ref.3

Secondary structure

................................................................................... 425
Helix Strand Turn

Details...

Sequences

Sequence LengthMass (Da)Tools
Isoform 1 [UniParc].

Last modified April 13, 2004. Version 2.
Checksum: 448CCAAB2173A7BA

FASTA42547,352
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MNYARFITAA SAARNPSPIR TMTDILSRGP KSMISLAGGL PNPNMFPFKT AVITVENGKT 

        70         80         90        100        110        120 
IQFGEEMMKR ALQYSPSAGI PELLSWLKQL QIKLHNPPTI HYPPSQGQMD LCVTSGSQQG 

       130        140        150        160        170        180 
LCKVFEMIIN PGDNVLLDEP AYSGTLQSLH PLGCNIINVA SDESGIVPDS LRDILSRWKP 

       190        200        210        220        230        240 
EDAKNPQKNT PKFLYTVPNG NNPTGNSLTS ERKKEIYELA RKYDFLIIED DPYYFLQFNK 

       250        260        270        280        290        300 
FRVPTFLSMD VDGRVIRADS FSKIISSGLR IGFLTGPKPL IERVILHIQV STLHPSTFNQ 

       310        320        330        340        350        360 
LMISQLLHEW GEEGFMAHVD RVIDFYSNQK DAILAAADKW LTGLAEWHVP AAGMFLWIKV 

       370        380        390        400        410        420 
KGINDVKELI EEKAVKMGVL MLPGNAFYVD SSAPSPYLRA SFSSASPEQM DVAFQVLAQL 


IKESL 

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Isoform 2 [UniParc].

Checksum: 0C5A6E51F1BD6F53
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FASTA42947,822

References

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[1]"Cloning of human L-kynurenine/alpha-aminoadipate aminotransferase cDNA from brain tissue."
Gatti S., Breton J., Mostardini M., Mosca M., Tarroni P., Schwarcz R., Speciale C., Okuno E., Toma S., Benatti L.
Submitted (OCT-1998) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 1).
Tissue: Brain.
[2]"Characterization of the human gene encoding alpha-aminoadipate aminotransferase (AADAT)."
Goh D.L.M., Patel A., Thomas G.H., Salomons G.S., Schor D.S.M., Jakobs C., Geraghty M.T.
Mol. Genet. Metab. 76:172-180(2002) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 1), CATALYTIC ACTIVITY, COFACTOR.
[3]"Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs."
Ota T., Suzuki Y., Nishikawa T., Otsuki T., Sugiyama T., Irie R., Wakamatsu A., Hayashi K., Sato H., Nagai K., Kimura K., Makita H., Sekine M., Obayashi M., Nishi T., Shibahara T., Tanaka T., Ishii S. expand/collapse author list , Yamamoto J., Saito K., Kawai Y., Isono Y., Nakamura Y., Nagahari K., Murakami K., Yasuda T., Iwayanagi T., Wagatsuma M., Shiratori A., Sudo H., Hosoiri T., Kaku Y., Kodaira H., Kondo H., Sugawara M., Takahashi M., Kanda K., Yokoi T., Furuya T., Kikkawa E., Omura Y., Abe K., Kamihara K., Katsuta N., Sato K., Tanikawa M., Yamazaki M., Ninomiya K., Ishibashi T., Yamashita H., Murakawa K., Fujimori K., Tanai H., Kimata M., Watanabe M., Hiraoka S., Chiba Y., Ishida S., Ono Y., Takiguchi S., Watanabe S., Yosida M., Hotuta T., Kusano J., Kanehori K., Takahashi-Fujii A., Hara H., Tanase T.-O., Nomura Y., Togiya S., Komai F., Hara R., Takeuchi K., Arita M., Imose N., Musashino K., Yuuki H., Oshima A., Sasaki N., Aotsuka S., Yoshikawa Y., Matsunawa H., Ichihara T., Shiohata N., Sano S., Moriya S., Momiyama H., Satoh N., Takami S., Terashima Y., Suzuki O., Nakagawa S., Senoh A., Mizoguchi H., Goto Y., Shimizu F., Wakebe H., Hishigaki H., Watanabe T., Sugiyama A., Takemoto M., Kawakami B., Yamazaki M., Watanabe K., Kumagai A., Itakura S., Fukuzumi Y., Fujimori Y., Komiyama M., Tashiro H., Tanigami A., Fujiwara T., Ono T., Yamada K., Fujii Y., Ozaki K., Hirao M., Ohmori Y., Kawabata A., Hikiji T., Kobatake N., Inagaki H., Ikema Y., Okamoto S., Okitani R., Kawakami T., Noguchi S., Itoh T., Shigeta K., Senba T., Matsumura K., Nakajima Y., Mizuno T., Morinaga M., Sasaki M., Togashi T., Oyama M., Hata H., Watanabe M., Komatsu T., Mizushima-Sugano J., Satoh T., Shirai Y., Takahashi Y., Nakagawa K., Okumura K., Nagase T., Nomura N., Kikuchi H., Masuho Y., Yamashita R., Nakai K., Yada T., Nakamura Y., Ohara O., Isogai T., Sugano S.
Nat. Genet. 36:40-45(2004) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM 1).
[4]"The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."
The MGC Project Team
Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM 2).
Tissue: Brain.
[5]"Substrate specificity and structure of human aminoadipate aminotransferase/kynurenine aminotransferase II."
Han Q., Cai T., Tagle D.A., Robinson H., Li J.
Biosci. Rep. 28:205-215(2008) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2.5 ANGSTROMS) IN COMPLEX WITH 2-OXOGLUTARATE, CATALYTIC ACTIVITY, BIOPHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES, ENZYME REGULATION, SUBUNIT, FUNCTION.
[6]"Crystal structure of human kynurenine aminotransferase II."
Han Q., Robinson H., Li J.
J. Biol. Chem. 283:3567-3573(2008) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (1.95 ANGSTROMS) IN COMPLEX WITH PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE AND KYRUNENINE, CATALYTIC ACTIVITY, COFACTOR, SUBUNIT.
[7]"Crystal structure of human kynurenine aminotransferase II, a drug target for the treatment of schizophrenia."
Rossi F., Garavaglia S., Montalbano V., Walsh M.A., Rizzi M.
J. Biol. Chem. 283:3559-3566(2008) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
Cited for: X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2.3 ANGSTROMS) IN COMPLEX WITH PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE, SUBUNIT, COFACTOR.
+Additional computationally mapped references.

