bcat-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable branched-chain-amino-acid transaminase activity. Involved in branched-chain amino acid catabolic process; embryo development; and nematode larval development. Acts upstream of or within determination of adult lifespan. Located in mitochondrion. Is an ortholog of human BCAT2 (branched chain amino acid transaminase 2).