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 

• AMINOTRANSFERASE (noun)

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)