| EC |
2.1.3.2 |
| Accepted name: |
aspartate carbamoyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
carbamoyl phosphate + L-aspartate = phosphate + N-carbamoyl-L-aspartate |
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For diagram of pyrimidine biosynthesis, click here |
| Other name(s): |
carbamylaspartotranskinase; aspartate transcarbamylase; aspartate carbamyltransferase; aspartic acid transcarbamoylase; aspartic carbamyltransferase; aspartic transcarbamylase; carbamylaspartotranskinase; L-aspartate transcarbamoylase; L-aspartate transcarbamylase; carbamoylaspartotranskinase; aspartate transcarbamylase; aspartate transcarbamoylase; ATCase |
| Systematic name: |
carbamoyl-phosphate:L-aspartate carbamoyltransferase |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9012-49-1 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Lowenstein, J.M. and Cohen, P.P. Studies on the biosynthesis of carbamylaspartic acid. J. Biol. Chem. 220 (1956) 57–70. [PMID: 13319326] |
| 2. |
Reichard, P. and Hanshoff, G. Aspartate carbamyl transferase from Escherichia coli. Acta Chem. Scand. 10 (1956) 548–566. |
| 3. |
Shepherson, M. and Pardee, A.B. Production and crystallization of aspartate transcarbamylase. J. Biol. Chem. 235 (1960) 3233–3237. |
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| [EC 2.1.3.2 created 1961] |
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