6-carboxyhexanoyl-CoA + L-alanine = 8-amino-7-oxononanoate + CoA + CO(2).
Cofactor
Pyridoxal-phosphate.
Comments
The known enzymes with this activity show a strict phylogenetic relationship to glycine acetyltransferases (EC 2.3.1.29).
Indeed, some of these enzymes possess a broad substrate specificity, performing also the glycine acetyltransferase reaction.