AAT — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C015944.2, symbol AAT and also known as CmAAT, encodes a pyridoxal phosphate-dependent aminotransferase on melon chromosome 2. The product possesses LL-diaminopimelate aminotransferase activity, L-glutamate:prephenate transaminase activity, L-aspartate:prephenate transaminase activity, nicotianamine aminotransferase activity, L-tyrosine-2-oxoglutarate transaminase activity, and L-aspartate:2-oxoglutarate transaminase activity, and binds pyridoxal phosphate and identical proteins. This gene is associated with tyrosine breakdown, L-phenylalanine anabolism, systemic acquired resistance mediated by salicylic acid signaling, and fruit ripening. Related genes in other species link the family to EC numbers 2.6.1.83, 2.6.1.58, 2.6.1.57, 2.6.1.70, 2.6.1.79, 2.6.1.78, 2.6.1.80, and 2.6.1.1.