| EC |
2.1.3.6 |
| Accepted name: |
putrescine carbamoyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
carbamoyl phosphate + putrescine = phosphate + N-carbamoylputrescine |
| Glossary: |
putrescine = butane-1,4-diamine |
| Other name(s): |
PTCase; putrescine synthase; putrescine transcarbamylase |
| Systematic name: |
carbamoyl-phosphate:putrescine carbamoyltransferase |
| Comments: |
The plant enzyme also catalyses the reactions of EC 2.1.3.3 ornithine carbamoyltransferase, EC 2.7.2.2 carbamate kinase and EC 3.5.3.12 agmatine deiminase, thus acting as putrescine synthase, converting agmatine [(4-aminobutyl)guanidine] and ornithine into putrescine and citrulline, respectively. |
| References: |
| 1. |
Roon, R.J. and Barker, H.A. Fermentation of agmatine in Streptococcus faecalis: occurrence of putrescine transcarbamoylase. J. Bacteriol. 109 (1972) 44–50. [PMID: 4621632] |
| 2. |
Srivenugopal, K.S. and Adiga, P.R. Enzymic conversion of agmatine to putrescine in Lathyrus sativus seedlings. Purification and properties of a multifunctional enzyme (putrescine synthase). J. Biol. Chem. 256 (1981) 9532–9541. [PMID: 6895223] |
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