[OTC1_ECOLI] Reversibly catalyzes the transfer of the carbamoyl group from carbamoyl phosphate (CP) to the N(epsilon) atom of ornithine (ORN) to produce L-citrulline, which is a substrate for argininosuccinate synthetase, the enzyme involved in the final step in arginine biosynthesis.[1][2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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↑Kuo LC, Miller AW, Lee S, Kozuma C. Site-directed mutagenesis of Escherichia coli ornithine transcarbamoylase: role of arginine-57 in substrate binding and catalysis. Biochemistry. 1988 Nov 29;27(24):8823-32. PMID:3072022
↑Legrain C, Stalon V, Glansdorff N. Escherichia coli ornithine carbamolytransferase isoenzymes: evolutionary significance and the isolation of lambdaargF and lambdaargI transducing bacteriophages. J Bacteriol. 1976 Oct;128(1):35-8. PMID:789338
