Tyrosine ammonia-lyase

Tyrosine ammonia lyase
Identifiers
EC number	4.3.1.23
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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Tyrosine ammonia lyase (L-tyrosine ammonia-lyase, TAL or Tyrase) is an enzyme in the natural phenols biosynthesis pathway. It transforms L-tyrosine into p-coumaric acid.^[1][2][3]

 $\xrightarrow{TAL}$  + Ammonia + H⁺

See also

• EC 4.3.1.24 (phenylalanine ammonia-lyase)
• EC 4.3.1.25 (phenylalanine/tyrosine ammonia-lyase)

References

1. Louie, G.V., Bowman, M.E., Moffitt, M.C., Baiga, T.J., Moore, B.S. and Noel, J.P. (2006). "Structural determinants and modulation of substrate specificity in phenylalanine-tyrosine ammonia-lyases". Chem. Biol. 13: 1327–1338. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.11.011. PMID 17185228.
2. Watts, K.T., Mijts, B.N., Lee, P.C., Manning, A.J. and Schmidt-Dannert, C. (2006). "Discovery of a substrate selectivity switch in tyrosine ammonia-lyase, a member of the aromatic amino acid lyase family". Chem. Biol. 13: 1317–1326. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.10.008. PMID 17185227.
3. Schwede, T.F., Rétey, J. and Schulz, G.E. (1999). "Crystal structure of histidine ammonia-lyase revealing a novel polypeptide modification as the catalytic electrophile". Biochemistry 38: 5355–5361. doi:10.1021/bi982929q. PMID 10220322.

External links

• Tyrosine ammonia-lyase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• www.hhmi.org