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Acetolactate synthase

The acetolactate synthase (ALS) enzyme (also known as acetohydroxy acid or acetohydroxyacid synthase, abbr. AHAS) is a protein found in plants and micro-organisms. ALS catalyzes the first step in the synthesis of the branched-chain amino acids (valine, leucine, and isoleucine).

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Alt. names
pyruvate:pyruvate acetaldehydetransferase (decarboxylating)
BRENDA
enzyme data
CAS no.
9027-45-6
EC no.
2.2.1.6
ExPASy
NiceZyme view
Gene Ontology
AmiGO / QuickGO

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Acetolactate synthase

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related to Regulation · 22
Acetolactate synthase → Acetolactate, ACT, AHASS1, AHASS2, ALS, Each, II, III, In, In Arabidopsis, InterPro, IPR002912, IPR004789, IPR012846, IPR027271, Most, NiKR-like C-terminal, Porphyra, Regulation, Such
related to Function · 10
Acetolactate synthase → Acetolactate, Enzyme Commission Code, Escherichia, FAD, In, InterPro, IPR012782, K-12, These, This
related to Structure · 9
Acetolactate synthase → ALS, Arabidopsis, C-terminal, DHS-like NAD/FAD-binding, In SCOP, N-terminal, The, Three, X-ray
related to Catalytic activity · 4
Acetolactate synthase → Acetolactate, All, The, This
Alt. names · 1
Acetolactate synthase → pyruvate:pyruvate acetaldehydetransferase (decarboxylating)
BRENDA · 1
Acetolactate synthase → enzyme data
CAS no. · 1
Acetolactate synthase → 9027-45-6
EC no. · 1
Acetolactate synthase → 2.2.1.6
ExPASy · 1
Acetolactate synthase → NiceZyme view
Gene Ontology · 1
Acetolactate synthase → AmiGO / QuickGO

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als enzyme acetolactate synthase amino catalytic protein acids arabidopsis pyruvate activity operon structure also acid found plants branched-chain valine leucine

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Acetolactate synthaseAlt. namespyruvate:pyruvate acetaldehydetransferase (decarboxylating)1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseBRENDAenzyme data1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseCAS no.9027-45-61.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseEC no.2.2.1.61.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseExPASyNiceZyme view1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseGene OntologyAmiGO / QuickGO1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseKEGGenzyme entry1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseMetaCycmetabolic pathway1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseNCBIproteins1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthasePDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthasePMCarticles1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthasePubMedarticles1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseRheareactions1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseSearchSearchPMCarticlesPubMedarticlesNCBIproteins1.00infobox
Acetolactate synthaseis atransketolase0.90text

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