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AMINOTRANSFERASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aminotransferase mean?
• AMINOTRANSFERASE (noun)
The noun AMINOTRANSFERASE has 1 sense:
1. a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound)
Familiarity information: AMINOTRANSFERASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
aminopherase; aminotransferase; transaminase
Hypernyms ("aminotransferase" is a kind of...):
transferase (any of various enzymes that move a chemical group from one compound to another compound)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aminotransferase"):
glutamic oxalacetic transaminase; glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (an enzyme involved in transamination)
Context examples
Aspartate aminotransferase, cytoplasmic (413 aa, ~46 kDa) is encoded by the human GOT1 gene.
(Aspartate Aminotransferase, Cytoplasmic, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the aspartate aminotransferase in a biological specimen.
(Aspartate Aminotransferase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A quantitative measurement of aspartate aminotransferase present in a sample.
(Aspartate Aminotransferase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
Alanine aminotransferase 1 (496 aa, ~55 kDa) is encoded by the human GPT gene.
(Alanine Aminotransferase 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Aspartate aminotransferase, mitochondrial (430 aa, ~48 kDa) is encoded by the human GOT2 gene.
(Aspartate Aminotransferase, Mitochondrial, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes aspartate aminotransferase, cytoplasmic protein, is involved in the reversible transamination between L-aspartate and 2-oxoglutarate to form oxaloacetate and L-glutamate.
(GOT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Phosphoserine aminotransferase (370 aa, ~40 kDa) is encoded by the human PSAT1 gene.
(Phosphoserine Aminotransferase, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes alanine aminotransferase 2 protein, is involved in the reversible transamination between alanine and 2-oxoglutarate to generate pyruvate and glutamate.
(GPT2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes aspartate aminotransferase, mitochondrial protein, plays a role in the transamination between L-aspartate and 2-oxoglutarate to form oxaloacetate and L-glutamate.
(GOT2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
An increase in the level of aspartate aminotransferase in the blood.
(Aspartate Aminotransferase Increased, NCI Thesaurus)
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