Protein Name: Aspartate aminotransferase, cytoplasmic
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UniprotKB/SwissProt ID: AATC_RAT (P13221)
Gene Name: Got1
Organism: Rattus norvegicus (Rat).
Function: Biosynthesis of L-glutamate from L-aspartate or L- cysteine. Important regulator of levels of glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter of the vertebrate central nervous system. Acts as a scavenger of glutamate in brain neuroprotection. The aspartate aminotransferase activity is involved in hepatic glucose synthesis during development and in adipocyte glyceroneogenesis. Using L-cysteine as substrate, regulates levels of mercaptopyruvate, an important source of hydrogen sulfide. Mercaptopyruvate is converted into H(2)S via the action of 3- mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3MST). Hydrogen sulfide is an important synaptic modulator and neuroprotectant in the brain.
Other Modifications: View all modification sites in dbPTM
Protein Subcellular Localization: Cytoplasm.
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Graphical Visualization of S-nitrosylation Sites:
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| Overview of Protein S-nitrosylation Sites with Functional and Structural Information |  |
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