KYAT3, Official Symbol KYAT3provided by HGNC Official Full Name kynurenine aminotransferase 3provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:33238 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000137944 MIM:610656; AllianceGenome:HGNC:33238 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as KAT3; CCBL2; KATIII Summary This gene encodes an aminotransferase that transaminates kynurenine to form kynurenic acid, which is a metabolite of tryptophan. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different proteins have been described for this gene. This gene shares 5' exon structure with the RNA binding motif protein, X-linked-like 1 locus on chromosome 1, but the coding sequences are non-overlapping. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2017] Expression Ubiquitous expression in thyroid (RPKM 13.7), esophagus (RPKM 12.5) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all