UniProt functional annotation for P00509

UniProt code: P00509.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=2-oxoglutarate + L-aspartate = L-glutamate + oxaloacetate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21824, ChEBI:CHEBI:16452, ChEBI:CHEBI:16810, ChEBI:CHEBI:29985, ChEBI:CHEBI:29991; EC=2.6.1.1; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:10556573};
Cofactor: Name=pyridoxal 5'-phosphate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:597326; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:11148029};
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17713924}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Induction: Transcription is increased specifically in response to 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and its indicator compounds 1,3-DNB, 2,4- DNT, and 2,6-DNT. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25561288}.
Biotechnology: Has been used to construct a 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) biosensor strain. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25561288}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-I pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.