Table 4.
List of enzyme activities reported in cattle and other mammals that do not have a mammalian gene identified
Pathway | Enzyme name | EC number* | Mammalian species |
Ascorbate glutathione cycle | L-ascorbate peroxidase† | 1.11.1.11 | cattle [21] |
4-hydroxyproline degradation | 4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutarate aldolase | 4.1.3.16 | cattle [27-30], rat [22] |
Ascorbate biosynthesis | gluconolactonase | 3.1.1.17 | cattle [23,25], pig [35] |
Ascorbate biosynthesis | uronolactonase | 3.1.1.19 | cattle [37], pig [37], rabbit [37], monkey [37], dog [37], guinea pig [37], rat [33,37] |
γ-glutamyl cycle | γ-glutamyl cyclotransferase | 2.3.2.4 | cattle [26], human [38], rat [34], mouse [24], pig [36] |
Selenocysteine biosynthesis | selenocysteine synthase | 2.9.1.1 | mouse [32], cattle [31] |
*Enzyme Commission number
†Partial sequence of the protein is known (UniProt: Q7M3G0)