Entry
Name
N-acetylornithine carbamoyltransferase;
acetylornithine transcarbamylase;
N-acetylornithine transcarbamylase;
AOTC;
carbamoyl-phosphate:2-N-acetyl-L-ornithine carbamoyltransferase;
AOTCase
Class
Transferases;
Transferring one-carbon groups;
Carboxy- and carbamoyltransferases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
carbamoyl-phosphate:N2-acetyl-L-ornithine carbamoyltransferase
Reaction(IUBMB)
carbamoyl phosphate + N2-acetyl-L-ornithine = phosphate + N-acetyl-L-citrulline [RN:
R07245 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
carbamoyl phosphate [CPD:
C00169 ];
N2-acetyl-L-ornithine [CPD:
C00437 ]
Product
Comment
Differs from EC
2.1.3.3 , ornithine carbamoyltransferase. This enzyme replaces EC
2.1.3.3 in the canonic arginine biosynthetic pathway of several Eubacteria and has no catalytic activity with L-ornithine as substrate.
History
EC 2.1.3.9 created 2005
Pathway
Orthology
K09065 N-acetylornithine carbamoyltransferase
Genes
XFU : XFF4834R_chr23570(argF)
XPH : XppCFBP6546_01255(XppCFBP6546P_01255)
XHD : LMG31886_19220(argF')
SACZ : AOT14_15980(pyrB_2)
LAQ : GLA29479_4813(argF')
LCAS : LYSCAS_01260(argF')
LLZ : LYB30171_01054(argF')
MTHO : MOTHE_c20390(argF')
MTHZ : MOTHA_c21170(argF')
PSUB : Pelsub_P2113 Pelsub_P2197
CSU : CSUB_C1718 CSUB_C1723
BARC : AOA65_0973(argF_2) AOA65_1786(argF_3)
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Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Shi D, Morizono H, Yu X, Roth L, Caldovic L, Allewell NM, Malamy MH, Tuchman M.
Title
Crystal structure of N-acetylornithine transcarbamylase from Xanthomonas campestris: a novel enzyme in a new arginine biosynthetic pathway found in several eubacteria.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Morizono H, Cabrera-Luque J, Shi D, Gallegos R, Yamaguchi S, Yu X, Allewell NM, Malamy MH, Tuchman M
Title
Acetylornithine transcarbamylase: a novel enzyme in arginine biosynthesis.
Journal
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 2.1.3.9
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 2.1.3.9
BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: 2.1.3.9