In enzymology, an agaritine gamma-glutamyltransferase () is an

enzyme Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as products ...

that catalyzes the

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:agaritine + acceptor

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4-hydroxymethylphenylhydrazine + gamma-L-glutamyl-acceptor Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are

agaritine Agaritine is an aromatic hydrazine-derivative mycotoxin in mushroom species of the genus ''Agaricus''. It is an α-aminoacid and a derivative of phenylhydrazine. Occurrence Agaritine is present as a natural phytochemical in fresh samples of at ...

and acceptor, whereas its two

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are 4-hydroxymethylphenylhydrazine and gamma-L-glutamyl-acceptor. This enzyme belongs to the family of

transferase A transferase is any one of a class of enzymes that catalyse the transfer of specific functional groups (e.g. a methyl or glycosyl group) from one molecule (called the donor) to another (called the acceptor). They are involved in hundreds of ...

s, specifically the aminoacyltransferases. The

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of this enzyme class is (gamma-L-glutamyl)-N1-(4-hydroxymethylphenyl)hydrazine:acceptor gamma-glutamyltransferase. Other names in common use include (gamma-L-glutamyl)-N1-(4-hydroxymethylphenyl)hydrazine:(acceptor), gamma-glutamyltransferase, (gamma-L-glutamyl)-1-N-(4-hydroxymethylphenyl)hydrazine:(acceptor), gamma-glutamyltransferase, (gamma-L-glutamyl)-1-N-(4-hydroxymethylphenyl)hydrazine:acceptor, and gamma-glutamyltransferase.

References

* EC 2.3.2 Enzymes of unknown structure {{2.3-enzyme-stub