NCBI Accession #
NP_566923.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_114828.6
NCBI Official Full Name
branched-chain aminotransferase 3
NCBI Official Symbol
BCAT3
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATBCAT-3; branched-chain aminotransferase 3
NCBI Protein Information
branched-chain aminotransferase 3
NCBI Summary
Encodes a chloroplast branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase. Complements the yeast leu/iso-leu/val auxotrophy mutant.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
Atbcat-3
UniProt Protein Name
Branched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase 3, chloroplastic
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9M401
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q8LAT6; Q9M2Z0
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9M401
UniProt Comments
Converts 2-oxo acids to branched-chain amino acids. Acts on leucine, isoleucine and valine. Also involved in methionine chain elongation cycle of aliphatic glucosinolate formation. Catalyzes the conversion of 5-methylthiopentyl-2-oxo and 6-methylthiohexyl-2-oxo acids to their respective Met derivatives, homomethionine and dihomo-methionine, respectively.