Gene Review:
BAT2 - branched-chain-amino-acid transaminase BAT2
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c
Synonyms:
BCAT, Branched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase, cytosolic, ECA40, J2209, Protein TWT2, ...
- Mitochondrial and cytosolic branched-chain amino acid transaminases from yeast, homologs of the myc oncogene-regulated Eca39 protein. Kispal, G., Steiner, H., Court, D.A., Rolinski, B., Lill, R. J. Biol. Chem. (1996)
- Two yeast homologs of ECA39, a target for c-Myc regulation, code for cytosolic and mitochondrial branched-chain amino acid aminotransferases. Eden, A., Simchen, G., Benvenisty, N. J. Biol. Chem. (1996)
- Genetic and physiological analysis of branched-chain alcohols and isoamyl acetate production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yoshimoto, H., Fukushige, T., Yonezawa, T., Sone, H. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (2002)
- Involvement of branched-chain amino acid aminotransferases in the production of fusel alcohols during fermentation in yeast. Eden, A., Van Nedervelde, L., Drukker, M., Benvenisty, N., Debourg, A. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (2001)
- Bat2p is essential in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for fusel alcohol production on the non-fermentable carbon source ethanol. Schoondermark-Stolk, S.A., Tabernero, M., Chapman, J., Ter Schure, E.G., Verrips, C.T., Verkleij, A.J., Boonstra, J. FEMS Yeast Res. (2005)