Cross-references

Sequence databases

EMBL
GenBank
DDBJ
AF097994 mRNA. Translation: AAF04623.1.
AF481738 mRNA. Translation: AAM09683.1.
AK055952 mRNA. Translation: BAG51596.1.
BC031068 mRNA. Translation: AAH31068.1.
IPIIPI00395929.
IPI00410702.
RefSeqNP_057312.1. NM_016228.3.
NP_872603.1. NM_182662.1.
UniGeneHs.529735.

3D structure databases

PDBe
RCSB PDB
PDBj
EntryMethodResolution (Å)ChainPositionsPDBsum
2QLRX-ray2.30A/B/C/D1-425[»]
2R2NX-ray1.95A/B/C/D1-425[»]
2VGZX-ray2.30A/B2-425[»]
2XH1X-ray2.10A/B2-425[»]
3DC1X-ray2.50A/B/C/D1-425[»]
3UE8X-ray3.22A/B1-425[»]
4GDYX-ray2.89A/B1-425[»]
4GE4X-ray2.41A/B1-425[»]
4GE7X-ray2.10A/B1-425[»]
4GE9X-ray2.43A/B/C/D1-425[»]
ProteinModelPortalQ8N5Z0.
ModBaseSearch...

Protein-protein interaction databases

STRING9606.ENSP00000226840.

PTM databases

PhosphoSiteQ8N5Z0.

Polymorphism databases

DMDM46395904.

Proteomic databases

PaxDbQ8N5Z0.
PRIDEQ8N5Z0.

Protocols and materials databases

DNASU51166.
StructuralBiologyKnowledgebaseSearch...

Genome annotation databases

EnsemblENST00000337664; ENSP00000336808; ENSG00000109576.
ENST00000353187; ENSP00000226840; ENSG00000109576.
ENST00000509167; ENSP00000423190; ENSG00000109576.
ENST00000515480; ENSP00000423341; ENSG00000109576.
GeneID51166.
KEGGhsa:51166.
UCSCuc003isr.3. human.
uc003ist.3. human.

Organism-specific databases

CTD51166.
GeneCardsGC04M170981.
HGNCHGNC:17929. AADAT.
HPAHPA037502.
MIM611754. gene.
neXtProtNX_Q8N5Z0.
PharmGKBPA24364.
GenAtlasSearch...

Phylogenomic databases

eggNOGCOG1167.
HOGENOMHOG000223057.
HOVERGENHBG050429.
InParanoidQ8N5Z0.
KOK00825.
OMAPFQSASI.
OrthoDBEOG480HWQ.
PhylomeDBQ8N5Z0.

Enzyme and pathway databases

BioCycMetaCyc:HS03239-MONOMER.
BRENDA2.6.1.7. 2681.
ReactomeREACT_111217. Metabolism.
UniPathwayUPA00868; UER00838.

Gene expression databases

ArrayExpressQ8N5Z0.
BgeeQ8N5Z0.
CleanExHS_AADAT.
GenevestigatorQ8N5Z0.
GermOnlineENSG00000109576. Homo sapiens.

Family and domain databases

Gene3D3.40.640.10. 1 hit.
3.90.1150.10. 1 hit.
InterProIPR004839. Aminotransferase_I/II.
IPR015424. PyrdxlP-dep_Trfase.
IPR015421. PyrdxlP-dep_Trfase_major_sub1.
IPR015422. PyrdxlP-dep_Trfase_major_sub2.
[Graphical view]
PfamPF00155. Aminotran_1_2. 1 hit.
[Graphical view]
SUPFAMSSF53383. PyrdxlP-dep_Trfase_major. 1 hit.
ProtoNetSearch...

Other

ChiTaRSAADAT. human.
DrugBankDB00142. L-Glutamic Acid.
DB00114. Pyridoxal Phosphate.
EvolutionaryTraceQ8N5Z0.
GenomeRNAi51166.
NextBio54097.
SOURCESearch...

Entry information

Entry nameAADAT_HUMAN
AccessionPrimary (citable) accession number: Q8N5Z0
Secondary accession number(s): B3KP84, Q9UL02
Entry history
Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: April 13, 2004
Last sequence update: April 13, 2004
Last modified: May 1, 2013
This is version 99 of the entry and version 2 of the sequence. [Complete history]
Entry statusReviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
Annotation programChordata Protein Annotation Program
DisclaimerAny medical or genetic information present in this entry is provided for research, educational and informational purposes only. It is not in any way intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or care.

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