Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables branched-chain-amino-acid transaminase activity. Acts upstream of or within branched-chain amino acid metabolic process; cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor; and regulation of hormone levels. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; genitourinary system; nervous system; respiratory system; and sensory organ. Used to study maple syrup urine disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypervalinemia and hyperleucine-isoleucinemia. Orthologous to human BCAT2 (branched chain amino acid transaminase 2).
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