Description
Product Characteristics: The function of Bcat1 remains unknown. Synonyms: Polyclonal Bcat1 antibody, Anti-Bcat1 antibody, branched chain aminotransferase 1, cytosolic antibody, BCATc antibody, Eca39 antibody.
Target Information: This gene encodes the cytosolic form of the enzyme branched-chain amino acid transaminase. This enzyme catalyzes the reversible transamination of branched-chain alpha-keto acids to branched-chain L-amino acids essential for cell growth. Two different clinical disorders have been attributed to a defect of branched-chain amino acid transamination: hypervalinemia and hyperleucine-isoleucinemia. As there is also a gene encoding a mitochondrial form of this enzyme, mutations in either gene may contribute to these disorders. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]