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Last reviewed 09/2022
Vitamin B6 is converted to pyridoxal-5'-phosphate within cells. This is the prosthetic group of a number of enzymes:
- transaminases
- deaminases
- acid decarboxylases
Therefore, vitamin B6 is vital to a number of key reactions involving mainly amino acids:
- histamine formation
- serotonin formation
- gamma-amino butyric acid formation
- niacin formation from tryptophan
- porphyrin synthesis