| EC |
6.3.1.1 |
| Accepted name: |
aspartate—ammonia ligase |
| Reaction: |
ATP + L-aspartate + NH3 = AMP + diphosphate + L-asparagine |
| Other name(s): |
asparagine synthetase; L-asparagine synthetase |
| Systematic name: |
L-aspartate:ammonia ligase (AMP-forming) |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9023-69-2 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Ravel, J.M., Norton, S.J., Humphreys, J.S. and Shive, W. Asparagine biosynthesis in Lactobacillus arabinosus and its control by asparagine through enzyme inhibition and repression. J. Biol. Chem. 237 (1962) 2845–2849. [PMID: 14490631] |
| 2. |
Webster, G.C. and Varner, J.E. Aspartate metabolism and asparagine synthesis in plant systems. J. Biol. Chem. 215 (1955) 91–99. [PMID: 14392145] |
|
| [EC 6.3.1.1 created 1961] |
| |
|
| |
|
Printable version