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Encyclopedia > Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1
carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1, mitochondrial
Identifiers
Symbol CPS1
HUGO 2323
Entrez 1373
OMIM 608307
RefSeq NM_001875
UniProt P31327
Other data
EC number 6.3.4.16
Locus Chr. 2 p

Carbamoyl phosphate synthase (EC 6.3.5.5, formerly known as EC 2.7.2.9) is the enzyme responsible for catalyzing the reactions which produce Carbamoyl phosphate. Hugo is a masculine name. ... The Entrez logo The Entrez Global Query Cross-Database Search System allows access to databases at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website. ... The Mendelian Inheritance in Man project is a database that catalogues all the known diseases with a genetic component, and - when possible - links them to the relevant genes in the human genome. ... The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is a branch of the US National Institutes of Health. ... Swiss-Prot is a curated biological database of protein sequences created in 1986 by Amos Bairoch during his PhD and developed by the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the European Bioinformatics Institute. ... The Enzyme Commission number (EC number) is a numerical classification scheme for enzymes, based on the chemical reactions they catalyze. ... Short and long arms Chromosome. ... Chromosome 2 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. ... The Enzyme Commission number (EC number) is a numerical classification scheme for enzymes, based on the chemical reactions they catalyze. ... Ribbon diagram of the enzyme TIM, surrounded by the space-filling model of the protein. ... Carbamoyl phosphate is a molecule that is involved in ridding the body of excess nitrogen in the urea cycle, and also in the synthesis of pyrimidines. ...


It takes part in these reactions:

2 ATP + HCO3- + NH3 → carbamoyl phosphate + 2 ADP + Pi The reactions of the urea cycle. ... Adenosine 5-triphosphate (ATP) is a multifunctional nucleotide that is most important as a molecular currency of intracellular energy transfer. ... Adenosine diphosphate, abbreviated ADP, is a nucleotide. ...

Gln + CO2 + 2 ATP + H2O → carbamoyl phosphate + Glu + 2 ADP + Pi Pyrimidine is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound similar to benzene and pyridine, containing two nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 of the six-member ring [1]. It is isomeric with two other forms of diazine. ... Glutamine is one of the 20 amino acids encoded by the standard genetic code. ... Glutamate is the anion of glutamic acid. ...



 

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