The product carbamoyl phosphate is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of arginine and the pyrimidine nucleotides . The enzyme from Escherichia coli has three separate active sites, which are connected by a molecular tunnel that is almost 100 A in length . The amidotransferase domain within the small subunit of the enzyme hydrolyses glutamine to ammonia via a thioester intermediate. The ammonia migrates through the interior of the protein, where it reacts with carboxyphosphate to produce the carbamate intermediate. The carboxyphosphate intermediate is formed by the phosphorylation of hydrogencarbonate by ATP at a site contained within the N-terminal half of the large subunit. The carbamate intermediate is transported through the interior of the protein to a second site within the C-terminal half of the large subunit, where it is phosphorylated by another ATP to yield the final product, carbamoyl phosphate . cf. EC 6.3.4.16, carbamoyl-phosphate synthase (ammonia).
The product carbamoyl phosphate is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of arginine and the pyrimidine nucleotides [4]. The enzyme from Escherichia coli has three separate active sites, which are connected by a molecular tunnel that is almost 100 A in length [8]. The amidotransferase domain within the small subunit of the enzyme hydrolyses glutamine to ammonia via a thioester intermediate. The ammonia migrates through the interior of the protein, where it reacts with carboxyphosphate to produce the carbamate intermediate. The carboxyphosphate intermediate is formed by the phosphorylation of hydrogencarbonate by ATP at a site contained within the N-terminal half of the large subunit. The carbamate intermediate is transported through the interior of the protein to a second site within the C-terminal half of the large subunit, where it is phosphorylated by another ATP to yield the final product, carbamoyl phosphate [6]. cf. EC 6.3.4.16, carbamoyl-phosphate synthase (ammonia).
multifunctional proteins are phosphorylated in vivo and in vitro. This covalent modification has only a small effect on the enzymic activity, and might be a signal for protein degradation
construction of a chimeric enzyme, in which the C-terminal 136 residues of Escherichia coli enzyme are replaced by the corresponding residues of Saccharomyces cerevisae enzyme
aspartate transcarbamylase activity of the multifunctional mutant protein carbamylphosphate synthetase/aspartate transcarbamylase is no longer inhibited by UTP, carbamylphosphate synthetase activity retains fully sensitive to this effector
aspartate transcarbamylase activity of the multifunctional mutant protein carbamylphosphate synthetase/aspartate transcarbamylase is no longer inhibited by UTP, carbamylphosphate synthetase activity retains fully sensitive to this effector
aspartate transcarbamylase activity of the multifunctional mutant protein carbamylphosphate synthetase/aspartate transcarbamylase is no longer inhibited by UTP, carbamylphosphate synthetase activity retains fully sensitive to this effector
aspartate transcarbamylase activity of the multifunctional mutant protein carbamylphosphate synthetase/aspartate transcarbamylase is no longer inhibited by UTP, carbamylphosphate synthetase activity retains fully sensitive to this effector
aspartate transcarbamylase activity of the multifunctional mutant protein carbamylphosphate synthetase/aspartate transcarbamylase is no longer inhibited by UTP, carbamylphosphate synthetase activity retains fully sensitive to this effector