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AGXT  -  alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase

Homo sapiens

Synonyms: AGT, AGT1, AGXT1, Alanine--glyoxylate aminotransferase, PH1, ...
 
 
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Disease relevance of AGXT

 

Psychiatry related information on AGXT

  • There was no significant association between alcohol consumption and the development of SPT positivity or specific IgE positivity [6].
  • The new observations presented in this paper are compatible with our previous demonstration of a relationship between AGT1 subcellular distribution and either present or putative ancestral dietary habit, and our previous suggestion that the molecular evolution of the AGT gene has been markedly influenced by dietary selection pressure [7].
  • The data indicated that the SPT indirectly assesses short-term memory, is resistant to practice effects, and is drug-sensitive [8].
  • Improved recall has consistently been demonstrated following motor activation at encoding (SPT), compared to traditional verbal learning (VT) [9].
 

High impact information on AGXT

  • Fifty-eight percent of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) from Qidong, China, contain an AGG to AGT mutation at codon 249 of the p53 tumor suppressor gene, a mutation that is rarely seen in HCCs from Western countries [10].
  • Bone marrow showed BG-resistant O6-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase (AGT) activity, and CFUs were stained intensely for AGT protein, indicating high transgene expression [11].
  • The T235 allele of the angiotensinogen gene (AGT) has been associated with hypertension [12].
  • The nucleotide sequence of the codon in 53% of ductal hyperplastic foci was TGT or AGT, both of which were not found in 30 cases of adenocarcinoma [13].
  • RESULTS: Of 20 biliary tract tumors showing a mutation band, G to A single base substitutions were confirmed in 15 cases as the most frequent changes, which were divided into changes for aspartic acid (GAT) and (14) serine (AGT) (1) [14].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of AGXT

  • Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is an autosomal recessive disorder that is caused by a deficiency of alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT), which is encoded by a single copy gene (AGXT) [15].
  • Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 is an autosomal recessive disorder of glyoxylate metabolism, caused by a deficiency of alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase, which is encoded by a single copy gene (AGXT [16].
  • We have previously shown that in some patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), disease is associated with mistargeting of the normally peroxisomal enzyme alanine/glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT) to mitochondria (Danpure, C.J., P.J. Cooper, P.J. Wise, and P.R. Jennings. J. Cell Biol. 108:1345-1352) [17].
  • The autosomal recessive disorder primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is caused by a deficiency of the liver-specific pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent enzyme alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT) [18].
  • Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH 1), an inborn error of glyoxylate metabolism characterized by excessive synthesis of oxalate and glycolate, is caused by a defect in serine:pyruvate/alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (SPT/AGT) [19].
 

Biological context of AGXT

 

Anatomical context of AGXT

  • Like its rat homologue, the larger mRNA species transcribed encodes a conserved amino terminal end characteristic of AGXT forms known to be targeted to the mitochondria [22].
  • Unlike normal individuals in whom the AGT is confined to the peroxisomal matrix, the immunoreactive AGT in these three patients was distributed approximately equally between the peroxisomes and mitochondria [23].
  • Such apparent import inefficiency is very marked in guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) hepatocytes in which the cytosolic levels of two peroxisomal proteins, catalase and alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT), are much higher than those found in human (Homo sapiens) hepatocytes, for example [24].
  • The results of genomic Southern blotting indicate that human AGT is probably encoded by a single copy gene, and a combination of in situ hybridization and PCR analysis of rodent/human somatic cell hybrids suggests that this gene is located on chromosome 2q36-q37 [25].
  • In some mammals, AGT is peroxisomal in others it is mainly mitochondrial while in yet others it is more-or-less equally divided between both organelles [26].
 

Associations of AGXT with chemical compounds

  • While genetic analysis of PH2 is still at a relatively early stage, the AGXT gene defective in the Type 1 disorder is well characterized, and a number of mutations have been identified [27].
  • Many of the mutations in the gene encoding AGT are associated with specific enzymatic phenotypes such as accelerated proteolysis (Ser205Pro), intra-peroxisomal aggregation (Gly41Arg), inhibition of pyridoxal phosphate binding and loss of catalytic activity (Gly82Glu), and peroxisome-to-mitochondrion mistargeting (Gly170Arg) [28].
  • They also suggest that the non-consensus PTS1 of human AGT might interact with HsPex5p very differently compared with the consensus PTS1, Ser-Lys-Leu [24].
  • O(6)-benzylguanine (O(6)-BG), an inhibitor for AGT, reduced resistance to TMZ [29].
  • This revealed the presence of a single point mutation (G----A at cDNA nucleotide 367), which is predicted to cause a glycine-to-glutamate substitution at residue 82 of the AGT protein [30].
 

Physical interactions of AGXT

  • Using the two-hybrid system, we show that human AGT interacts with human Pex5p in mammalian cells, but not yeast cells [31].
 

Other interactions of AGXT

  • METHODS: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect three common mutations in the AGXT gene (c.33_34insC, c.508G>A, and c.731T>C) and one, c.103delG, in the GRHPR gene in DNA samples from 365 unrelated individuals referred for diagnosis of PH1 and/or PH2 by liver enzyme analysis [32].
  • ORF analysis revealed that intron 1b retention in isoform B1 stabilizes the initiation of translation to the AGT at position 297 of the ClC-5 cDNA coding region [33].
  • Although human alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT) is imported into peroxisomes by a Pex5p-dependent pathway, the properties of its C-terminal tripeptide (KKL) are unlike those of any other type 1 peroxisomal targeting sequence (PTS1) [31].
  • Furthermore, the reaction of copper(II)/ascorbate with the peptide gave two products (AGT-1 and AGT-2) selectively [34].
  • Both, fastest changing serine pyruvate aminotransferase and most slowly changing glutamate decarboxylase are members of the alpha family [35].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of AGXT

  • Presentation and role of transplantation in adult patients with type 1 primary hyperoxaluria and the I244T AGXT mutation: Single-center experience [36].
  • We have assessed the clinical value of two polymorphisms located in introns 1 and 4 of the AGXT gene as linkage markers for the prenatal diagnosis of PH1 in 12 families [37].
  • The aim of this research was to standardize denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography, a new, sensitive, relatively inexpensive, and automated technique, for the detection of AGXT mutation [16].
  • We planned to identify new mutations of the AGXT gene by heteroduplex analysis followed by direct sequencing [38].
  • PH can be diagnosed using percutaneous hepatic needle biopsy and assay of AGT, whose activity may be useful in determining the prognosis and likely severity of the disease [39].

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  21. Molecular analysis of hyperoxaluria type 1 in Italian patients reveals eight new mutations in the alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferase gene. Pirulli, D., Puzzer, D., Ferri, L., Crovella, S., Amoroso, A., Ferrettini, C., Marangella, M., Mazzola, G., Florian, F. Hum. Genet. (1999) [Pubmed]
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