| EC |
2.4.2.10 |
| Accepted name: |
orotate phosphoribosyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
orotidine 5′-phosphate + diphosphate = orotate + 5-phospho-α-D-ribose 1-diphosphate |
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For diagram of pyrimidine biosynthesis, click here |
| Other name(s): |
orotidylic acid phosphorylase; orotidine-5′-phosphate pyrophosphorylase; OPRTase; orotate phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate transferase; orotic acid phosphoribosyltransferase; orotidine 5′-monophosphate pyrophosphorylase; orotidine monophosphate pyrophosphorylase; orotidine phosphoribosyltransferase; orotidylate phosphoribosyltransferase; orotidylate pyrophosphorylase; orotidylic acid pyrophosphorylase; orotidylic phosphorylase; orotidylic pyrophosphorylase |
| Systematic name: |
orotidine-5′-phosphate:diphosphate phospho-α-D-ribosyl-transferase |
| Comments: |
The enzyme from higher eukaryotes also catalyses the reaction listed as EC 4.1.1.23, orotidine-5′-phosphate decarboxylase. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9030-25-5 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Jones, M.E., Kavipurapu, P.R. and Traut, T.W. Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase: orotidylate decarboxylase (Ehrlich ascites cell). Methods Enzymol. 51 (1978) 155–167. [DOI] [PMID: 692383] |
| 2. |
Lieberman, I., Kornberg, A. and Simms, E.S. Enzymatic synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides. Orotidine-5′-phosphate and uridine-5′-phosphate. J. Biol. Chem. 215 (1955) 403–415. [PMID: 14392174] |
| 3. |
McClard, R.W., Black, M.J., Livingstone, L.R. and Jones, M.E. Isolation and initial characterization of the single polypeptide that synthesizes uridine 5′-monophosphate from orotate in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. Purification by tandem affinity chromatography of uridine-5′-monophosphate synthase. Biochemistry 19 (1980) 4699–4706. [PMID: 6893554] |
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